University of Amsterdam - Amsterdam Law School

10/09/2026

🎉 Congratulations to Professor Yvonne Donders on her re-election to the UN Human Rights Committee for the 2027–2030 term.

From January 2027, she will begin her second term as an independent expert, helping monitor states’ compliance with the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR).

A wonderful recognition of her expertise in international human rights law. 🌍⚖️

Het Mensenrechtencomité bestaat in totaal uit 18 onafhankelijke experts die toezicht houden op de naleving van het IVBPR. De leden van het Comité worden genomineerd en benoemd door de verdragspartijen voor een termijn van vier jaren, waarna herverkiezing mogelijk is. Elke twee jaar vinden de verki...

20/07/2026

AI is changing the way militaries operate in wars

- Computers identify objects and people as targets
- Not a commander, but AI thinks of the best strategies to attack.

But what if the computer gets it wrong? ‘One of the biggest challenges we have now is understanding when AI fails’, says researcher Klaudia Klonowska from TMC Asser Instituut. She wrote her dissertation on the experimentation with AI in the defence sector and the implications for international law.

08/06/2026

AI is increasingly being used in the judicial system. But do litigants know how such systems impact verdicts? It’s important that they do, argues Ljubiša Metikoš in his dissertation. ‘The system must be explainable, so that citizens can contest decisions.’

AI is increasingly being used in the judicial system. But do litigants know how such systems impact verdicts? It’s important that they do, argues Ljubiša Metikoš in his dissertation. ‘The system must be explainable, so that citizens can contest decisions. It shows a profound lack of respect if...

29/04/2026

We need to get ready for the next health crisis, warns legal scholar Pramiti Parwani. Although the COVID-19 pandemic now seems far behind us, we would like to keep it that way. Read more about her research.

The COVID-19 pandemic now seems far behind us – and we would like to keep it that way. But we need to get ready for the next health crisis, warns legal scholar Pramiti Parwani. In her PhD research on vaccine access, she argues that without a structural transformation in vaccine supply chains, the ...