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High priority of banks and tax authorities in bankruptcies proves outdated20 November 2024It’s a given that in bankruptcy cases in the Netherlands, banks and the Dutch Tax and Customs Administration are prioritised as creditors. But not onl...
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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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College of Europe postgraduate programmes presented by Pierre Bachelier19 November 2024On 7 November, the Europe Hub welcomed Pierre Bachelier, Director of Student Affairs at the College of Europe, to Leiden University. Mr Bachelier pres...
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Europe Hub hosts first edition of Stockholm Explorative Talks in the Netherlands19 November 2024Security, power, transition, fracture... and fear. What do these concepts mean in the context of the ongoing situation in Europe?
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Successful roundtable: theoretical perspectives on academic freedom19 November 2024On 11 October, the roundtable entitled ‘Academic Freedom – Theoretical Perspectives’ took place at Leiden University's Academy Building. This event wa...
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Valerie Frissen wins Lifetime Achievement Award18 November 2024On 10 October, Valerie Frissen was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award by the Internet Society Foundation. The professor by special appointment rec...
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UNICEF Student Team Leiden: ‘We all have our own role to play here at Leiden University’18 November 202420 November 2024 is World Children's Day. To mark this occasion, the UNICEF Student Team Leiden is organising a lecture on children's rights. We spoke...
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Vasiliki Kosta speaks at Council of Europe Conference15 November 2024Dr Kosta spoke at the conference entitled 'Academic freedom in action: a step forward in safeguarding democracy', which took place Strasbourg on 13 an...
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Clemens Bakker wins Moot Court trophy15 November 2024The Moot Court trophy has been awarded for the fourteenth time! This time, it went to the best pleader in the spring of the 2023-2024 academic year.
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Leiden University and African Child Policy Forum hold ‘ground-breaking’ workshop on antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and human rights in AfricaWhat will a future with antimicrobial resistance hold for the rights and well-being of African children? 15 November 2024Pretoria, South Africa, October 26, 2024 — Leiden Law School in partnership with the African Studies Centre Leiden and the African Child Policy Forum ...
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'The benefits and disadvantages of labour migration are unevenly distributed'White paper 14 November 2024One million migrant workers are employed in the Netherlands, often in poor conditions. If we want to reduce labour migration, we need to restructure t...
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‘A safe city starts with good education and robust policing’14 November 2024It is more myth than reality that people with migration backgrounds commit more crime. Leiden has successfully tackled anti-social behaviour by Morocc...
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Looking back: graduation ceremony for Leiden Law School bachelor’s students12 November 2024On 7 and 8 November, we celebrated a special milestone during the graduation ceremony for the bachelor’s students in Law, Notarial Law, Tax Law and Cr...
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Flash interview with alumnus Willemijn de Best, who secured major music stars as clientsAlumni interview 12 November 2024Willemijn de Best’s career path led her to the media sector. Besides the more obvious legal professions, a degree in law actually offers many other po...
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Research: Verbal abuse and clip around the ear common in Caribbean Netherlands families11 November 2024People from the Dutch islands of Bonaire, Saba and Sint Eustatius say that violence (mainly verbal) is fairly common in families. This is according to...