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Positive developments and challenges of local democracy and inclusive governance in Chile 19 March 2024
On 4 March 2024, the Local Public Sector Alliance (LPSA) held a meeting of its Working Group on Local Democracy and Inclusive Governance, in which the...
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VvA meeting to focus on transnational labour law 19 March 2024
At the meeting of the Dutch Employment Law Association (Vereniging voor Arbeidsrecht, VvA) on 12 March 2024, which Paul van der Heijden moderated as c...
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‘The battle for sustainability won’t be won in the civil courts’ 18 March 2024
Fossil Free against KLM on greenwashing, municipalities against Chemours on PFAS discharge, climate cases against Shell and ING Bank… There are many e...
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It doesn’t really exist, but I am one: a tropical lawyer! 18 March 2024
Alumna Janine Ubink is a Professor of Law, Governance and Development at Leiden University. She researches legal pluralism in various areas of Africa ...
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Consensual sex: easier said than done 18 March 2024
Sex without mutual consent is a criminal offence. The proposed new Dutch sexual offences law aims to better protect victims of sexually transgressive ...
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BRICS welcomes five new members to the bloc 18 March 2024
Starting 1 January 2024, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Ethiopia, the United Arab Emirates and Iran have officially joined the BRICS trade bloc, as confirmed b...
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Renewable Energy Directive raises concerns over impact on developing countries 18 March 2024
In 2009, the European Union adopted the Renewable Energy Directive (RED), mandating Member States to obtain 10% of all transport fuels from renewable ...
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Vacancy for Editorial Assistant – Common Market Law Review 15 March 2024
The Common Market Law Review (CML Rev.), one of the oldest and most prestigious journals in the field of European Union law, has its editorial office ...
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eLaw presents at the ACM Symposium on Computer Science and Law 2024 14 March 2024
On 13 March 2024, Carlotta Rigotti, postdoc researcher at eLaw, and Alexandre Puttick, postdoc researcher at Bern University of Applied Sciences, remo...
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Guest lecture by Wojciech Wiewiórowski, European Data Protection Supervisor 13 March 2024
On Thursday 29 February, the European Data Protection Supervisor, Wojciech Wiewiórowski, visited the eLaw Center for Law and Digital Technologies at L...
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Carlotta Rigotti at the ‘Legal Technologies and the Bodies’ conference 13 March 2024
On 7 and 8 March 2024, SciencesPo Law School hosted the ‘Legal Technologies and the Bodies’ conference, where Carlotta Rigotti, postdoctoral researche...
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Successful participation in 2024 European Law Moot Court Competition 13 March 2024
Four teams of students from the master's in European Law and the advanced master's in European and International Business Law (EIBL) programmes recent...
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Brooks Daly rejoins the LL.M. (Adv.) in International Dispute Settlement and Arbitration 11 March 2024
The Grotius Centre for International Legal Studies is delighted that Brooks Daly will rejoin the LL.M. (Adv.) in International Dispute Settlement and ...
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Bachelor's Open Day at Leiden Law School 05 March 2024
A day filled with sunshine and prospective students. On Saturday 2 March, Leiden University's faculties welcomed around 6,000 prospective students and...
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New special chair in Educational Theory and Law 05 March 2024
Following a special donation, the Stichting Pro Juventute foundation is facilitating a new special chair in Educational Theory and Law. Through the ch...