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📚 New issue: European Business Organization Law Review (#EBOR) Vol. 26(3).

Topics include corporate offsetting, digital assets, derivatives, EU insolvency law and SOE reform in China. 5 articles open access!

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@fbakkerfrank.bsky.social

#BusinessLaw

📢 Speakers confirmed!
🏅 Our online course on gender regulation in sport brings together leading experts and athletes to tackle the big questions of inclusion, fairness and human rights in international sport.

📅 15–17 Oct 2025
💻 Online via Zoom
🔗 Register now: bit.ly/45RGJsO

📢 New #internship opportunity: International & European human rights law

We’re seeking an intern to assist with research (ASPC strand) and support NNHRR, civil society arms export projects, drafting, and events.

📩 Apply by 12 Oct 2025, 23:59 CET
➡️ Learn more about this position: lnkd.in/e-Cqp2ys

❓ What does 'rule of law' mean under Xi Jinping in China?
The Hague Journal on the Rule of Law (#HJRL) has a new special issue on how the CCP reshapes law, politics, and ideology. Open access articles explore key tensions in China’s evolving legal order.

🔗 Read more: lnkd.in/eKrMi4Ue
#RuleOfLaw

Over two decades ago, EU membership perspective was extended to the Western Balkan countries. The world has since seen major geopolitical shifts on the international stage. Join us to discuss where Western Balkan countries stand now in the path towards (EU) integration 👉 www.asser.nl/media/798289...

🚨 Early bird deadline approaching!

Join us at the Asser Institute from 6 to 7 November for the ISLJ conference. Marking 20 years of the WADC, with keynote Travis T Tygart (USADA), expert panels on due process, and an exciting networking reception.

👉 Secure your sport now: bit.ly/4nkkIZw

📌 AI shapes how we see the world, but who shapes AI?
At #ESIL2025, Taylor Woodcock (Asser Institute) discussed how industry influences military AI and international law.

🔗 Read more: lnkd.in/eTknQbgD

⚖️ In recent weeks, calls have grown for states to sanction Israel over violations of international law in Palestine.
A new @justsecurity.org piece by @jamespsexton.bsky.social (Asser Institute) asks: Can states sanction Israel? And are they required to?

🔗Read here: lnkd.in/ey9BXmMM
#Sanctions

⚠️ Beware of comparisons between AI and humans.
In new research, Klaudia Klonowska & Taylor Woodcock (Asser Institute) show AI reshapes, rather than replaces, human decision-making in military targeting. Understanding human-AI interactions is crucial for IHL compliance.

🔗Read more: lnkd.in/e-XKCPbr

As the UNGA’s deadline for Israel to end its unlawful presence in the Occupied #Palestinian Territory has passed, join the leading voices in law and diplomacy to discuss state compliance with #UNGA Resolution A/RES/ES-10/24 and its consequences for the international legal order.
➡️ lnkd.in/emPbVqem

Join a lecture in which Professor Martti Koskenniemi - one of the world's leading theorists and historians of international law and human rights, explores the historical conflict between a law for states versus one for a global 'society', and what it means for our future today.
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As Europe increases its defence production, how should law respond? Join us for a roundtable that examines the future role and direction of international and European law in regulating governmental and corporate decisions in the development, export, and use of weapons.
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📢 The recording of last week’s webinar, “Fifteen years of review: The Office of the Ombudsperson to the UN Security Council ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida Sanctions Committee”, is now available on the @tmcasser.bsky.social YouTube channel.

📹 Access the recording here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWo5...

📢 We are welcoming abstracts for a workshop on ‘International Legal Resonance’ that focuses on how international lawyers engage with global crises, as well as why some breaches of international law seem to attract more attention than others.
📆Apply before 8 October 2025, 23:59 CET
➡️ lnkd.in/ekSmJJ5j

🎮 Loot boxes and gambling-like features in games are not harmless fun. In his new book (Asser Press/Springer), researcher Pieterjan Declerck shows how children’s rights are put at risk and calls for stronger safeguards.

👉 Read more: lnkd.in/evTivrbX

#ChildrensRights #SafeGaming

📢 At ESIL 2025 in Berlin, T.M.C. Asser Press proudly presents its latest books and journals with co-publisher Springer. Publisher @fbakkerfrank.bsky.social welcomes participants to meet, connect, and explore future projects.

#ESIL2025 #InternationalLaw #AcademicPublishing #AsserPress

❓How can Europe rearm responsibly while upholding human rights? Researcher León Castellanos-Jankiewicz (Asser Institute) won a NWO SSH XS Grant 2025 for RELY, a project exploring legal safeguards in EU arms production and transfer.

👉 Read more: www.asser.nl/about-the-as...

#LegalAccountability

New in open-access! In his Law & Critique article, @ulad-belavusau.bsky.social explores how the Netherlands as a constitutional monarchy handles its memory politics — contrasting it with France’s republican approach based on parliamentary memory laws.

🔗Read here: www.asser.nl/about-the-as...

⚽Fairness, inclusion, and human rights in sport - where do we draw the line?

Join us for a timely online short course that explores the evolving regulation of gender in international sport, including the landmark Semenya ruling.👉 bit.ly/45RGJsO

#SportsLaw #HumanRights

📢 Now out: #HJRL Vol. 17, Issue 2. A Special Issue on the rule of law in China. Explore rule of law under Xi Jinping, from party-state governance to constitutional review. Several articles are open access!

👉 Read the full issue: lnkd.in/ev3AMWq2

#RuleOfLaw #China @fbakkerfrank.bsky.social

⚖️ Join us for a knowledge hub launch on SEP 8, where we will directly connect Ukrainian judges with international legal experts & trusted resources. It’s a crucial step to support them in navigating the complexities of war crimes trials & strengthening the rule of law in #Ukraine.
🔗 lnkd.in/et9ZuHxe

📢 Just published: Question Time at the ICJ in Contentious Cases by Em. Prof. Karel Wellens. Discover how judicial questions & comments shape ICJ proceedings and reasoning. Essential reading for scholars & practitioners.

🔗 Order now: lnkd.in/ed9kytxV

#ICJ #IntLaw @fbakkerfrank.bsky.social

🙌 Our fully booked advanced summer programme on #terrorism, counter-terrorism and the #RuleOfLaw is happening this week!

We've been joined by an incredible group of participants from all over the world in this 15th edition of the #CT programme.

The Foreign Terrorist Fighters (#FTF) Knowledge Hub has just been updated!
This open-access online resource, developed in collaboration with the ICCT (@icct.bsky.social), now incorporates the most recent data on the responses of 36 states to #ForeignTerroristFighters.

➡️ icct.nl/multimedia/q...

🎉 Speakers @machikokanetake.bsky.social and Anh Nguyen are confirmed for the colloquium on the emerging law and practice of knowledge security in quantum innovation.

➡️ Learn more and enrol: lnkd.in/eNjmDQnN

#QuantumInnovation #KnowledgeSecurity #InternationalLaw

📢 New book: Enforcing International Humanitarian Law via Individual Rights — The Role of Strategic Litigation in Germany by Dr Vera Strobel examines how strategic litigation can advance IHL and protect civilians.

🔗Order your copy now: lnkd.in/eGqnY7Yn

#IHL #CaseLaw @fbakkerfrank.bsky.social

Join us on 9 September for a webinar with Mr. Richard Malanjum, the current Ombudsperson, and a panel of experts reflecting on counter-terrorism sanctions, delisting, and human rights protections.

Register for free: lnkd.in/ev-FPdqq

@jamespsexton.bsky.social

The threat from nuclear, chemical and biological weapons is at its most urgent since the Cold War. Join our Disarmament and Non-Proliferation of WMD training (13–17 Oct 2025, The Hague) with OPCW to gain expertise, visit key institutions and connect globally.

#Disarmament #NonProliferation #WMD

📢 Just published: Ready to Play?
In this new book, Dr Pieterjan Declerck examines gambling-like elements in video games from a children’s rights perspective, with legal & policy insights.

Order your copy now: lnkd.in/eb-8G-pY

#ChildrenRights @fbakkerfrank.bsky.social

⚖️ Non-cooperation with the ICC isn’t just a delay — it erodes justice, harms victims, and weakens global law. Jacobs, in a new book, calls for using broader international law to hold states accountable.

Read more: lnkd.in/eeXk2PVQ

#ICC #GlobalJustice #InternationalCriminalLaw