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[[Opening academic year] Academic director Janne Nijman: ‘Sharing ideas to help shape a post-COVID world'

In a message for the start of the academic year, academic director Janne E. Nijman highlights the importance of research, education and knowledge, to help tackle the problems of our time. "We need rigorous thinkers, young and old, as problems can only be resolved through intellectual breakthroughs and our ability to see situations in a new way. "_ Read the full text here.

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[Analysis] Asser researcher Uladzislau Belavusau reflects on the political crisis in Belarus

In a podcast interview with constitutional law blog Verfassungsblog, Asser senior researcher Dr Uladzislau Belavusau reflects on the mass protests in Belarus and what the future of Belarus could look like. He further published an open letter to Stef Blok, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, in Dutch newspaper Volkskrant. Read more here.

Asser researcher co-authors Guiding Principles on Shared Responsibility in International Law

Asser senior researcher Berenice Boutin was part of the Drafting Commmittee of the Guiding Principles of Shared Responsibility in International Law. The Guiding Principles identify the conditions, consequences, and implementation mechanisms of shared responsibility. Read more here.

[New publication]: The legality of economic activities in occupied territories

This month, Routledge publishing released a new volume titled The legality of economic activities in occupied territories, edited by Asser senior researchers Dr Antoine Duval and Dr Eva Kassoti. The book explores the topic from multiple perspectives, including international law, EU law, business and human rights. Read more here.

[Online round table] Trading emerging technologies: Security and human rights perspectives

On 15 September 2020, the Asser Insititute and Utrecht University Centre for Global Challenges will host a free online roundtable on 'Trading emerging technologies: Security and human rights perspectives.' Learn from experts in the field from academia and practice about the mixed narratives of security and human rights that underly restrictions and regulations in the trade of emerging technologies. Sign up here.

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[Asser in the media] Asser senior researcher Christophe Paulussen on the Ayyash et al. judgement 'The fact that people have been acquitted also says something about the fairness of the trial'

Asser senior researcher Christophe Paulussen was interviewed by news agency AFP and quoted in French newspaper LePoint about the long-awaited verdict and the challenges that confront international courts more generally.
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Selected publications

Op-eds
Nijman, J. and O'Connell, ME.
A Better World Emerging from the Crises, Opinio Juris, 14 August 2020

Articles
Belavusau U. & Gliszczyńska-Grabias, A.
The Remarkable Rise of 'Law and Historical Memory' in Europe: Theorizing Trends and Prospects in the Recent Literature,’ 47(2) Journal of Law and Society (2020): 325-338.

Duval, A. & Heerdt, D.
FIFA and Human Rights – a Research Agenda, article by Dr Antoine Duval and Daniela Heerdt for Tilburg Law Review, 22 June 2020.

Nollkaemper, A., d’Aspremont, J., Ahlborn, C., Boutin, B., Nedeski, N., Plakokefalos, I., with the collaboration of Jacobs, D.
Guiding Principles on Shared Responsibility in International Law, 31(1) European Journal of
International Law (2020): 15-72.

Book chapters
Broekhuijse, I., Hirsch Ballin, E. & Ranchordás, S.
‘The Constitutions of the Dutch Caribbean’, in: Albert, R., O'Brien, D. & Wheatle, S-S. (eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Caribbean Constitutions, Oxford: Oxford University Press (2020).

Geiss, R. & Paulussen, C.
‘Specifically Protected Persons and Objects’, in: Saul, B. & Akande, A. (eds.), The Oxford Guide to International Humanitarian Law: Oxford: Oxford University Press (2020): 175-203.

Call for interns

T.M.C Asser Instituut is recruiting two interns

Are you a motivated student of international or European law, seeking to enrich your knowledge and learn from experts in the field? The T.M.C Asser Instituut is looking for two interns to assist with research projects. Interested students should apply before 14 September. Read more here.

Asser research papers and policy briefs can be downloaded on SSRN.

Upcoming events & training programmes

15 September 2020
[Online round table] Trading emerging technologies: Security and human rights perspectives

28 September - 02 October 2020
[Online training programme] Disarmament and non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction

08-09 October 2020
[Online conference] Migration deals and their damaging effects

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For information on our coronavirus policy please click here.

Asser in the media

Report of the Office of the Ombudsperson to the ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida Sanctions Committee (August 2020), report summarising the activities of the Ombudsperson, including his participation (together with two former Ombudspersons) in a discussion co-organised by the Asser Institute, to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the Office of the Ombudsperson.

Corona Constitutional #45: Europas letzter Dictator? Podcast interview with Dr Uladzislau Belavusau by German constitutional law blog, Verfassungsblog, on the recent mass protests in Belarus (in English)

Assassinat de Rafic Hariri: faibles résultats pour le tribunal international, interview with Dr Christophe Paulussen by news agency AFP on the outcome of the Hariri case before the Lebanon tribunal (20 August 2020)

Asser in videos

[Video] Asser's training programme on disarmament and non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction

Curious about our upcoming training programme on disarmament and non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction but don't know what to expect? Watch last year's video here.

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Asser Press featured publication

Top ranking journal: The Hague Journal on the Rule of Law

In 2019, the impact factor (reflecting the number of citations articles in a journal receive) of the Hague Journal on the Rule of Law (T.M.C. Asser Press, distributed by Springer-Verlag) increased from 0.9 in 2018 to 1.6 in 2019. The multidisciplinary journal now ranks 41 (out of 154 journals) in the Clarivate Analytics Journal Citation Reports.

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