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Research report on pre-trial detention of juveniles published 28 November 2017
On Monday, 27 November 2017 the report 'Pre-trial detention of juveniles in practice' has been published. The report is compiled by researchers from t...
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Van Boom at World Tort Law Society 23 November 2017
Recently, Willem van Boom attended the Annual Conference of the World Tort Law Society (WTLS), which was held at Wake Forest Law School (NC, USA; Nov....
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Marike Knoef appointed as Professor Empirical Micro-Economics 23 November 2017
The Executive Board has decided to appoint Marike Knoef as Professor of Empirical micro-economics, commencing January 2018.
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Reform of Social Legislation Speaker Series 17 November 2017
On Friday 17 November at 15.30h Prof. Simon Deakin will give the first seminar of the Reform of Social Legislation Speaker Series
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Startup24 competition in Hubspot Leiden 16 November 2017
9 teams joined the competition Startup24 In Hubspot Leiden. A 24 hour rollercoaster during which startups make as much progress as possible.
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Stephanie Rap and Yannick van den Brink presented at the EU Forum on the Rights of the Child in Brussels 14 November 2017
Stephanie Rap and Yannick van den Brink, both assistant professor at the Department of Child Law, presented their research at the 11th EU Forum on the...
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Frontiers of Children’s Rights in the Caribbean Region Spring School: Open for Applications 09 November 2017
The Department of Child Law and the Grotius Centre for International Legal Studies of Leiden University are now accepting applications for the Frontie...
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34th World Cultural Council Special Recognition Award for Marike Knoef 09 November 2017
Marike Knoef has won an award on the 34th Award Ceremony of the World Cultural Council (WCC).
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Dragon's Den 07 November 2017
Pitching competition
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Book published on rewriting children’s rights judgments 07 November 2017
Recently, Hart Publishing published the book Rewriting Children’s Rights Judgments, From Academic Vision to New Practice edited by H. Stalford, K. Hol...
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‘Worldwide solution for tax evasion not yet in sight’ 06 November 2017
The Panama Papers and Paradise Papers provide evidence that companies and individuals are evading tax on a large scale. Worldwide tax agreements can p...
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Multilateral tax treaty 03 November 2017
On Thursday 16 November, Dirk Broekhuijsen will defend his doctoral thesis entitled ‘A multilateral tax treaty: designing an instrument to modernise i...
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Students advanced LL.M. programme International Children’s Rights visit International Criminal Court 02 November 2017
On 30 October 2017, the current class of students of the advanced LL.M. programme International Children’s Rights visited the International Criminal ...
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Vincent Bakker wins Thesis Prize 2017 Research Master Political Science and Public Administration 01 November 2017
Vincent Bakker has won the 2017 Thesis Prize of the research master’s programme Political Science and Public Administration. His study of labour marke...
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Prof. Ton Liefaard speaks in Strasbourg about children’s rights in the field of biomedicine 27 October 2017
On 24-25 October 2017, the Council of Europe organized an international conference to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Convention on Human Rights...