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Leiden students advise the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child02 June 2022On Wednesday 18 May, the students of the LL.M. Advanced Studies in International Children’s Rights presented their work to the UN Committee on the Rig...
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Tycho de Graaf appointed Professor of Technology and Private Law02 June 2022Tycho de Graaf has been appointed Professor of Technology and Private Law at Leiden University as of 1 June 2022.
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Leiden scholar wins first prize at insolvency law research workshop20 May 2022On 28 and 29 April 2022, the fourth annual PhD Workshop on European and International Insolvency Law took place, organised by the Foundation Bob Wesse...
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‘The child protection system really isn’t in good order’13 May 2022Last Thursday the Dutch House of Representatives held a debate on children being put into care when the childcare benefits scandal (toeslagenaffaire) ...
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Mariëlle Bruning in the media on fact sheet about placement in care10 May 2022It is not possible for juvenile courts to properly assess whether it is necessary to place a child in care. This is evident from a fact sheet that has...
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Fact sheet on placement of children in care06 May 2022At the request of the Dutch Parliament, Professor Marielle Bruning, Dr Kartica van der Zon (Dept. of Child Law), Professor Lenneke Alink and Dr Sabine...
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Vanessa Mak at conference 'Transformation of Consumer Law'26 April 2022On 21 and 22 April 2022, Vanessa Mak participated in the conference 'Transformation of Consumer Law' at the University of Warwick, organised by Christ...
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More parties should have a say in listed companies31 March 2022To get important topics such as climate and human rights higher on the agenda of listed companies, stakeholders other than shareholders and employees ...
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NWA grant for health law as part of NWA Cure4life24 March 2022Mirjam Sombroek, Aart Hendriks and Martine de Vries (LUMC) will work on mapping the ethical and legal aspects of gene therapy. The aim is to establish...
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Flash interview with alumna Kartica van der Zon15 March 2022Did you know that PhD candidates are also alumni of your alma mater? High time to put a PhD alumna and her research in the spotlight. Besides, this mo...
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Shadow Game Screening with film maker Els van Driel15 March 2022On 10 March students of the advanced master's in International Children’s Rights and the Dutch Child Law master's watched the documentary Shadow Game ...
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Funding for Mirjam Sombroek-van Doorm for health law research10 March 2022Mirjam Sombroek-van Doorm has been awarded contract funding for research conducted for the intervention programme ‘Nu Niet Zwanger’ (Not Pregnant Now)...
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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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The ELS Atelier is launched!17 February 2022On Valentine’s day, the ELS lab @Leiden launched the ELS Atelier, where a group of scholars met to see if they could find their match with a particula...
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Bart Krans receives Senior Teaching Qualification (SKO)08 February 2022On 27 January 2022, fifteen dedicated lecturers at Leiden University received the Senior Teaching Qualification (SKO). They included Bart Krans, Profe...