[Blog post] The beginning of the end of a home-grown African Court?

Last month, when most of the world was focused on COVID-19, Benin & Côte d’Ivoire withdrew their special declarations from the African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights. Asser researcher Dr Misha Plagis writes a new blog-post explaining how this has a detrimental effect on human rights in Africa. She writes 'With only six states left that allow individuals and NGOs to bring cases, it is likely that the African Court’s increasingly steady stream of cases will turn into a trickle and potentially dry out.' Read the full blog post here.

Imagining Justice: visiting physical sites of international law

Dr Sofia Stolk has co-published three articles take you on a virtual tour through the buildings and public spaces where international law is practiced, visited, shaped and challenged. The articles emphasise the importance of international law’s physical sites. In the current times of self-isolation and staying home, ‘imagining justice’ gains new meanings, and we are more than ever depending on our imagination to visit such spaces and to bridge physical distances. Read a summary here.

[Recording] Asser live webinar ‘Counter-terrorism & the law: A forever and anywhere war’

On Monday May 18, T.M.C. Asser Instituut hosted its first online live discussion, in which Asser Institute counterterrorism experts Dr Rumyana van Ark and Rebecca Mignot-Mahdavi provided a legal perspective on current affairs. In the session 'Counterterrorism & the law: A forever and anywhere war', the researchers explored the ever- growing confusion between times and spaces of war and peace in the context of counter-terrorism, and discussed the role that legal norms and legislative practices have in this. Watch the webinar here.

'The Netherlands and the Global Approach to COVID-19' advisory letter

Asser Institute President Ernst Hirsch Ballin has contributed to The Advisory Council on International Affairs English version of their advisory letter to the government 'The Netherlands and the Global Approach to COVID-19'. The letter covers the importance of cooperation during these times and recommendations on further actions to be taken. It is now available to read here.

Graduate Institute Geneva welcomes Janne Nijman as Professor of International Law

Asser Institute's academic director Janne E. Nijman has joined the faculty of law at the Graduate Institute Geneva as a Professor of International Law. She will be teaching History and theory of international law. Nijman will continue her work as the academic director of the Asser Institute.

Covid-19 update on T.M.C. Asser's 2020 summer programmes and events

Due to the coronavirus outbreak, we have moved our summer programmes and events to an online platform until 1 September. The programmes and events planned for the autumn of 2020 might be subject to change. Registered participants will receive notification of the format at least a month before the starting date.