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AIV advice on hybrid threats and societal resilience10 April 2025On 2 April 2025, Anna Marhold, a member of the Peace and Security Committee of the AIV and Assistant Professor at the Grotius Centre for International...
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Farewell Niels Blokker: ‘Though the law faculty is changing, much remains the same.’13 March 2025One of our most engaged and expert scholars is bidding farewell. After forty years at Leiden Law School, first as a student and later as a professor, ...
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Leiden University wins Frits Kalshoven International Law Moot Court Competition 202511 March 2025Every year, the Netherlands Red Cross and Belgian Red Cross-Flanders organise the Frits Kalshoven International Humanitarian Law Moot Court Competitio...
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Safeguarding the independence of international courts and tribunals while ensuring oversight over taxpayers’ money13 February 2025International courts and tribunals depend on state funding, creating a potential risk of undue state interference in judicial processes. In her doctor...
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Leiden University to represent the Netherlands in the 2025 Jessup International Rounds04 February 2025On 31 January 2025, Leiden University participated in the Dutch National Rounds of the 2025 Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition,...
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Dr Cecily Rose appointed to the Advisory Committee on Public International Law07 January 2025Dr Cecily Rose, Associate Professor at the Grotius Centre for International Legal Studies, has been appointed by the Dutch Government to the Advisory ...
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What do global problems have to do with the individual human rights holder?10 December 2024On Human Rights Day 2024, the International Court of Justice is charged by the General Assembly with delivering an Advisory Opinion asking, in effect,...
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Authors' workshop: Research Handbook on Victims' Rights under International Law25 November 2024From 29 to 30 October 2024, the Kalshoven-Gieskes Forum (KGF) and the Grotius Centre for International Legal Studies had the pleasure of hosting an in...
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It’s high time for more interaction between law and science22 November 2024Climate change, biodiversity loss and environmental pollution are urgent problems that call for close collaboration between lawyers and scientists. Dr...
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H2OLAW conference: Law-science interfaces within the law of the sea and fresh water law19 November 2024On 26 and 27 September 2024, Leiden University's Grotius Centre for International Legal Studies hosted the H2OLAW conference entitled 'Law-science int...
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Adjudication of war crimes: Keeping sight of cultural sensitivities05 November 2024Courts that adjudicate war crimes or other crimes against humanity are increasingly taking regional norms and cultural values into consideration. PhD ...
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Sophie Starrenburg elected as member of Coordinating Committee of the ESIL Interest Group on the International Law of Culture04 November 2024In October, Sophie Starrenburg was elected as a member of the Coordinating Committee of the ESIL Interest Group on the International Law of Culture. S...
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Larissa van den Herik sworn in as Deputy Judge16 October 2024Larissa van den Herik, Professor of Public International Law at the Grotius Centre for International Legal Studies, was sworn in as a Deputy Judge at ...
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Grotius-Asser Event with Dr Letizia Lo Giacco (Grotius Centre), Judge Hilary Charlesworth (ICJ) and Kiki Brölmann (UvA)29 September 2024On 19 September 2024, Dr Letizia Lo Giacco gave a lecture on "Seeking change through international courts: Rethinking what judicial decisions do in in...
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Letizia Lo Giacco winner of the 2024 Rosalyn Higgins Prize for best article24 September 2024Dr Letizia Lo Giacco is the recipient of the 2024 Rosalyn Higgins Prize for her article titled 'When a Dispute Exists: The Emerging Evidentiary Practi...