[Professional education] Introducing the Asser Academy Masterclass series: innovative short courses for legal professionals

Lifelong learning is essential for those engaged in today's legal and business world. To meet the high demand for short professional courses, the T.M.C. Asser Instituut is launching a new and innovative professional education series in international legal practice: The Asser Academy Masterclass series. Topics in the series are highly diverse and range from the operation of the FIFA transfer system to the regulation of the phenomenon of foreign fighters.

[New publication] ‘A vaguely defined licence to kill’: jus ad bellum and the War on Terror

In his May 2010 report to the General Assembly, then-Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, Philip Alston raised concerns about the ‘displacement of clear legal standards with a vaguely defined licence to kill, and the creation of a major accountability vacuum’. In a forthcoming book chapter available on the Asser SSRN network, Asser researcher Rebecca Mignot-Mahdavi and Nehal Bhuta (University of Edinburgh) reflect on the evolutions of the right of self-defence in the counter-terrorism context.

[ASIL 2021] Roundtable on international law’s role in the governance of AI

Last week, the 2021 virtual annual meeting of the American Society of International Law (ASIL) took place. Chair of the board and academic director of the Asser Institute Janne E. Nijman convened the online closing plenary, focusing on the governance of artificial intelligence (AI), which was moderated by Sadjad Soltanzadeh, postdoctoral researcher in ethics and philosophy of technology at the Asser Institute.

[Blog] EU’s future due diligence legislation will speed up justice for Shell claimants

The EU is currently working on a draft legislation on corporate due diligence that could speed up the often lengthy legal process. Asser researcher Chuwuma Okoli welcomes this development in a blog post for NOVA BHRE: “It is important that clear private international law rules should be developed that gives claimants access to justice without delay."

[Online workshop] Movies that Matter and the Asser Institute: the power of film in international justice

Together, The Asser Institute and Movies that Matter organise the Global Justice Cinema workshop 22-23 April to show and discuss the power of film in the field of international law and politics. Two recent films will be discussed: 'Columbia in My Arms' and 'President'. Join us online to meet international lawyers, film professionals and academics.

Asser researcher Christophe Paulussen was invited to introduce a debate on citizenship stripping in The Netherlands by Dutch media outlet, De Balie.