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European Law LL.M. opening lecture by Bartjan Wegter, EU Counter-Terrorism Coordinator 23 September 2024
On 12 September 2024, the official ceremony opening the academic year 2024-2025 for students of the European Law master’s programme took place at Leid...
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How can police officers obey the rules? Research links legal norms to technology 20 September 2024
It’s not something the police force wants to see, but it still occurs: racist and misogynist police conduct. Human rights specialist Dr Linda Louis ha...
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Leiden University addresses the UN on children’s rights 19 September 2024
Leiden University celebrates 10 years of OPIC by giving a key contribution at UN Committee on the Rights of the Child’s commemoration event.
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Successful start of new Governance of Migration and Diversity LL.M. 19 September 2024
On 30 September 2024, the newly established LL.M. track of the multidisciplinary Governance of Migration and Diversity master's programme welcomed its...
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Modderman Prize 2024 awarded to Elco Nab 19 September 2024
The Modderman Prize for the years 2022-2023 is to be awarded to Elco Nab. This prize is awarded once every two years to advance research in the field ...
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'A Changing Europe in a Changing World' conference 17 September 2024
The annual meeting of the European Group of Public Law (EGPL) took place on 13 and 14 September 2024 in Legrena, Greece.
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New issue of Common Market Law Review 16 September 2024
The October 2024 issue of the CML Rev., vol. 61, no. 5 is now available online.
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Marie Schwed Shenker to present at International Conference on Social Robots (ICSR 2024) 13 September 2024
We are excited to announce that Marie Schwed Shenker's research paper, co-authored with Dr Eduard Fosch-Villaronga (Associate Professor at eLaw) and P...
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Marie Schwed Shenker attends Utrecht Summer School on Social Robots 12 September 2024
Marie Schwed Shenker, PhD candidate at eLaw, has successfully completed an intensive summer school on Social Robotics at Utrecht University. The progr...
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From judge to police officer: a lack of understanding for deaf people in legal proceedings 10 September 2024
The cultural linguistic minority group of deaf people who communicate using sign language systematically experiences limited access to fundamental rig...
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Social environment can improve investigations into child sexual exploitation 10 September 2024
The prevention, detection and investigation of child sexual exploitation can be improved by involving neighbours, classmates and other people within t...
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High attendance at Kirchheiner Conference on ‘The Ombudsman & the Rule of Law’ 10 September 2024
On Thursday 29 August 2024, Leiden University hosted the conference on theme of ‘The Ombudsman & the Rule of Law’. More than 100 participants from pro...
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Emotions in the courtroom: research into how victim impact statements affect judges 09 September 2024
In court, victims of violent crime and sexual offences are permitted to comment on the defendant’s guilt and the sentence to be imposed. But legal exp...
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NWO grant for research on new type of global organisation 05 September 2024
To what extent can global issues be solved by multistakeholder collaboration, a relatively new type of organisation? Jan Aart Scholte, the coordinator...
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Evaluation of the Dutch Fast-Track Liquidation Transparency (Temporary Amendment) Act 05 September 2024
Leiden University's Company Law department will work with research agency SEO to conduct an evaluation of the Fast-Track Liquidation Transparency (Tem...