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Christa Tobler speaks at equality law conference in Slovenia on age discrimination08 July 2025The Berkeley Center on Comparative Equality & Anti-Discrimination Law organises an annual conference on various topics of equality and discrimination ...
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Funding for research on AI Act08 July 2025Anne Meuwese and Francien Dechesne have received SSH Open Competition M funding from the Dutch Research Council for their joint project 'The Artificia...
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Max Rood Moot Court Competition great success07 July 2025Although the team from Leiden did not win, the Max Rood Moot Court Competition was a great success once again. Six teams of students (Leiden, Groninge...
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Additional funding for five experimental and innovative research projects04 July 2025Five Leiden research projects in history, law and AI have received SSH Open Competition M 2024 funding from the Dutch Research Council (NWO). The rese...
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Cake to celebrate two outstanding master’s programmes03 July 2025Colleagues from three departments were treated to cake by Vice Dean Jan Crijns. This was to celebrate the ratings, excellent and above-average, awarde...
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Olga Ceran and Vasiliki Kosta present the Academic Freedom Monitor 2024 to European Parliament01 July 2025On 24 June, Olga Ceran and Vasiliki Kosta, together with Peter Maassen from the University of Oslo, presented the Academic Freedom Monitor 2024 to the...
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Rick Lawson appointed new president of the Netherlands Institute for Human RightsAppointment 30 June 2025Rick Lawson, Professor of European Law and former Dean of Leiden Law School, was appointed as the new president of the Netherlands Institute for Human...
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EALCJ conference in Warsaw29 June 2025Gerrard Boot and Yvonne Erkens attended the annual conference of the European Association of Labour Court Judges (EALCJ) which was held from 12 to 14 ...
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Melanie Fink Presents on 'Good Administration in the Age of AI' at the European Ombudsman27 June 2025On 26 June 2025, Melanie Fink delivered a presentation titled 'Good Administration in the Age of AI: Explanation Rights and Human Oversight under EU L...
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Martijn van den Brink participates in the EU Law Mountain Seminar in the Czech Republic26 June 2025From 10-13 June, Martijn van den Brink participated in the EU Law Mountain Seminar in the Czech Republic. This event is a regular gathering of scholar...
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What are we defending? Steven Pinker on the core values of NATO and the Enlightenment25 June 2025NATO not only safeguards our security and stability, but also defends Enlightenment principles, promoting prosperity, health and freedom. This is what...
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Melanie Fink on AI Technologies in European Border Management at University of Glasgow Workshop23 June 2025
On 20 June 2025, Melanie Fink presented her research on ‘Robo Swarms and Polygraphs: The Future of European Border Management and its Human Costs’ at ...
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AG Ćapeta Opinion in WS and Others v Frontex: Academic research on Frontex’ liability reaches the CJEU’s Grand Chamber16 June 2025
On 12 June 2025, Advocate General Ćapeta delivered her Opinion in WS and Others v Frontex, a Grand Chamber case currently pending before the Court of ...
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International Arbitration and EU Law event at Leiden University13 June 2025In 2024, Nikos Lavranos (who teaches arbitration law in the EIBL Adv LLM programme) and Stefano Castagna (researcher at the Vienna University of Econo...
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Tools for public authorities to be more transparent about algorithmic profiling05 June 2025Public authorities fail to inform citizens, or inform them too little or too late, about the use of algorithmic profiling in administrative decisions....