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Leiden wins two prizes in Day of Crisis Competition 2023 27 March 2023
Leiden University's team participated in the 2023 edition of the Day of Crisis Competition and emerged as Second Runners Up to the Best Team Award and...
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eLaw presented the Horizon Europe BIAS project during the 'Algorithms for Her?' conference 24 March 2023
Carlotta Rigotti and Dr Eduard Fosch-Villaronga from Leiden University presented the Horizon Europe BIAS project and its preliminary findings on fairn...
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Meet Rosa: pleading (successfully!) in an LGBTQIA+ case 24 March 2023
Meet Rosa: pleading (successfully!) in an LGBTQIA+ case before the CJEU as an early-career lawyer
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Conference on the gap between government and citizens 21 March 2023
It’s often said that citizens have lost trust in their governments. But who exactly are these ‘citizens’? And which aspects of people’s contact with ...
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Leiden students reach finals of International and European Tax Moot Court Competition 21 March 2023
A team of three Leiden tax law students have reached the finals of the most prestigious worldwide moot court competition in the field of international...
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Asscher and Smulders present their research at the Siracusa International Institute for Criminal Justice and Human Rights 16 March 2023
On 3 and 4 March, the 2nd Doctoral Seminar on International Criminal Law, International Human Rights Law and International Humanitarian Law was held a...
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Leiden wins best role-play award in the Frits Kalshoven International Humanitarian Law Competition 2023 15 March 2023
Every year, the Netherlands Red Cross and Belgian Red Cross-Flanders organise the Frits Kalshoven IHL Competition. This competition aims to provide st...
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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. ...