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Lou*, a Filipina human rights defender with a local human rights network, is dedicated to documenting gross human rights violations against children and young people in her country. As a Shelter City Research Fellow at the Asser Institute, she is investigating...

A new publication entitled ‘Criminalising Hate Speech: A Comparative Study’ (Asser Press), edited by Eric Heinze, focuses on the complex and urgent issue of hate speech. This is the world’s first publication to offer detailed, country-by-country studies from i...

A potential landmark ruling by the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) is challenging the authority of the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), the long-standing arbiter of key disputes in transnational sports governance. CJEU’s Advocate General Tam...

A new book, entitled “Animal Law: Comparative and Global Perspectives” (T.M.C. Asser Press), edited by Federico Dalpane and Maria Baideldinova, shows that legal frameworks worldwide are evolving to address the welfare, protection and legal status of animals. T...

On Monday 20 January, recommendations made by experts from the Asser Institute regarding Italy’s arms exports will be discussed at the 48th session of the United Nation’s Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review. According to these recommendations, Italy...