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Leiden University team European runner-up in Manfred Lachs Space Law Moot Court competition07 May 2024The Manfred Lachs Space Law Moot Court competition was held in Vienna between 8 and 12 April 2024. This event was organised by the European Centre for...
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Knowledge event on the gender pension gap01 May 2024On Friday 19 April, Netspar (Network for Studies on Pensions, Aging and Retirement) and Network Vrouwen FNV held a knowledge event at Madurodam in The...
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The dark side of protecting cultural heritage30 April 2024World Heritage status comes at a cost to the local population’s human rights. PhD Candidate Sophie Starrenburg explains the drawbacks of poetic terms ...
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Niels Blokker and Brian McGarry organise INTERPOL centenary conference30 April 2024Professor Niels Blokker, Schermers Chair and Professor of International Institutional Law, and Dr Brian McGarry, Assistant Professor of Public Interna...
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Panel discussion - 'The 2024 European Parliament election: what’s at stake?'29 April 2024On Wednesday 24 April 2024, the European Integration cluster at the Institute of Political Science and the Centre for the Study of Political Parties a...
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Leiden University represents the Netherlands in 2024 Jessup International Rounds29 April 2024On 16 February, Leiden University participated in the Dutch National Rounds of the 2024 Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition, the...
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15th Leiden-Sarin International Air Law Moot Court Competition (18-20 April 2024)25 April 2024Leiden’s International Institute of Air and Space Law (IIASL) was delighted to co-organise the 15th edition of the Leiden-Sarin International Air Law ...
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Interdisciplinary book symposium: ‘Confronting Colonial Objects’24 April 2024OpinioJuris, one of the world’s leading international law blogs, has hosted an interdisciplinary online symposium on Professor Carsten Stahn’s new boo...
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Jason Rudall publishes book on responsibility for environmental damage16 April 2024Jason Rudall, Assistant Professor of Public International Law at the Grotius Centre for International Legal Studies, has published a monograph entitle...
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Sophie Starrenburg organises workshop on climate change and cultural heritage16 April 2024On 11 April 2024, Sophie Starrenburg, Assistant Professor at the Grotius Centre for International Legal Studies, organised a workshop on ‘Climate Chan...
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Interest organisations take legal action ‘so that most vulnerable are heard’12 April 2024Interest organisations are increasingly taking legal action and that’s a good thing for democracy, says PhD candidate Rowie Stolk. ‘It means that the ...
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Reijer Passchier discusses the risks of artificial intelligence11 April 2024Reijer Passchier, Assistant Professor of Constitutional and Administrative Law, recently published a statement entitled 'The AI Safety Summit at Bletc...
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Blogpost by Christa Tobler on Swiss direct democracy and state old-age pensions11 April 2024On 3 March 2024, the Swiss electorate decided in a sensational referendum in favour of an increase in the state old-age pension.
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Call for Abstracts: Conference on Counterclaims in International Law11 April 2024We are pleased to invite abstracts for a conference on ‘Counterclaims in International Law’ to be held at Leiden University on 27 June 2024, in collab...
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KNAW grant awarded for ‘People-centered constitutional law’ research project09 April 2024Recently, Wim Voermans, Professor of Constitutional and Administrative Law, and Jaroslaw Kantorowicz, Assistant Professor at the Institute of Security...