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Wewerinke-Singh leads legal team supporting Vanuatu’s pursuit of advisory opinion on climate change 27 October 2021
Vanuatu, an island nation in the South Pacific, announced last month that it will seek an opinion from the International Court of Justice to clarify t...
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Armin Cuyvers on RTLZ News and BNR Radio on the rejection of EU primacy by Polish Court. 25 October 2021
On 8 October, Armin Cuyvers was interviewed by RTLZ News and BNR News Radio on the shocking ruling by the Polish Constitutional Tribunal of 7 October ...
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Christa Tobler presents at the conference of the EFTA Court 20 October 2021
On 15 October 2021, the EFTA Court held its annual conference in Luxembourg, this year under the title 'People in the EEA'. The EFTA Court is in charg...
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‘A Europe without borders requires political courage’ 18 October 2021
In recent years, freedom of movement within Europe has come under increasing pressure as a result of transboundary crisis situations. In his inaugural...
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'EU integration is an opportunity to protect our national constitutional values jointly' 15 October 2021
The euro crisis of 2010 has shown that the Eurozone lacks economic cohesion and that EU fiscal integration is needed for a stable euro. But can this i...
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Human Rights and Climate Change: Call for Abstracts 14 October 2021
On 27-28 January 2022, Leiden University’s interdisciplinary seed grant programme ‘Beyond Anthropocentric Interests and Values? Human Rights and Clima...
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Christa Tobler presents at the Austrian European Law Congress on alternatives to EU integration 29 September 2021
On 24 and 25 September 2021, the 20th Austrian European Law Day took place at the University of Liechtenstein on the topic of "Potentials and Limits o...
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Opening Ceremony of the LL.M. European Law 23 September 2021
On Thursday 16 September 2021, the Opening Ceremony of the LL.M. European Law took place in person at Leiden Law School.
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René Cassin Thesis Prize in Human Rights for Aleydis Nissen 21 September 2021
Aleydis Nissen was awarded the René Cassin Thesis Prize 2021. The René Cassin Foundation - International Institute of Human Rights organises the compe...
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Conference the Health-Environment Nexus and the Systemic Implications of Environmental Crimes 21 September 2021
The Grotius Centre for International Legal Studies, in collaboration with the Cambridge Centre for Environment, Energy and Natural Resource Governance...
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UACES Best Book Prize awarded to Vestert Borger 10 September 2021
On 6 September 2021 Dr Vestert Borger, Assistant Professor of European law, was awarded the Best Book Prize by the University Association for Contempo...
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Aleydis Nissen Wins the Andrés Bello Prize (Institut de Droit International) 06 September 2021
During the 80th session of the Geneva-based Institut de Droit International, Aleydis Nissen was awarded the Andrés Bello Prize. The competition was es...
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50 years of voting rights for women in the Swiss Confederation 26 August 2021
Christa Tobler writes an extensive article on voting rights for different groups for the annual congress of the "Schweizerischer Juristenverein".
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Leiden professor petitions UN to release Guantanamo prisoner 23 August 2021
Palestinian national Abu Zubaydah was captured by the CIA in March 2002 and has remained in detention ever since, without any form of trial. Leiden pr...
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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...