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Hendriks: Spanish euthanasia law important, but with teething problems 04 November 2021
Earlier this year, Spain passed a law that legalises euthanasia and assisted suicide. Spain is now the fourth country in Europe with such a law. Its i...
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Can businesses and employers demand proof of vaccination? 09 August 2021
Can bars, gyms and travel providers refuse customers who have no proof of vaccination? And can an employer dismiss employees who are not vaccinated? R...
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Interview with Christa Tobler in de “Hofvijver” (Montesquieu Instituut) 30 June 2021
On Monday 28 June 2021, a text based on an interview with Christa Tobler appeared in the Hofvijver (Montesquieu Instituut) on the relationship between...
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Tom Barkhuysen on ruling extending access to court 22 April 2021
By a ruling of the Dutch Council of State, local residents and organisations can after all take their case to court even if they made no objection dur...
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Blog Anne Meuwese on European AI regulation 22 April 2021
Yesterday, the European Commission presented its long-anticipated proposal for an AI regulation. After the Commission had outlined the European legisl...
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Anne Meuwese and Bart Custers in Trouw on Covid apps 06 April 2021
The more people are vaccinated, the more society can slowly reopen. Technological developments, like the Covid passport and other apps, can play a rol...
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From tunnel vision towards an open view. Lessons from the North/South metro line on compensation of damages 30 March 2021
An article by Georgina Kuipers has been published this month in Dutch journal Overheid & Aansprakelijkheid (Government and Accountability). It deals w...
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Clara van Dam gives seminar for Lund University about EU guidance in the national legal order 30 March 2021
On 18 March 2021, Clara van Dam gave an online seminar for Lund University about EU Commission guidance in the national legal order. The seminar was h...
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Prof Luuk van Middelaar guest professor at the Collège de France, Paris 22 March 2021
From 24 March 2021, Professor Luuk van Middelaar will deliver four public lectures on 'Geopolitical Europe: Acts and words' at the Collège de France i...
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Save the (firefighter)volunteer from EU law: Geerten Boogaard and Armin Cuyvers in newspaper Trouw 18 March 2021
The Dutch Minister of Justice and Security is about to turn the entire volunteer fire brigade upside down. Not because it is good, but because it is a...
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High level appointment for EIBL alumnus Martin Richardson 04 March 2021
Martin Richardson, who graduated in 1997 from what was then the Leiden LLM Programme in European Community Law (now: Leiden Adv LLM European and Inter...
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Hans-Martien ten Napel on Tocqueville and modern democracy 23 February 2021
Recently, Hans-Martien ten Napel was in the news on the above subject several times.
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Wim Voermans in Buitenhof on postal votes 17 February 2021
In a lawsuit concerning the upcoming Dutch elections, the Partij voor de Dieren (Party for the Animals) is claiming that everyone should be able to ca...
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Wim Voermans in Nieuwsuur on weak legal basis of curfew 17 February 2021
The decision by the court in preliminary relief proceedings to immediately lift the curfew in the Netherlands – following a case brought by pressure g...
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Department of Constitutional and Administrative Law proud of Sarah Deaney and Eline van Slijpe 20 January 2021
On Tuesday 12 January 2021, the Leiden Law School thesis prizes were awarded at the New Year’s event.