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Asser researcher Rebecca Mignot-Mahdavi argues that the deprivation of citizenship of former IS fighters is not an effective sanction. ‘It actually strengthens jihadist ideology, which is based on the rejection of citizenship.’ By Rebecca Mignot-Mahdavi Euro...

According to Dutch newspaper NRC, the Dutch public prosecution service and Minister Grapperhaus (Justice and Security) are taking opposing sides in the question of IS fighters. The public prosecution service wants to bring the Dutch IS fighters to justice in t...

The role of international humanitarian law in the context of prosecuting foreign fighters is complex and underutilised, argue Asser senior researcher and research fellow at the International Centre for Counter-Terrorism – The Hague (ICCT) Dr Christophe Pauluss...

In a new blog post, Asser Researcher Rebecca Mignot-Mahdavi debunks the self-defense justification that Turkey uses as its warplanes and artillery strike border towns in north-eastern Syria in a bid to reclaim the region from the formerly US-backed Kurdish for...