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Since the 1990s, the group of scholars and practitioners has been conducting research on the role of independent international bodies, both courts and quasi-judicial bodies (hereinafter international adjudicators), in urgent human rights situations that may lead to irreparable harm. This research is reflected in, among others, a book, entitled Urgency and Human Rights, The Protective Potential and Legitimacy of Interim Measures (Asser Press, 2021). The text of the Nijmegen Principles was confirmed at online meetings on April 29 and May 26, 2021. The Nijmegen Principles 2021 confirm, and have been inspired by, the mature systems of interim measures that the various adjudicators have developed.