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Leiden University addresses the UN on children’s rights 19 September 2024
Leiden University Celebrates 10 Years of OPIC with Key Contribution at UN Committee on the Rights of the Child’s Commemoration Event
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Successful start of new Governance of Migration and Diversity LL.M. 19 September 2024
On 30 September 2024, the newly established LL.M. track of the multidisciplinary Governance of Migration and Diversity master's programme welcomed its...
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‘The university and the Relief of Leiden are inextricably linked’ 19 September 2024
Lara Ummels came from Maastricht to study law in Leiden, and never left. She recently joined the board of the 3 October Association. You can’t get mor...
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Conference 'A Changing Europe in a Changing World' 17 September 2024
On 13 and 14 September 2024, the annual meeting of the European Group of Public Law (EGPL) took place in Legrena, Greece.
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New issue of Common Market Law Review 16 September 2024
The October 2024 issue of the CML Rev., vol. 61, no. 5 is now available online.
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In Memoriam professor emeritus Victor Halberstadt (1939–2024) 16 September 2024
It is with great sadness that we have learned that Professor Victor Halberstadt passed away on Friday 13 September 2024. He was Professor of Public Se...
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Marie Schwed Shenker to present at International Conference on Social Robots (ICSR 2024) 13 September 2024
We are excited to announce that Marie Schwed Shenker's research paper, co-authored with Dr Eduard Fosch-Villaronga (Associate Professor at eLaw) and P...
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Marie Schwed Shenker attends Utrecht Summer School on Social Robots 12 September 2024
Marie Schwed Shenker, PhD candidate at eLaw, has successfully completed an intensive summer school on Social Robotics at Utrecht University. The progr...
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From judge to police officer: a lack of understanding for deaf people in legal proceedings 10 September 2024
The cultural linguistic minority group of deaf people who communicate using sign language systematically experiences limited access to fundamental rig...
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Social environment can improve investigations into child sexual exploitation 10 September 2024
The prevention, detection and investigation of child sexual exploitation can be improved by involving neighbours, classmates and other people within t...
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High attendance at Kirchheiner Conference on ‘The Ombudsman & the Rule of Law’ 10 September 2024
On Thursday 29 August 2024, Leiden University hosted the conference on theme of ‘The Ombudsman & the Rule of Law’. More than 100 participants from pro...
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Suzanne Kali appointed chair of FNV women’s network 10 September 2024
On 1 September 2024, lecturer and researcher Suzanne Kali, who works at Leiden Law School’s Labour Law and Social Security department, took over from ...
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Emotions in the courtroom: research into how victim impact statements affect judges 09 September 2024
In court, victims of violent crime and sexual offences are permitted to comment on the defendant’s guilt and the sentence to be imposed. But legal exp...
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NWO grant for research on new type of global organisation 05 September 2024
To what extent can global issues be solved by multistakeholder collaboration, a relatively new type of organisation? Jan Aart Scholte, the coordinator...
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Alumni enjoy inspirational Leiden Revisited event 05 September 2024
On 30 August 2024, former Leiden Law School students once again sat in their favourite spots in the lecture hall at the annual Leiden Revisited event....