- T.M.C. Asser Instituut
The T.M.C. Asser instituut (established in 1965) is a professional inter-university centre of knowledge and research. The institute carries out research in private and public international law, European law, international commercial arbitration and all other related fields, such as international sports law and international humanitarian and criminal law.It is based in
The Hague and it is affiliated to theUniversity of Amsterdam .The institute is named after
Tobias Michael Carel Asser (April 28 ,1838 ,Amsterdam –July 29 ,1913 ,The Hague ), he was a Dutch jurist, cowinner (withAlfred Fried ) of theNobel Prize for Peace in 1911 for his role in the formation of the Permanent Court of Arbitration at the first Hague peace conference (1899). He also advocated for the creation of an international academy of law, which led to founding of the "Revue de Droit International et de Législation Comparée" withJohn Westlake andGustave Rolin-Jaequemyns , theInstitut de Droit International and the creation of theHague Academy of International Law .Hague Academic Coalition
The
T.M.C. Asser Instituut is a member of theHague Academic Coalition (HAC).Its member institutions are:*
T.M.C. Asser Instituut
*Institute of Social Studies
*Grotius Centre for International Legal Studies ,Campus The Hague ,Leiden University
*Netherlands Institute of International Relations 'Clingendael'
*Carnegie Foundation
*Hague Institute for the Internationalisation of Law Supranational Criminal Law
The
T.M.C. Asser Instituut organises in cooperation with theGrotius Centre for International Legal Studies and theCoalition for the International Criminal Court the Supranational Criminal Law Lecture series.Speakers of the 2008 series include:
*M. Cherif Bassiouni Hague Initiative for Law and Armed Conflict
The
Hague Initiative for Law and Armed Conflict is an initiative of theNetherlands Red Cross and theT.M.C. Asser Instituut . Its goal is to bring all actors in the field of International Humanitarian Law in the Netherlands together, and to disseminate International Humanitarian Law through different activities. Recently, HILAC has joined forces with the Amsterdam Center for International Law of the University of Amsterdam.TheHague Initiative for Law and Armed Conflict organizes a monthly lecture series, speakers in 2008 include:
*Liesbeth Zegveld
*Nils Melzer External links
* [http://www.asser.nl Website of the T.M.C. Asser Instituut]
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