In a new Op-Ed for EU Law Live’s Competition Corner, Eduardo Silva de Freitas examines how private international law affects representative actions brought to enforce obligations contained in the European Union’s recent digital legislation. He explains that in...

Join us on Wednesday, November 26 2025, at 17.00 hrs CET, in The Hague for the 10th T.M.C. Asser Annual Lecture. This year features Professor Joyeeta Gupta, Spinoza Prize winner, speaking on "Protecting the public interest in times of climate change: from aban...

In a new book from T.M.C. Asser Press/Springer, editors Ahmed Almutawa (Durham University, UK) and Konstantinos D. Magliveras (University of the Aegean, Greece) gather a remarkable group of scholars to explore how regional human rights courts actually operate—...

Yesterday, the T.M.C. Asser Instituut and the Amsterdam Law School (ALS) co-organised a new Global Justice Session (GJS) in The Hague, further strengthening the educational links between the two organisations.   Yesterday’s session, taking place a few months ...

In the new book “A Geopolitical Europe in the Making? The EU’s Actorness in a (De-)Globalising World”, the editors assess the European Union’s strategic goals based on its performance in world politics. They conclude the EU has made significant strides in proj...

A new JurisDictions podcast episode brings together voices from across the legal and academic world to unpack the externalisation of migration controls, the practice of managing migration beyond a country’s own borders. In this episode, hosts Flora Bensadon a...

Asser Institute researcher Daniela Heerdt was recently interviewed by Dutch newspaper de Volkskrant about the human rights challenges facing the 2026 FIFA World Cup in the United States under President Trump's policies. In 2026, the Unied States will welcome ...

In a new book by T.M.C. Asser Press, author Karel Wellens (Radboud University Nijmegen) examines the International Court of Justice’s (ICJ) long-standing use of questioning during oral proceedings. He argues that judicial questions are not simply rhetorical to...

The Hague Journal on the Rule of Law (HJRL), recently ranked 8th among law journals worldwide, has released a special issue dedicated to the question: ‘What is Xi Jinping thought on rule of law?’ The issue brings together nine articles examining how the Chines...