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African Child Policy Forum and Leiden Child Law Department join forces to advance children’s rights in Africa 31 May 2024
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia – Leiden, Netherlands – Leiden Child Law Department at Leiden University in the Netherlands formally entered into a Memorandum o...
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Migrants cost European governments less than their native-born citizens do 29 May 2024
Migrants are far less of a burden on the budget of European countries than is often thought. In many cases, they make a more positive contribution tha...
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‘Put payment transactions for private clients under one new state-owned bank’ 21 May 2024
From receiving our salary to doing our shopping: we are completely dependent on commercial banks for all our payment transactions. But what happens i...
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Vanessa Mak and Herman Paul new KNAW members 16 May 2024
The KNAW has appointed 17 new members, including Leiden University's Vanessa Mak, Professor of Private Law, and Herman Paul, Professor of History. The...
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‘Children’s healthcare rights deserve more attention’ 19 April 2024
‘Children’s rights are somewhat of a poor relation’, says Professor of Law and Health Mirjam Sombroek-van Doorm. In her inaugural lecture, she will em...
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Symposium on ten years of progress for children's rights: OPIC 18 April 2024
In a collaborative effort between the Leiden Children’s Rights Observatory, the Leiden Law Academy, UNICEF and the Petitions Section of the Office of ...
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KNAW grant awarded for ‘People-centered constitutional law’ research project 09 April 2024
Recently, Wim Voermans, Professor of Constitutional and Administrative Law, and Jaroslaw Kantorowicz, Assistant Professor at the Institute of Security...
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Child rights expert sounds the alarm: ‘Global crises are hitting children hardest’ 08 April 2024
Wars, climate change and the effects of covid have caused a global decline in children’s well-being. In her inaugural lecture Ann Skelton, Professor o...
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Rens Pieterse writes biography of Professor Ferd Grapperhaus 03 April 2024
‘A tax crusader’... that’s how Ferd Grapperhaus, former Professor of Tax Law at Leiden University and father of the former Minister of Justice and Sec...
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Half of Dutch households unable to make ends meet or pay large unexpected bills 25 March 2024
69% of young Dutch people are struggling financially. They’re more likely to take risks by gambling, investing in cryptocurrencies or paying on credit...
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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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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...
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Research grant to achieve more clarity on business valuations in the courtroom 22 February 2024
Marc Broekema from the Department of Business Studies has received a grant from the Netherlands Institute of Registered Valuators (NiRV) to conduct re...
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Worsening problems with rules on tax authorities’ information decisions 21 February 2024
Inspectors at the Dutch Tax and Customs Administration can require people to provide more information relating to their tax returns. Esther Huiskers-S...
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Tirza Cramwinckel wins Stevens Award 15 February 2024
'Her publications demonstrate a strong combination of science and practice’, according to the jury. Cramwinckel received the Stevens Award on 9 Februa...