Renowned legal scholar Prof. Anne Orford will deliver the Fifth Asser Annual Lecture on Thursday, 28 November 2019 at a symbolic place for international law - the Peace Palace in The Hague. Orford’s lecture is entitled ‘International Law and the Social Question’. According to Prof. Orford, the current situation of people who are dispossessed or impoverished by economic liberalisation, and the exhaustion of the world’s resources have become inescapable barriers to the continuation of ‘global business as usual’. Continue reading here. We are very honoured that Sigrid Kaag, Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation in The Netherlands will join us to celebrate the fifth year anniversary of the Annual T.M.C. Asser Lecture (TBC). Seats are going fast, so make sure to register now. | 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) Christophe Paulussen, and Hanne Cuyckens, assistant professor at Leiden University College, in their latest paper. Read the text here. |
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. “The interpretation of the right of self-defense that would have to be articulated to justify the use of force in this occasion is far from reflecting the still most widely accepted interpretation of Article 51 of the UN Charter.” Continue reading here. | Dilip Chakma, a lawyer and human rights defender from India, recently started as a Shelter City Research fellow at the Asser Institute. We asked Dilip Chakma what he hopes to achieve during his stay at the Asser Institute. Read the full interview here. | Asser in the media ▪ Antoine Duval, Doping in sport: why it can't be stopped | The Economist, Oct 25, 2019.
| | Upcoming events & training programmes | 6 November 2019
The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons: New Perspectives for Nuclear Disarmament? 14 November 2019
Between National Law(s) and the Binding Treaty: Recent Developments in Business and Human Rights Regulation 28 November 2019
The Fifth Annual T.M.C. Asser Lecture 2019 with Prof. Anne Orford 11 December 2019
EU Trade Agreements and the duty to respect human rights abroad 20 - 24 January 2020
Winter Academy on Artificial Intelligence & International law 27 - 31 January 2020
Doing Business Right Winter Academy: Due diligence as master key to responsible business conduct 17 - 21 February 2020
CLEER Winter Academy: EU external policies and instruments & asylum and migration | For all events click here | Selected publications ▪ Cuyckens, H. & Paulussen, C.'The Prosecution of Foreign Fighters in Western Europe: The Difficult Relationship between Counter-Terrorism and International Humanitarian Law', Social Science Research Network, 18 October 2019.
▪ Duval, A. & Kassoti, E. ‘The Past, Present and Future of Corporations under International Criminal Law’, Mededelingen van de Koninklijke Nederlandse Vereniging voor Internationaal Recht - nr 146 - Living up to International Criminal Law: State of Affairs, Prospects and Mandates- KNVIR Preadviezen (2019): 1-40.
▪ Meerssche, D. van den ‘International Law as Insulation – The Case of the World Bank in the Decolonization Era’, Journal of the History of International Law (2019): 1-26.
▪ Nijman, J. E. & Werner, W. G. 'Populism and International Law: What Backlashand Which Rubicon?', in: Nijman, J. E. & Werner, W. G (eds.), Netherlands Yearbook of International Law 2018 - Populism and International Law, T.M.C. Asser Press, October 2019.
▪ U. Belavusau & D. Kochenov, Same-Sex Spouses in the EU after Coman: More Free Movement, But What about Marriage?, EUI Law Working Paper, 3, 2019.
| Asser research papers and policy briefs can be downloaded on SSRN. | | Asser Press featured publication | Newsletter of the T.M.C. Asser Instituut Editors:
Faten Bushehri / Donika Elshani The T.M.C. Asser Instituut aims to further the development of international and European law in such a way that it serves a cultivation of trust and respect in the global, regional, national and local societies in which the law operates. | |
