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Daniel Peat appointed as Secretary-General of ESIL24 September 2025At its recent Annual Conference in Berlin, the European Society of International Law (ESIL) appointed Daniel Peat, Assistant Professor at the Grotius ...
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Additional funding for five experimental and innovative research projects04 July 2025Five Leiden research projects in history, law and AI have received SSH Open Competition M 2024 funding from the Dutch Research Council (NWO). The rese...
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Rick Lawson appointed new president of the Netherlands Institute for Human RightsAppointment 30 June 2025Rick Lawson, Professor of European Law and former Dean of Leiden Law School, was appointed as the new president of the Netherlands Institute for Human...
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Carla van Baalen awarded Thorbecke MedalAward 04 June 2025Carla van Baalen was awarded the Thorbecke Medal on 4 June. She received the award in recognition of her remarkable and varied oeuvre in the field of ...
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Rick Lawson President of the Netherlands Institute for Human RightsAppointment 28 May 2025
Rick Lawson, Professor of European Law and former Dean of Leiden Law School, was appointed as the new president of the Netherlands Institute for Human...
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Rowie Stolk wins VAR-Lex Michiels prize20 May 2025On 16 May, Rowie Stolk was awarded the VAR-Lex Michiels prize for her dissertation 'Litigation interest groups in the polder: An interdisciplinary per...
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Stefan Sagel wins ‘Gouden Peer’ in labour law10 February 2025On 10 February, Stefan Sagel was awarded a prestigious ‘Gouden Peer’ in labour law by ‘Mr.’, a well-known platform for legal professionals in the Neth...
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Dr Cecily Rose appointed to the Advisory Committee on Public International Law07 January 2025Dr Cecily Rose, Associate Professor at the Grotius Centre for International Legal Studies, has been appointed by the Dutch Government to the Advisory ...
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Tanja Masson-Zwaan appointed as adjunct professor at Wuhan University03 December 2024Dr Tanja Masson-Zwaan, assistant professor at the International Institute of Air and Space Law, recently visited four universities and a research inst...
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Sophie Starrenburg elected as member of Coordinating Committee of the ESIL Interest Group on the International Law of Culture04 November 2024In October, Sophie Starrenburg was elected as a member of the Coordinating Committee of the ESIL Interest Group on the International Law of Culture. S...
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Larissa van den Herik sworn in as Deputy Judge16 October 2024Larissa van den Herik, Professor of Public International Law at the Grotius Centre for International Legal Studies, was sworn in as a Deputy Judge at ...
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Letizia Lo Giacco winner of the 2024 Rosalyn Higgins Prize for best article24 September 2024Dr Letizia Lo Giacco is the recipient of the 2024 Rosalyn Higgins Prize for her article titled 'When a Dispute Exists: The Emerging Evidentiary Practi...
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Suzanne Kali appointed chair of FNV women’s network10 September 2024On 1 September 2024, lecturer and researcher Suzanne Kali, who works at Leiden Law School’s Labour Law and Social Security department, took over from ...
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Wim Voermans wins 2023 Book of the Year at University of Texas School of Law26 August 2024Wim Voermans' recent book ‘The Story of Constitutions’ takes an interdisciplinary approach in attempting to understand how constitutions come about an...
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Wim Voermans appointed Distinguished Professor19 August 2024The Executive Board has appointed Wim Voermans to the position of distinguished professor. This is a unique role that allows professors to take the le...