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‘If you know how the system works, you can stand up for your rights’ 15 March 2023
Legal protection. What do those involved in youth care and child protection understand by this concept? And what needs to change to improve legal prot...
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Media attention for research into Dutch financial health 13 March 2023
Research conducted by Deloitte, with advice from Leiden University and Nibud (National Institute for Family Finance Information), shows that six out o...
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Publication by Helen Duffy on Global trends in Counter-terrorism and the Implications for Human Rights in Africa 13 March 2023
On 8 March 2023 Helen Duffy, Professor of International Human Rights and Humanitarian Law in Leiden, published a monograph on Global Trends in Counter...
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Bart Schermer about attack on citizens' right to demonstrate 13 March 2023
Media outlets Investico, de Groene Amsterdammer and Trouw reported on the wide-scale collection by the Dutch police of personal data of demonstrators ...
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Leiden second place in the 2023 Jessup Law Moot Court Competition 13 March 2023
The Leiden University team won second place in the highly competitive Dutch National Rounds of the Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Compe...
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Professor by special appointment Rogier Hartendorp on collaboration with The Hague District Court 13 March 2023
Rogier Hartendorp is professor by special appointment of social effectiveness of justice at Leiden University and a judge at The Hague District Court....
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Explainable AI in Taxation: Melanie Fink on the Role of Explanation Requirements in EU Constitutional Law 13 March 2023
On 10 March 2023, the Amsterdam Centre for Tax Law (ACTL) of the University of Amsterdam (UvA) organised the Conference ‘Towards eXplainable Artificia...
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Michiel Tjepkema appointed professor at Open University 13 March 2023
From 1 March 2023, Michiel Tjepkema has been appointed professor of government liability and mining damage at the Open University in the Netherlands. ...
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Conference on Innovation within the Judiciary 09 March 2023
On 9 March 2023, the Council for the Judiciary organized a conference on innovations within the judiciary, which took place in the building of the Dut...
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Leiden Lawcast season 2: Meet our new hosts 09 March 2023
The Leiden Lawcast: the faculty podcast intended for and hosted by students. Every episode, our hosts discuss a trending topic with interesting guests...
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The PNR decision and beyond: Melanie Fink on the consequences of automation for the right to good governance 08 March 2023
From 23 to 24 February 2023, the Conference ‘The Future of the European Security Architecture: The CJEU’s decision on Passenger Name Records and beyon...
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Presentation Growth Fund application on enhanced conflict-resolving capabilities 08 March 2023
On 8 March 2023, the Growth Fund application which HiiL (The Hague Institute for Innovation of Law) has drawn up in collaboration with various consort...
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Accounting for diversity in robot design, testbeds, and safety standardisation 06 March 2023
Eduard Fosch-Villaronga from eLaw - Center for Law and Digital Technologies, and Hadassah Drukarch, explored the role of intersectionality within (reh...
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Alumni event Brussels: ‘Europe and the new geopolitical reality’ 06 March 2023
On 23 February 2023, Leiden University organised an alumni event in Brussels, which was attended by around a hundred people. Joris Larik, representing...
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Wim Voermans launches new book 'Onze constitutie' 06 March 2023
The Netherlands has one of the oldest constitutions in the world and a stable system of government lasting more than two centuries. The system’s ‘grou...