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Asser Today February 2018

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Morality and Responsibility of Rulers

Prof. Janne Nijman, Asser’s Academic Director, and Prof. Anthony Carty, Beijing Institute of Technology School of Law, have published the edited volume “Morality and Responsibility of Rulers: European and Chinese Origins of a Rule of Law as Justice for World Order” with Oxford University Press.

In an interview with the Bulletin de la Recherche of the Graduate Institute in Geneva, Nijman clarifies: the book first ‘carves out histories of international thought that show how diverse the Chinese and Western traditions are in themselves.’ This then brings out ‘rule of law as justice’ conceptions alternative to the positivist conceptions of the liberal internationalist rule of law today. As such, the book is highly relevant also for current developments in the organisation of a Europe–China dialogue on peaceful world order. Nijman: ‘professor Carty and I have [the hope] that it could serve as a basis for what we understand to be a much-needed transcultural humanist dialogue on international law and international relations.


Asser in the Media


▪ 'Polen verkondigt met herinneringswet de teloorgang van zijn liberale democratie', OP-ED by Dr. Ulad Belavusau, de Volkskrant (20 February 2018).
'Polen verkondigt met herinneringswet de teloorgang van zijn liberale democratie', OP-ED by Dr. Ulad Belavusau, de Volkskrant (20 February 2018).

▪ 'For a humanist dialogue between Chinese and Western thoughts on world order', interview with Prof. Dr. Janne Nijman, Bulletin de la Recherche of the Graduate Institute in Geneva (1 February 2018).
'For a humanist dialogue between Chinese and Western thoughts on world order', interview with Prof. Dr. Janne Nijman, Bulletin de la Recherche of the Graduate Institute in Geneva (1 February 2018).

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Selected Publications


▪ Anthony Carty and Janne Nijman (Eds.), Morality and Responsibility of Rulers: Chinese and European Early Modern Origins of a rule of law as justice for world order (OUP, 2018).
Anthony Carty and Janne Nijman (Eds.), Morality and Responsibility of Rulers: Chinese and European Early Modern Origins of a rule of law as justice for world order (OUP, 2018).

▪ Antoine Duval and Enrico Partiti, The UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights in (National) Action: The Dutch Agreement on Sustainable Garment and Textile
Antoine Duval and Enrico Partiti, The UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights in (National) Action: The Dutch Agreement on Sustainable Garment and Textile

▪ Ernst Hirsch Ballin, Restoring Trust in the Rule of Law, (January 2018). T.M.C. Asser Institute for International & European Law 2018-1.
Ernst Hirsch Ballin, Restoring Trust in the Rule of Law, (January 2018). T.M.C. Asser Institute for International & European Law 2018-1.

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

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Upcoming Events and Education


The Asser Institute has extensive experience in delivering postgraduate training programmes and in knowledge dissemination in the field of international and European law.

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9 March Book launch: Shifting Perspectives on the European Public Prosecutor’s Office

On 20 November 2017, Council Regulation (EU) 2017/1939 implementing enhanced cooperation on the establishment of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (‘the EPPO’) entered into force. The office is to become operational three years from now, upon a Commission Decision to that effect.

Also at the end of 2017, T.M.C. Asser Press published a volume providing in-depth analyses of this brand-new piece of EU legislation, entitled: “Shifting Perspectives on the European Public Prosecutor’s Office”. The volume (edited by Pim Geelhoed, Leendert Erkelens and Arjen Meij) comprises contributions written by well-known experts and practitioners in the field of EU criminal law. On 9 March 2018, this volume will be launched at the T.M.C. Asser Instituut.

The book launch will be followed by a panel discussion and a reception.

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28 May - 21 June Summer Law Programme on International Criminal Law and International Legal & Comparative Approaches to Counter-Terrorism

This Summer Law Programme is the product of a unique collaboration between the War Crimes Research Office of American University’s Washington College of Law and the T.M.C. Asser Instituut. Forty selected students from top US law colleges and universities will travel to The Hague to learn from international legal practitioners and scholars and to see their knowledge being put to practice through visits to (inter)national courts and institutions. Additional ten places are available to other interested law students and professionals who wish to register.

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09 - 13 July International Lawyering in a Public Interest Summer Programme

What does it take to practice international law for public interests? This summer programme will explore the challenges of public interest advocacy in international law, from questions of practise to finding or starting a firm, and from finding funding to identifying causes for advocacy. We will also raise critical questions, to challenge what it means to practise public interest advocacy in the international system. Our group of lecturers includes leaders in practice, including advocates from major firms and pro-bono start-ups, as well as NGOs, the diplomatic community, and academia.

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Yearbook of International Humanitarian Law 2016 - Volume 19 - Yearbook of International Humanitarian Law

Print ISBN 978-94-6265-212-5
EBook/Online ISBN: 978-94-6265-213-2
Distributed for T.M.C. Asser Press by Springer
Read this book on SpringerLink

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Newsletter of the T.M.C. Asser Instituut

Editor:
Faten Bushehri

The T.M.C. Asser Instituut carries out research on developments in international and European law and its potential for serving the cultivation of trust and respect in the global, regional, national and local societies in which the law operates.

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