AI and Blockchain for Good: Harnessing Technological Developments to Foster Trust

In May 2018, Asser researcher Dr. Bérénice Boutin was awarded research funding by the Gerda Henkel Stiftung to conduct an eighteen-month research project on the ‘Conceptual and Policy Implications of Increasingly Autonomous Military Technologies for State Responsibility Under International Law’.

The main objectives of this research project are to explore the implications of current and future technological developments for the conceptual foundations of State responsibility in relation to the conduct of armed forces (in particular the notion of State-human agency), and to evaluate how these theoretical considerations translate in terms of policy and regulation on the development and use of autonomous military technologies.

The project will run from June 2018 to December 2019.

T.M.C. Asser Instituut becomes a member of the Common Effort Community

T.M.C. Asser Instituut invites researchers to jointly submit applications for a Marie Curie Individual Fellowship

“A Tale of Two Cities”: The Roles of Geneva and The Hague, two UN cities, in Driving Global Justice

The Long-Term Risk of non-Repatriation of Dutch Children in Syrian Camps

Dutch children currently detained in Syrian camps should be actively repatriated. That is the main message of an opinion piece co-authored by Asser senior researcher Christophe Paulussen that was published on the 26th of June in the Dutch newspaper de Volkskrant.

For the original piece (in Dutch), see here.

27 - 31 August Advanced Summer Programme on Countering Terrorism within a Rule of Law Framework

This Advanced Summer Programme offers an in-depth look at the challenges that come with adopting and implementing counter-terrorism measures while ensuring respect for human rights, fundamental freedoms and the rule of law. During an intensive week, experts from academia and practice will explore (international) legal aspects of counter-terrorism and provide key insights into current issues and best practices.

The programme covers a wide range of topics (including the definition of terrorism in international and domestic law, legal limits to military responses to terrorism, criminal justice responses to terrorism, evidentiary issues and other prosecutorial challenges, administrative and security measures), and comports various types of activities (including lectures, interactive sessions, study visits, group discussions, panel presentations).

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17 September Trust and Deference between Legal Authorities in the World

Trust and deference are crucial mechanisms of interaction and cooperation between legal authorities in the World. For the purpose of this workshop, deference means that an authority does not make its own assessment or decision in a particular matter but relies on the judgment of another authority. It ultimately means that the deferring authority puts its trust in the authority it defers to. It has trust that the second authority makes a correct decision in matters of fact and law, especially the rule of law.

Our aim is to study the operation of trust-based legal interactions between authorities in the international legal context. To do so, we zoom in on two particular areas of (private and public) international law in which we believe legal mechanisms embodying trust and deference play a visible role in practice: international economic law and the transnational circulation of judgments and awards.

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Netherlands Yearbook of International Law 2017, Volume 48 - Shifting Forms and Levels of Cooperation in International Economic Law: Structural Developments in Trade, Investment and Financial Regulation