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Matthias Haentjens and the second conference on bank resolution17 February 2021On 3 February 2021, Prof. Matthias Haentjens spoke at the second conference on bank resolution, jointly organised by the European Banking Institute (E...
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Partnership with Baker McKenzie for organisation Children’s Rights Moot Court Competition 202122 January 2021From Monday 7 to Friday 11 June 2021, the fourth (virtual) edition of The Children’s Rights Moot Court Competition takes place.
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Financial supervision in (juvenile) criminal law20 January 2021Many adults and juveniles who are in prosecuted in criminal courts also have financial problems. This applies to almost one third of probation cases a...
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Gitta Veldt wins Meijers prize and Van Wersch Springplank prize19 January 2021The Meijers prizes are awarded each year for the best published article from each faculty research programme. Veldt received the prize for her contrib...
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Honorary doctorate for child rights activist Graça Machel19 January 2021Mozambican politician and child rights activist Graça Machel will receive an honorary doctorate from Leiden University for her commitment to the right...
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Meijers prizes and thesis prizes awarded at New Year’s event14 January 2021On Tuesday 12 January 2021, the annual Meijers prizes and thesis prizes were awarded at the online New Year’s event broadcast from the Old Observatory.
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Julia Sloth-Nielsen received A-rating from South African National Research Foundation22 December 2020Professor Julia Sloth-Nielsen has received an A-rating from the National Research Foundation in South Africa, where she holds a Chair in Public Law at...
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Walter Burkard wins the Jaap Doek Children’s Rights Thesis Award 2020 with thesis on climate change22 December 2020On 10 December Walter Burkard won the Jaap Doek Children’s Rights Thesis Award 2020 for his thesis on climate change and children’s rights. The prize ...
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Walter Burkard wins the Jaap Doek Children’s Rights Thesis Award 202013 December 2020On 10 December Walter Burkard won the Jaap Doek Children’s Rights Thesis Award 2020 for his thesis on climate change and children’s rights.
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Leiden students winner and nominee BUREN Thesis Prize for Insolvency Law11 December 2020The BUREN Thesis Prize for Insolvency Law was awarded for the third time on 19 November 2020. Ilse van Vloten and Gijs de Koning, two Leiden students ...
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Mirjam Sombroek–van Doorm appointed Associate Professor Health Law10 December 2020In addition to being Director of Operational Management at Leiden Law School, Mirjam Sombroek–van Doorm will help develop Health Law at the faculty in...
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Third PhD Workshop on European/International Insolvency Law07 December 2020From 4-5 March 2021, the Stichting Bob Wessels Insolvency Law Collection invites PhD students from Europe and beyond to participate in a third (online...
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Ann Skelton re-elected member UN Children's Rights Committee07 December 2020Professor Ann Skelton, Rotating Honorary Chair of Enforcement of Children's Rights 2020/2021 at the Department of Child Law, has been re-elected as me...
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Invitation Jaap Doek Children’s Rights Thesis Award Ceremony 202024 November 2020The department of Child Law of Leiden University and Defence for Children invite you to the eighth Jaap Doek Children’s Rights Thesis Award ceremony. ...
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UN Committee on the Rights of the Child follows third party intervention13 November 2020
Upon invitation by the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child, a large group of academics submitted a third party intervention in a case against Fran...