Asser Institute
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The Asser Institute is a Hague-based research institute on #InternationalLaw & #EULaw. Research, events, education & legal perspectives on current affairs. https://linktr.ee/tmcasser
Teaching #IHL is difficult when real cases are politically charged.
Researchers Jonathan Kwik and Hendrik Mathis Drößler in their new blog post use a fictional alien invasion to make concepts like proportionality and statehood engaging, rigorous, and debate-friendly.
🔗Read more: lnkd.in/e5xxND2k
Researchers Jonathan Kwik and Hendrik Mathis Drößler in their new blog post use a fictional alien invasion to make concepts like proportionality and statehood engaging, rigorous, and debate-friendly.
🔗Read more: lnkd.in/e5xxND2k
January 16, 2026 at 1:32 PM
Teaching #IHL is difficult when real cases are politically charged.
Researchers Jonathan Kwik and Hendrik Mathis Drößler in their new blog post use a fictional alien invasion to make concepts like proportionality and statehood engaging, rigorous, and debate-friendly.
🔗Read more: lnkd.in/e5xxND2k
Researchers Jonathan Kwik and Hendrik Mathis Drößler in their new blog post use a fictional alien invasion to make concepts like proportionality and statehood engaging, rigorous, and debate-friendly.
🔗Read more: lnkd.in/e5xxND2k
🎓 The 15th edition of the IUP on International Criminal Law and Procedure has launched.
350+ students from MENA registered for this free online programme by the Asser Institute with IUSTICOM, La Sagesse University and the Konrad Adenauer Foundation.
Read more: lnkd.in/eaKtEcY5
#IUP15 #MENA
350+ students from MENA registered for this free online programme by the Asser Institute with IUSTICOM, La Sagesse University and the Konrad Adenauer Foundation.
Read more: lnkd.in/eaKtEcY5
#IUP15 #MENA
January 15, 2026 at 3:23 PM
🎓 The 15th edition of the IUP on International Criminal Law and Procedure has launched.
350+ students from MENA registered for this free online programme by the Asser Institute with IUSTICOM, La Sagesse University and the Konrad Adenauer Foundation.
Read more: lnkd.in/eaKtEcY5
#IUP15 #MENA
350+ students from MENA registered for this free online programme by the Asser Institute with IUSTICOM, La Sagesse University and the Konrad Adenauer Foundation.
Read more: lnkd.in/eaKtEcY5
#IUP15 #MENA
📘 New book from T.M.C. Asser Press and Springer.
The European Union 2004–2024 analyses twenty years of EU legal development following the 2004 enlargement, addressing the rule of law, EU identity, and future reform and enlargement.
🔗 More here: lnkd.in/dmDNJ_sX
#EU @fbakkerfrank.bsky.social
The European Union 2004–2024 analyses twenty years of EU legal development following the 2004 enlargement, addressing the rule of law, EU identity, and future reform and enlargement.
🔗 More here: lnkd.in/dmDNJ_sX
#EU @fbakkerfrank.bsky.social
January 13, 2026 at 10:01 AM
📘 New book from T.M.C. Asser Press and Springer.
The European Union 2004–2024 analyses twenty years of EU legal development following the 2004 enlargement, addressing the rule of law, EU identity, and future reform and enlargement.
🔗 More here: lnkd.in/dmDNJ_sX
#EU @fbakkerfrank.bsky.social
The European Union 2004–2024 analyses twenty years of EU legal development following the 2004 enlargement, addressing the rule of law, EU identity, and future reform and enlargement.
🔗 More here: lnkd.in/dmDNJ_sX
#EU @fbakkerfrank.bsky.social
📣 We are seeking a Communications & PR intern!
Your role includes creating content, supporting events, assisting interviews, and helping with online campaigns in an international law research environment.
⏰ Deadline: 18 Jan 2026
➡️ Apply today: www.asser.nl/jobs-interns...
Your role includes creating content, supporting events, assisting interviews, and helping with online campaigns in an international law research environment.
⏰ Deadline: 18 Jan 2026
➡️ Apply today: www.asser.nl/jobs-interns...
January 12, 2026 at 11:01 AM
📣 We are seeking a Communications & PR intern!
Your role includes creating content, supporting events, assisting interviews, and helping with online campaigns in an international law research environment.
⏰ Deadline: 18 Jan 2026
➡️ Apply today: www.asser.nl/jobs-interns...
Your role includes creating content, supporting events, assisting interviews, and helping with online campaigns in an international law research environment.
⏰ Deadline: 18 Jan 2026
➡️ Apply today: www.asser.nl/jobs-interns...
📚#ISLJ Vol. 25(4) is out.
Part I of the Special Issue on empowering athletes’ human rights, covering social protection, data protection, women’s health, religious freedom in sport and access to justice before CAS.
🔗 Read the issue: lnkd.in/eZqTBT_A
#SportsLaw @fbakkerfrank.bsky.social
Part I of the Special Issue on empowering athletes’ human rights, covering social protection, data protection, women’s health, religious freedom in sport and access to justice before CAS.
🔗 Read the issue: lnkd.in/eZqTBT_A
#SportsLaw @fbakkerfrank.bsky.social
January 6, 2026 at 10:01 AM
📚#ISLJ Vol. 25(4) is out.
Part I of the Special Issue on empowering athletes’ human rights, covering social protection, data protection, women’s health, religious freedom in sport and access to justice before CAS.
🔗 Read the issue: lnkd.in/eZqTBT_A
#SportsLaw @fbakkerfrank.bsky.social
Part I of the Special Issue on empowering athletes’ human rights, covering social protection, data protection, women’s health, religious freedom in sport and access to justice before CAS.
🔗 Read the issue: lnkd.in/eZqTBT_A
#SportsLaw @fbakkerfrank.bsky.social
📢 Call for papers – Early career workshop on arms control and rearmament: Contradiction or synergy. The workshop focuses on tensions between arms control & rearmament from political, legal, & technological perspectives. Present your research & receive feedback from experts & peers. lnkd.in/euDYMR88
December 19, 2025 at 9:52 AM
📢 Call for papers – Early career workshop on arms control and rearmament: Contradiction or synergy. The workshop focuses on tensions between arms control & rearmament from political, legal, & technological perspectives. Present your research & receive feedback from experts & peers. lnkd.in/euDYMR88
🎙️ In our latest podcast episode, human rights lawyer Nani Jansen Reventlow introduces the concept of 'community-driven litigation'. This method moves away from lawyers as main strategists and positions them as partners supporting a wider movement through litigation. ▶️ Listen now: lnkd.in/eKwr9fZ4
December 19, 2025 at 9:50 AM
🎙️ In our latest podcast episode, human rights lawyer Nani Jansen Reventlow introduces the concept of 'community-driven litigation'. This method moves away from lawyers as main strategists and positions them as partners supporting a wider movement through litigation. ▶️ Listen now: lnkd.in/eKwr9fZ4
A recent analysis from researchers shows that a fundamental reorientation of investment and trade treaties, together with stronger national policy coordination, is essential to enable a climate-neutral and #sustainable future.
➡️ Read more: lnkd.in/er6uTE9U
➡️ Read more: lnkd.in/er6uTE9U
December 19, 2025 at 9:48 AM
A recent analysis from researchers shows that a fundamental reorientation of investment and trade treaties, together with stronger national policy coordination, is essential to enable a climate-neutral and #sustainable future.
➡️ Read more: lnkd.in/er6uTE9U
➡️ Read more: lnkd.in/er6uTE9U
📰 Foreign Terrorist Fighters (FTF) Knowledge Hub has been updated with recent developments in Syria/Iraq and states' responses, including:
- Indonesia's repatriation efforts
- Kosovo & India prosecutions
- Germany's rehabilitation/reintegration measures
- New data on active FTFs
👉 lnkd.in/eEVKHXtY
- Indonesia's repatriation efforts
- Kosovo & India prosecutions
- Germany's rehabilitation/reintegration measures
- New data on active FTFs
👉 lnkd.in/eEVKHXtY
December 16, 2025 at 10:11 AM
📰 Foreign Terrorist Fighters (FTF) Knowledge Hub has been updated with recent developments in Syria/Iraq and states' responses, including:
- Indonesia's repatriation efforts
- Kosovo & India prosecutions
- Germany's rehabilitation/reintegration measures
- New data on active FTFs
👉 lnkd.in/eEVKHXtY
- Indonesia's repatriation efforts
- Kosovo & India prosecutions
- Germany's rehabilitation/reintegration measures
- New data on active FTFs
👉 lnkd.in/eEVKHXtY
❓A recent blogpost from Jonathan Kwik and Adriaan Wiese theorises that defensive AI agents could independently teach themselves to abuse protected symbols like the Red Cross to trick enemies into aborting attacks.
➡️ lnkd.in/dKxhfdFS
#InternationalHumanitarianLaw #AIregulation #CyberSecurity
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#InternationalHumanitarianLaw #AIregulation #CyberSecurity
December 15, 2025 at 3:46 PM
❓A recent blogpost from Jonathan Kwik and Adriaan Wiese theorises that defensive AI agents could independently teach themselves to abuse protected symbols like the Red Cross to trick enemies into aborting attacks.
➡️ lnkd.in/dKxhfdFS
#InternationalHumanitarianLaw #AIregulation #CyberSecurity
➡️ lnkd.in/dKxhfdFS
#InternationalHumanitarianLaw #AIregulation #CyberSecurity
🔇We are seeking an international law intern. Your position is centred on project implementation and support for Ukraine-related international law initiatives, including organising events and contributing to policy publications. ➡️ Apply today: www.asser.nl/jobs-interns...
December 15, 2025 at 3:44 PM
🔇We are seeking an international law intern. Your position is centred on project implementation and support for Ukraine-related international law initiatives, including organising events and contributing to policy publications. ➡️ Apply today: www.asser.nl/jobs-interns...
🔈We are seeking an international law intern who can support and assist with research projects in the field of international law. You'll focus on legal research & editing related to international criminal law and humanitarian law. ➡️ Apply today: www.asser.nl/jobs-interns...
December 15, 2025 at 3:43 PM
🔈We are seeking an international law intern who can support and assist with research projects in the field of international law. You'll focus on legal research & editing related to international criminal law and humanitarian law. ➡️ Apply today: www.asser.nl/jobs-interns...
✍ The Asser Institute has signed a Cooperation agreement with EUAM Ukraine to jointly develop a Knowledge Hub on International Criminal Law for the Ukrainian Judiciary, a platform aimed at strengthening Ukraine's application of IHL and ICL in domestic courts.➡️ www.asser.nl/news/the-ass...
December 15, 2025 at 10:57 AM
✍ The Asser Institute has signed a Cooperation agreement with EUAM Ukraine to jointly develop a Knowledge Hub on International Criminal Law for the Ukrainian Judiciary, a platform aimed at strengthening Ukraine's application of IHL and ICL in domestic courts.➡️ www.asser.nl/news/the-ass...
Netherlands International Law Review Vol. 72(2) is out.
Analyses on modes of liability, corruption in international contracts, China’s shift on foreign state immunity, neutrality after the Ukraine war, and rebel governance.
📚 Read the issue: inkd.in/eXqMeXQn
#NILR @fbakkerfrank.bsky.social
Analyses on modes of liability, corruption in international contracts, China’s shift on foreign state immunity, neutrality after the Ukraine war, and rebel governance.
📚 Read the issue: inkd.in/eXqMeXQn
#NILR @fbakkerfrank.bsky.social
December 12, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Netherlands International Law Review Vol. 72(2) is out.
Analyses on modes of liability, corruption in international contracts, China’s shift on foreign state immunity, neutrality after the Ukraine war, and rebel governance.
📚 Read the issue: inkd.in/eXqMeXQn
#NILR @fbakkerfrank.bsky.social
Analyses on modes of liability, corruption in international contracts, China’s shift on foreign state immunity, neutrality after the Ukraine war, and rebel governance.
📚 Read the issue: inkd.in/eXqMeXQn
#NILR @fbakkerfrank.bsky.social
Edited by Eva Kassoti, Teresa M. Cabrita & Narin Idriz; the book offers the first critical, legal account of the EU as a Regional International Organization (RIO). Explore how viewing the EU as a RIO provides perspectives on its legal identity, functioning, & international impact. lnkd.in/euZb43gd
December 8, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Edited by Eva Kassoti, Teresa M. Cabrita & Narin Idriz; the book offers the first critical, legal account of the EU as a Regional International Organization (RIO). Explore how viewing the EU as a RIO provides perspectives on its legal identity, functioning, & international impact. lnkd.in/euZb43gd
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@tmcasser.bsky.social grateful for the opportunity to present at #OPCW on dual-use challenges
December 5, 2025 at 5:39 PM
@tmcasser.bsky.social grateful for the opportunity to present at #OPCW on dual-use challenges
⏰ Last call 📢 Join us for a conference that explores and critically reflects on this shifting institutional landscape in EU external relations.
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December 5, 2025 at 5:34 PM
⏰ Last call 📢 Join us for a conference that explores and critically reflects on this shifting institutional landscape in EU external relations.
lnkd.in/eWjNJxnX
lnkd.in/eWjNJxnX
🗒️ What challenges does the advancement of #AI pose to chemical non-proliferation? Thea Coventry & Machiko Kanetake were invited to present at the Annual Meeting of National Authorities at the Organisation for the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC). lnkd.in/efY3AcUc
December 5, 2025 at 5:33 PM
🗒️ What challenges does the advancement of #AI pose to chemical non-proliferation? Thea Coventry & Machiko Kanetake were invited to present at the Annual Meeting of National Authorities at the Organisation for the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC). lnkd.in/efY3AcUc
📖 Is liberal constitutionalism still the global norm?
European Yearbook of Constitutional Law (#EYCL) 2024 explores diverse constitutional models and their interrelationships. A must-read for comparative law scholars.
🔗 Order now: lnkd.in/emnbCjK6
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#ConstitutionalLaw
European Yearbook of Constitutional Law (#EYCL) 2024 explores diverse constitutional models and their interrelationships. A must-read for comparative law scholars.
🔗 Order now: lnkd.in/emnbCjK6
@fbakkerfrank.bsky.social
#ConstitutionalLaw
November 21, 2025 at 9:17 AM
📖 Is liberal constitutionalism still the global norm?
European Yearbook of Constitutional Law (#EYCL) 2024 explores diverse constitutional models and their interrelationships. A must-read for comparative law scholars.
🔗 Order now: lnkd.in/emnbCjK6
@fbakkerfrank.bsky.social
#ConstitutionalLaw
European Yearbook of Constitutional Law (#EYCL) 2024 explores diverse constitutional models and their interrelationships. A must-read for comparative law scholars.
🔗 Order now: lnkd.in/emnbCjK6
@fbakkerfrank.bsky.social
#ConstitutionalLaw
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Do not miss this! Join us on 26 November in The Hague for the festive 10th version of the annual @tmcasser.bsky.social lecture with Spinoza Prize winner Prof. Joyeeta Gupta @uva-fmg.bsky.social, who will speak on protecting the public interest in times of #climatechange: www.asser.nl/about-the-as...
[Register now] 10th T.M.C. Asser Annual Lecture with Spinoza Prize winner Joyeeta Gupta: Protecting the public interest in an era of climate change
Professor Joyeeta Gupta
www.asser.nl
October 16, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Do not miss this! Join us on 26 November in The Hague for the festive 10th version of the annual @tmcasser.bsky.social lecture with Spinoza Prize winner Prof. Joyeeta Gupta @uva-fmg.bsky.social, who will speak on protecting the public interest in times of #climatechange: www.asser.nl/about-the-as...
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nos.nl/artikel/2591... Zie ook de 10e @tmcasser.bsky.social lezing die volgende week gegeven zal worden door Prof. Joyeeta Gupta, getiteld: ‘Protecting the public interest in times of climate change: from abandoning fossil fuel to sharing our Earth’. Meer info:
www.asser.nl/about-the-as...
www.asser.nl/about-the-as...
Niet op agenda klimaattop, maar opeens gaat het erover: fossiele brandstoffen
Op de agenda van de klimaattop werd met geen woord gerept over fossiele brandstoffen, tot grote ergernis van ruim 80 landen, die tot actie zijn overgegaan.
nos.nl
November 19, 2025 at 10:48 PM
nos.nl/artikel/2591... Zie ook de 10e @tmcasser.bsky.social lezing die volgende week gegeven zal worden door Prof. Joyeeta Gupta, getiteld: ‘Protecting the public interest in times of climate change: from abandoning fossil fuel to sharing our Earth’. Meer info:
www.asser.nl/about-the-as...
www.asser.nl/about-the-as...
Digital cross-border disputes are challenging private international law. Researcher Eduardo Silva de Freitas examines this tension, focusing on the intersection of digital rights, collective redress, and cross-border litigation in the EU, in his latest piece in EU Law Live. ➡️ lnkd.in/edWChH-J
November 18, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Digital cross-border disputes are challenging private international law. Researcher Eduardo Silva de Freitas examines this tension, focusing on the intersection of digital rights, collective redress, and cross-border litigation in the EU, in his latest piece in EU Law Live. ➡️ lnkd.in/edWChH-J
📢 The International Sports Law Journal Vol. 25(3) is out! Part 1 of the Special Issue Through Challenges and Disruptions: The Evolution of Lex Olympica.
🏅 All open access—exploring IOC lawmaking, Olympic Truce & CAS jurisprudence.
👉 Read more: lnkd.in/exJf53jM
#ISLJ @fbakkerfrank.bsky.social
🏅 All open access—exploring IOC lawmaking, Olympic Truce & CAS jurisprudence.
👉 Read more: lnkd.in/exJf53jM
#ISLJ @fbakkerfrank.bsky.social
November 14, 2025 at 8:47 AM
📢 The International Sports Law Journal Vol. 25(3) is out! Part 1 of the Special Issue Through Challenges and Disruptions: The Evolution of Lex Olympica.
🏅 All open access—exploring IOC lawmaking, Olympic Truce & CAS jurisprudence.
👉 Read more: lnkd.in/exJf53jM
#ISLJ @fbakkerfrank.bsky.social
🏅 All open access—exploring IOC lawmaking, Olympic Truce & CAS jurisprudence.
👉 Read more: lnkd.in/exJf53jM
#ISLJ @fbakkerfrank.bsky.social
🔎Join us to witness the real-life ICC trial of Dominic Ongwen (child soldier turned LRA commander) in a powerful documentary. An ensuing panel discussion explores societal healing, trauma recognition, and the limits of legal verdicts in reflecting victims' pain. ➡️ lnkd.in/eHfw8jH2
November 13, 2025 at 4:36 PM
🔎Join us to witness the real-life ICC trial of Dominic Ongwen (child soldier turned LRA commander) in a powerful documentary. An ensuing panel discussion explores societal healing, trauma recognition, and the limits of legal verdicts in reflecting victims' pain. ➡️ lnkd.in/eHfw8jH2
🏆Prof. Joyeeta Gupta was a lead author in the IPCC panel that won the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize. For her groundbreaking research on climate justice, she was awarded the 2023 Spinoza Prize, the highest scientific honour in the Netherlands. Hear her speak at our annual lecture.➡️Register: bit.ly/42EU4CO
November 12, 2025 at 4:38 PM
🏆Prof. Joyeeta Gupta was a lead author in the IPCC panel that won the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize. For her groundbreaking research on climate justice, she was awarded the 2023 Spinoza Prize, the highest scientific honour in the Netherlands. Hear her speak at our annual lecture.➡️Register: bit.ly/42EU4CO