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Janne Nijman

Janne E Nijman is chairperson of the board and academic director of the Asser Institute, The Hague, and Professor of History and Theory of International Law, University of Amsterdam (on leave 2020-22). She is chair of the supervisory board of the International Centre for Counter-Terrorism – The Hague (ICCT). Nijman is also Professor of International law, the Graduate Institute, Geneva.
POSTS BY Janne Nijman
25 January 2022

The Grotian Myth and Dutch Modern Imperialism

The self-image of The Netherlands as a nation with a legalist (or Grotian) approach to international affairs has turned a blind eye to how Grotian legal reasonings and arguments have been used to legitimize Dutch colonialism and to shape the post-colonial structure of international law. Continue reading >>
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06 October 2021
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Urban Legacies of 9/11: An International Law Perspective

From the perspective of an international lawyer, the urban dimension of the attacks of 9/11 is conspicuously absent from most of the debates. Yet, there is a hidden story underneath the bigger geopolitical picture and its international legal implications that most of the contributions to this symposium discuss. The 9/11 attacks went for urban symbols that were at the same time global symbols; in the wave of terrorism that followed cities both in the Global North and Global South were the target – physically, politically and culturally. Security is increasingly understood as an urban issue. Continue reading >>
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06 October 2021
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Urban Legacies des 11. September: Eine völkerrechtliche Perspektive

Diese urbane Dimension der Anschläge vom 11. September wird in den meisten völkerrechtlichen Debatten auffällig wenig berücksichtigt. Jedoch verbirgt sich hinter den größeren geopolitischen Entwicklungen und den damit verbunden völkerrechtlichen Auswirkungen, eine weitere Geschichte. Die Anschläge vom 11. September 2001 zielten auf urbane Symbole ab, die gleichzeitig globale Symbole waren; in der darauffolgenden Terrorismuswelle waren Städte sowohl im globalen Norden als auch im globalen Süden das Ziel - physisch, politisch und kulturell. Sicherheit wird zunehmend als ein urbanes Thema verstanden. Continue reading >>
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