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Simona Demková gives training on remedies for the digital age at the 2025 Digital Constitutionalism Academy in Florence02 April 2025Simona Demková from the Europa Institute participated as a key speaker at the annual Digital Constitutionalism Academy on 27 and 28 March 2025. The Ac...
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Bart Custers Named Mr. of the Week02 April 2025This week, Bart Custers, Professor of Law & Data Science and Head of eLaw – Center for Law and Digital Technologies, has been named Mr. of the Week by...
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Thorbecke Day 2025: traditional and topical28 March 2025The 2025 edition in Ghent was all about cryptocurrency. Matthias Haentjens delivered the Thorbecke Lecture: ‘Thorbecke, Trump and the digital future o...
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Problems arise when citizens request documents from public authorities with information on third parties27 March 2025When Dutch citizens request information under the Open Government Act (Woo), third parties can ask the public authority to withhold certain informatio...
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Children from multi-parent families do not have legal protectionPromotie 27 March 2025In families where more than two people assume the role of parent, not all of these parents have legal status. This causes problems, particularly with ...
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How 'Big Tech' Undermines Our DemocracyCurrent affairs lecture 'recap' 25 March 2025Tech giants such as Google, Apple, and Microsoft are increasingly shaping the digital world we live in. Reijer Passchier cautions: 'Urgent measures ar...
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Legal Tech Challenge: Students harness technology to improve access to justice21 March 2025On 20 March, the final of the Legal Tech Challenge 2025 took place at Leiden University. After weeks of collaboration, brainstorming sessions and work...
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Lawyering for change - but what change exactly? Melanie Fink at Strategic Litigation Workshop in Amsterdam20 March 2025On 27 February 2025, Melanie Fink took part in a Workshop on ‘Lawyering for change - but what change exactly?’ that took place at the University of Am...
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Simona Demková joins inaugural Czech-Slovak Symposium on the Challenges of AI for administrative law19 March 2025
Simona Demková of the Europa Institute recently participated in the inaugural Czech-Slovak symposium on the challenges of artificial intelligence for ...
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Guinea-Bissau: Ecowas delegation leaves the country after threats from President Embalo19 March 2025A delegation from the Economic Community of West African States (Ecowas) arrived in Bissau, Guinea-Bissau, on 23 February for five days. 'We need to d...
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New Report from Leiden University's International Institute of Air and Space LawResearch report 19 March 2025The International Institute of Air and Space Law (IIASL) at Leiden University has released a report highlighting that the European Air Traffic Managem...
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Summer School 'The European Union, the United Nations and Global Governance'18 March 2025Deadline approaching: Applications are still open for the Summer School ‘The European Union, the United Nations and Global Governance’ (16 - 20 June 2...
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Alumnus Bart Jansen: ‘It’s up to us legal philosophers to make sense of these times’Alumni interview 18 March 2025Legal philosopher Bart Jansen teaches at universities around the world. In an interview two years ago, he spoke about his professional fascination for...
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Course on public procurement and the rule of law14 March 2025Annemarie Drahmann and Gert Jan Geertjes contribute to the Matra Rule of Law Training Programme of the Netherlands Helsinki Committee.
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Special Tribunal for The Gambia13 March 2025At the 66th Ordinary Session of the Authority of ECOWAS Heads of State and Government held in Abuja, Nigeria, on 15 December 2024, a landmark decision...