Past events
12 - 13 June 2025: Interdisciplinary Workshop on: Who Are 'Humans' in Military AI?
Utrecht ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ and the Asser Institute convened a workshop on 13 June 2025 to understand and evaluate who are ‘humans’ involved in—or excluded from—the development and use of AI systems in the military domain. The workshop was combined with a keynote panel on 12 June, open to students, researchers, practitioners, and the wider public. The workshop critically looked at the political construction of ‘humans’ involved in—or excluded from—the process of controlling and influencing the development and use of AI-enabled military systems.
Read more on the workshop page.
6 June 2025 - Conference 'The Politics of International Dispute Settlement'
The aim of this conference was to explore the legal, but also the social and political, implications and consequences of decisions of the ICTs (international courts and tribunals, broadly understood) within the framework of international dispute settlement. The conference was organised at Utrecht ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ in cooperation with the Netherlands Network for Human Rights Research (), the Netherlands Institute of Human Rights (SIM), Centre for Shared Regulation and Enforcement in Europe (RENFORCE) and Utrecht Centre for Accountability and Liability Law (UCALL).
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5 June 2025: Conference on Open-Source Investigations and Global Justice
This conference, supported by the Research Platform on Peace, Security and Human Rights, offered a full day of panels and discussions exploring how open-source investigation methods are transforming the pursuit of justice in human rights and environmental contexts. It brought together legal scholars, technologists, journalists, and activists committed to truth and transparency.
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28 May 2025 : The Age of Unpeace: Revisiting International Security
The Research Platform on Peace, Security and Human Rights in collaboration with Utrecht Centre for Accountability and Liability Law and Contesting Governance covened an event (at Utrecht ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ) titled "The Age of Unpeace: Revisiting International Security." Featuring a keynote address by NATO’s Chief Legal Advisor and two panels with excellent speakers from international law, international relations, and history.
Read more on the event page.
8 april 2025 Greenland and International Law - guest lecture by Danish ambassador
The platform Platform on Peace, Security and Human Rights hosted a guest lecture - also for students - on ‘The Kingdom of Denmark – Greenland in a Constitutional Law and Public International Law Perspective’ by Ulf Melgaard, the Danish Ambassador to the Netherlands. The US president claimed that control of the island was essential to American national and economic security.
Read more about the guest lecture.
17 February 2025 - Panel Discussion: Syria in Transition – Challenges, Justice, and the Road Ahead
The Platform on Peace, Security, and Human Rights, in collaboration with the Utrecht Centre for Accountability and Liability Law (Ucall) and the Montaigne Centre held a insightful panel discussion on Syria’s evolving landscape and the pursuit of justice in the wake of conflict. Bringing together faculty members, experts, and (former) students, this event will explore the humanitarian impact, accountability for human rights violations, and broader peace and security implications.
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12 February 2025 - Research Talks: In the ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ â€“ Legal and Policy Challenges at the ICC
The Platform on Peace, Security and Human Rights and the Montaigne Centre organised a first episode of Research Talks, focusing on the evolving legal and policy challenges at the International Criminal Court (ICC). In recent months, the ICC has issued arrest warrants for situations in Palestine and Libya, with additional applications concerning Afghanistan and Bangladesh/Myanmar. The Prosecutor has also signalled plans for further arrest warrants related to crimes in Sudan.
Read more on the event page.
5 February 2025 - Book discussion: "The EU’s Human Rights Responsibility Gap
The Platform on Peace, Security and Human Rights co-hosted a book discussion on Joyce de Coninck's recently published book: "". The book combines human rights, EU law and international law, specifically responsibility of international organizations, to address (amongst others) the EU's human rights failings in the migration crisis and how these are (un)regulated under international law.
Read more on the Book discussion page.