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Four Leiden professors elected members of the KHMW24 February 2025The Royal Holland Society of Sciences and Humanities (KHMW) has appointed four Leiden professors as members. Petra Sijpesteijn, Vanessa Mak, Mariska K...
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LAPP Supports Enforcement Request to the ILT24 February 2025This week, the cooperation between the Zwerfinator and Leiden University was in the news because of loose labels on deposit bottles. NOS news reported...
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Leiden Law School hosts LDE workshop on migration justice in the Americas21 February 2025Leiden Law School will host the LDE-Majority World Workshop titled ‘Contemporary Migrations in the Americas: Cross-Atlantic Dialogue for Socio-Spatial...
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Do we need a right to a human explanation? Melanie Fink at Leiden University’s SAILS Lunchtime Seminars21 February 2025On 10 February 2025, Melanie Fink presented her recently awarded NWO Veni project at Leiden University’s SAILS Lunchtime Seminars.
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Criminal law needs to change: ‘Harsher punishments and short prison sentences don’t work’Inaugural lecture Patrick van der Meij 20 February 2025Many problems in criminal law can be predicted by the academic world and using knowledge from criminal law practice, says criminal lawyer Professor Pa...
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Togo's potential membership of the AES19 February 2025On 16 January 2025, the Togolese Foreign Minister Robert Dussey mentioned the possibility of Togo joining the Alliance of Sahel States (AES). Is this ...
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Phone nearly empty? Uber’s fare might be higher19 February 2025If you buy something online, the webshop can adjust the price based on your data. Kimia Heidary investigated the phenomenon of online price discrimina...
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Danny Mekić wins Felipe Rodriquez Award for successfully suing X18 February 2025Danny Mekić was presented with the Felipe Rodriquez Award by Bits of Freedom on 13 February. The PhD student won the award for successfully suing X af...
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Reflections on the implementation of the Dutch Open Government Act17 February 2025Wim Voermans and Annemarie Drahmann attended a parliamentary standing committee which reflected on the implementation of the Open Government Act in th...
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Speed dating on Master’s Open Day: ‘What can you do with that master’s degree?’What to study? 17 February 2025Master’s Open Day on 14 February was the chance to fire off questions at master’s students and teaching staff or at alumni during a speed date. Almost...
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New issue of Common Market Law Review14 February 2025The February 2025 issue of the CML Rev., vol. 62, no. 1 is now available online.
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More control over digital implementation of legislation13 February 2025Reijer Passchier, Assistant Professor of Constitutional Law in Leiden and Professor of Digitalisation and the Democratic Constitutional State at the O...
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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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ECOWAS finally approves the withdrawal of Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso from the bloc13 February 2025The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has formally approved the withdrawal of Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso from the regional body. Th...
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In memoriam Professor A.C. (Aart) Hendriks12 February 2025It is with great sadness that Leiden Law School has learned of the sudden death of Professor Aart Hendriks on 9 February 2025.