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Jorrit Rijpma and Amalia Campos Delgado representatives Latin America & Caribbean 22 February 2021
With the appointments of Rijpma and Campos Delgado, staff from Leiden Law School are now active in all three University region groups.
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Maintaining Order: Public Prosecutors in Post-Authoritarian Countries, the case of Indonesia 16 February 2021
On 21 January 2021, Fachrizal Afandi defended his thesis ‘Maintaining Order: Public Prosecutors in Post-Authoritarian Countries, the case of Indonesia...
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KHMW appoints five new Leiden members 10 February 2021
The Royal Holland Society of Sciences and Humanities (KHMW) has appointed five new members from Leiden. Annetje Ottow, Carsten de Dreu, Pancras Hoogen...
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Building land tenure systems: The political, legal, and institutional struggles of Timor-Leste 10 February 2021
Bernardo Almeida will give a webinar on Building land tenure systems in Timor-Leste on February 18, 2021, from 15.30 - 17.00. This webinar is organise...
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Maartje van der Woude will give Dies Natalis lecture for Universitas Indonesia 30 October 2020
Maartje van der Woude, Professor of Law & Society, will hold a lecture on 5 November for Universitas Indonesia on the occasion of its 96th Dies Natalis.
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How does social distancing affect the relationship between population groups? 29 October 2020
Hardly ever before have different groups in the population retreated into their own bubble as much as they are doing today. Professor of Sociology and...
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Maartje van der Woude speaker at Cleveringa Meeting Leiden 2020 20 October 2020
All Leiden alumni, students and anyone else who might be interested is welcome to attend the online Cleveringa Meeting in Leiden on Wednesday 25 Novem...
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Formal land tenure in East-Timor: an insider's perspective 22 September 2020
Who has control over which piece of land? Since independence in 2002 East Timor has been struggling to create a land tenure system that can deal with ...
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Leiden Law School and University of Stirling investigate migrant homelessness within ‘crimmigration’ systems 22 September 2020
This collaborative study examines the major challenges facing migrant groups and the implications of deep social exclusion for policy and practice.
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Van Vollenhoven Institute concludes NWO study on police vetting in Kenya 14 September 2020
Following periods of oppression and widespread violations of human rights, there is often a need for transitional vetting – a sort of ‘cleansing’ of t...
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Civil Liberties Under Pressure: Maartje van der Woude to hold webinar for Indonesian university 17 July 2020
On Wednesday 22 July, Professor Maartje van der Woude will hold a webinar for Nusantara University (Indonesia). Her lecture is entitled ‘Governing Thr...
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Crimmigration, corona and exclusion: Creating space to talk about difficult topics through art 25 June 2020
Professor of Law and Society Maartje van der Woude is searching for innovative ways to facilitate dialogue about topics that are usually experienced a...
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Law firms play dubious role in Indonesian land disputes 19 June 2020
Law firms play a dubious role in important land disputes in Indonesia. They act as fixers and settle conflicts to the advantage of large companies. Ph...
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Corona putting open Schengen borders under pressure? 16 June 2020
On 14 June 2020, Maartje van der Woude was invited to participate on NPO Radio 1 to talk about extra controls at borders to prevent the further spread...
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In Support of Black Lives Matter 11 June 2020
The worldwide protests following the police violence in the United States show how deep-rooted and wide-spread racism is across the world. As an acade...