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Miranda Boone on problems with virtual court hearings during coronavirus crisis21 February 2022The coronavirus crisis had a major impact on the judicial system in the Netherlands: courts closed at the start of the pandemic and instead held virtu...
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Citizens felt less heard in virtual court hearings during coronavirus crisis18 February 2022
Quite a lot went wrong during the virtual hearings that courts held during the coronavirus crisis. Researchers from three universities, including Leid...
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Conference abstract submission deadline extended - Courts as an Arena for Societal Change01 February 2022
On July 8 - 9, 2022, Leiden University will be hosting a two-day, international conference on the theme of Courts as an Arena for Societal Change. The...
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Leiden Law Cast #1: Child benefits scandal & compassion with Professor A.G. Castermans17 December 2021Leiden Law Cast is a podcast made by Leiden Law School, Leiden University, for everyone who wants to learn more about current legal issues.
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Aart Hendriks: Compulsory vaccination is in the interest of public health06 December 2021Yesterday, the House of Representatives in the Netherlands rejected a motion that would completely rule out an obligation to get vaccinated. Compulsor...
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In the media: Martijn Nouwen's research into EU tax body18 November 2021Martijn Nouwen's research exposes for the first time to the general public how the 'secret' European Code of Conduct group has failed to eliminate var...
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Research Martijn Nouwen about secretive EU tax body revealed in media under #TheCode12 November 2021
Under #TheCode, European media are reporting on Martijn Nouwens’s research on the secretive EU Code of Conduct Group which is tasked with tackling har...
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Hendriks: Spanish euthanasia law important, but with teething problems04 November 2021
Earlier this year, Spain passed a law that legalises euthanasia and assisted suicide. Spain is now the fourth country in Europe with such a law. Its i...
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Federica Casano about EU tax haven blacklist11 October 2021One of the EU's most heralded weapons against tax avoidance and evasion falls prey to political whims, is applied arbitrarily, and lacks transparency,...
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Ton Liefaard presents at the Francophone association of ombudspersons platform10 August 2021On 8 July 2021, The Francophone Association of Ombudspersons (L’Association des Ombudsmans et des Médiateurs de la Francophonie (AOMF)) launched their...
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Can businesses and employers demand proof of vaccination?09 August 2021Can bars, gyms and travel providers refuse customers who have no proof of vaccination? And can an employer dismiss employees who are not vaccinated? R...
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Paul Nieuwbeerta in The Lancet on detainees’ health20 July 2021For the first time, research has been conducted on how the health of detained persons prior to their detention differs from that of non-detainees and ...
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Interview with Christa Tobler in de “Hofvijver” (Montesquieu Instituut)30 June 2021On Monday 28 June 2021, a text based on an interview with Christa Tobler appeared in the Hofvijver (Montesquieu Instituut) on the relationship between...
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Bashir Azizi: ‘Not war or civil war, but a global civil war’28 May 2021These days we do not just have wars and civil wars – more of a global civil war, says Bashir Azizi, who received a PhD in April 2020 for his thesis on...
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Stories from Europe’s borderlands: A podcast series about living with, and resistance to, Europe's borders10 May 2021In the upcoming months, PhD candidates Neske Baerwaldt (FdR / VVI) and Wiebe Ruijtenberg (FSW / CAOS) will produce the ethnographic podcast series ‘Gr...