T.M.C. Asser Instituut

T.M.C. Asser Instituut

Founder(s)	Eight Dutch universities[1]
Established	1965; 59 years ago (1965)
Mission	To further the development of international and European law in such a way that it serves the cultivation of trust and respect in the global, regional, national and local societies in which it operates.[1]
Focus	International and European law
President	Prof. Dr. Ernst Hirsch Ballin[1]
Head	Prof. Dr. Janne Nijman[1]
Staff	38 (10/10/2018)[1]
Key people	Prof. Dr. Ernst Hirsch Ballin Prof. Dr. Janne Nijman Gert Grift MSc
Address	R.J. Schimmelpennincklaan 20-22
Location	The Hague , Netherlands
Website	http://www.asser.nl

The T.M.C. Asser Instituut (or Asser Institute) is a professional inter-university centre of knowledge and research. The institute carries out research in private and public international law, European law, as well as all other related fields, including international commercial arbitration, international sports law and international humanitarian and criminal law. It was established in 1965 in The Hague and it is affiliated with the University of Amsterdam. Since September 2021 the institute also hosts the Special Chair Arms Control Law.^[2]

The institute is named after Tobias Michael Carel Asser (1838–1913), who was a Dutch jurist, and co-winner (with Alfred Fried) of the Nobel 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 with John Westlake and Gustave Rolin-Jaequemyns, the Institut de Droit International and the creation of the Hague Academy of International Law.