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Meuwese on new developments in Dutch cabinet’s response to child benefits scandal 19 January 2021In recent days and weeks, experts have been falling over themselves to point the finger at the main culprit in the Dutch child benefits scandal. Altho...
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Hans-Martien ten Napel participates in The International Forum on the Future of Constitutionalism Global Summit 19 January 2021The Global Summit, which took place from 12-16 January 2021, is an initiative by Richard Albert, the William Stamps Farish Professor in Law, Professor...
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Reijer Passchier wins Meijers prize and Van Wersch Springplank prize 14 January 2021The Meijers prizes are awarded each year for the best published article from each faculty research programme. Reijer received the prize for his contri...
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Online Conference The Development of Normative Powers of UN Investigative Mechanisms 14 January 2021
The Grotius Centre for International Legal Studies in collaboration with the University of Geneva, the Chinese Journal of International Law (ChineseJI...
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Christa Tobler in the media about Brexit and Switzerland 05 January 2021In the days following Christmas, Christa Tobler gave a series of interviews to Swiss newspapers and Swiss radio about the new Trade and Cooperation Ag...
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Anne Meuwese on use of AI by public authorities 17 December 2020New technological applications which the government wants to use need to be thoroughly examined to prevent them causing problems for citizens. Current...
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Inside-Out Prison Exchange: unique course involving students and prisoners 11 December 2020Inside-Out Prison Exchange is a course in which students and prisoners work together on research questions in the area of crime, law enforcement and m...
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Dutch nationals abroad can lose Dutch nationality when passport expires 08 December 2020Around 23,500 Dutch nationals have been affected by this rule This was revealed by government figures on the number of Dutch nationals who submit an a...
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Coronavirus: Powers of employers to deal with reckless behaviour of workers 30 November 2020In the public debate on the coronavirus, bold assertions from academics, doctors and other medical practitioners are often heard. For example, that th...
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Jan Vleggeert in FD on ‘two hats’ worn by tax academics 02 November 2020Jan Vleggeert, Professor of Tax Law and Economics, voices criticism in Dutch newspaper Financieel Dagblad about the ‘two hats’ worn by academics whose...
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Peter Rodrigues on legal action against the State on ethnic profiling 13 October 2020Two citizens, together with organisations including Amnesty International, antidiscrimination agency RADAR and the Dutch Section of the International ...
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Erwin Dijkstra: important for people to know that there are also academics with a disability 08 October 2020We hardly ever seen people with a disability appearing on talk shows and other media channels. The Dutch Minister for Disability Issues, Rick Brink, d...
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Armin Cuyvers on Brexit and the UK elections in BNR National News Radio 10 September 2020On Wednesday 9 November, Armin Cuyvers was interviewed on the already infamous UK ‘Internal Market Bill', which was published that day.
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Looking back: opening faculty year with the Leiden Law Op1 talkshow 02 September 2020The faculty year was opened on Tuesday 1 September 2020 with a live talkshow broadcast from the KOG building and presented by Bastiaan Rijpkema and St...
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May employers require employees to be tested for corona? 14 August 2020
When an employee returns from an area considered to be a corona risk, can their employer require them to have a corona test? This is a complicated iss...