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Knowledge event on the gender pension gap 01 May 2024
On Friday 19 April, Netspar (Network for Studies on Pensions, Aging and Retirement) and Network Vrouwen FNV held a knowledge event at Madurodam in The...
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The dark side of protecting cultural heritage 30 April 2024
World Heritage status comes at a cost to the local population’s human rights. PhD Candidate Sophie Starrenburg explains the drawbacks of fancy poetic ...
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Niels Blokker and Brian McGarry organise INTERPOL centenary conference 30 April 2024
Professor Niels Blokker, Schermers Chair and Professor of International Institutional Law, and Dr Brian McGarry, Assistant Professor of Public Interna...
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Panel discussion - 'The 2024 European Parliament election: what’s at stake?' 29 April 2024
On Wednesday 24 April 2024, the European Integration cluster at the Institute of Political Science and the Centre for the Study of Political Parties a...
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Leiden University represents the Netherlands in 2024 Jessup International Rounds 29 April 2024
On 16 February, Leiden University participated in the Dutch National Rounds of the 2024 Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition, the...
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15th Leiden-Sarin International Air Law Moot Court Competition (18-20 April 2024) 25 April 2024
Leiden’s International Institute of Air and Space Law (IIASL) was delighted to co-organise the 15th edition of the Leiden-Sarin International Air Law ...
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PhD defence Wessel Geursen, Christa Tobler member of the reading and examining committees 25 April 2024
On 19 April 2024, Wessel Geursen, former associate at the Department of European Law of Leiden University, defended his dissertation on 'Mapping the T...
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Interdisciplinary book symposium: ‘Confronting Colonial Objects’ 24 April 2024
OpinioJuris, one of the world’s leading international law blogs, has hosted an interdisciplinary online symposium on Professor Carsten Stahn’s new boo...
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New issue of Common Market Law Review available online 18 April 2024
The April 2024 issue of the CML Rev., Vol. 61 No. 2, is now available online.
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Christa Tobler speaks about ‘CJEU case law on gender diversity and discrimination’ 17 April 2024
On 16 April 2024, ERA (Europäische Rechtsakademie / European Law Academy) organised an online conference on the subject of 'Legal Aspects of Gender Id...
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Jason Rudall publishes book on responsibility for environmental damage 16 April 2024
Jason Rudall, Assistant Professor of Public International Law at the Grotius Centre for International Legal Studies, has published a monograph entitle...
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Sophie Starrenburg organises workshop on climate change and cultural heritage 16 April 2024
On 11 April 2024, Sophie Starrenburg, Assistant Professor at the Grotius Centre for International Legal Studies, organised a workshop on ‘Climate Chan...
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Interest organisations take legal action ‘so that most vulnerable are heard’ 12 April 2024
Interest organisations are increasingly taking legal action and that’s a good thing for democracy, says PhD candidate Rowie Stolk. ‘It means that the ...
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Reijer Passchier discusses the risks of artificial intelligence 11 April 2024
Reijer Passchier, Assistant Professor of Constitutional and Administrative Law, recently published a statement entitled 'The AI Safety Summit at Bletc...
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Blogpost by Christa Tobler on Swiss direct democracy and state old-age pensions 11 April 2024
On 3 March 2024, the Swiss electorate decided in a sensational referendum in favour of an increase in the state old-age pension.