In the media
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State sovereignty undermined by big tech companies07 January 2025In his new book ‘De vloek van Big Tech’ (The Curse of Big Tech), lecturer Reijer Passchier likens the power of Big Tech companies over democratic gove...
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Reception centres for asylum seekers in Albania virtually empty06 January 2025Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s plan to receive asylum seekers in Albania appears to be unfeasible due to legal complications. Mark Klaassen, ...
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The impact of influential people and political parties on important issues06 January 2025Looking back on 2024, Elon Musk and his impact on the global stage, political developments in the Netherlands and the war in Ukraine come to mind. The...
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Bart Custers about extremists on Telegram19 December 2024Extremist users of Telegram are moving en masse to other chat apps, such as the anonymous SimpleX. In this way, they hope to avoid detection, now that...
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Simone van der Hof: ‘Banning social media solves nothing’18 December 2024The Australian Parliament recently passed a law banning social media for children younger than 16. This solves nothing, argues Simone van der Hof, Pro...
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New article on EU law and image-based sexual abuse15 December 2024Carlotta Rigotti co-authors a new publication on EU law and image-based sexual abuse in the German Law Journal.
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New legislation is crucial for surrogacy11 December 2024Surrogacy has a long history, but the Netherlands lacks legislation in this area. This is badly needed, university lecturers Kartica van der Zon and D...
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Current and proposed Dutch asylum policy09 December 2024Many countries are tightening the screws on their migration policies to make them less attractive to asylum seekers. Mark Klaassen, university lecture...
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To what extent is the public interest considered in the corporate sector?03 December 2024Companies are increasingly being urged to not only generate financial returns, but also to consider the public interest. Tom Barkhuysen, Professor of ...
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Trump's trade war introducing unilateral trade tariffs violates treaty02 December 2024Terminating the Trade Treaty between the US, Mexico and Canada, as Trump intends, violates the treaty and also has implications for labour law, says e...
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European Court of Auditors: multinationals still adept at tax avoidance02 December 2024Multinationals in the Netherlands and across Europe continue to avoid paying tax. Tax revenue losses can amount to €100 billion a year. A report by th...
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Allowing foreign medicines violates Medicines Act29 November 2024The Netherlands is seeing an acute shortage of medicines. Research by Dutch newspaper ‘NRC’ shows that almost one in seven Dutch patients now relies o...
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Jens Iverson: The arrest warrants are for individuals, not for the state of Israel28 November 2024The Netherlands will comply with the arrest warrant issued by the International Criminal Court (ICC) against Netanyahu and proceed to arrest him as so...
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Will budget airlines face crackdown on misleadingly low ticket prices?27 November 2024Invoking old legislation, Spain has imposed fines on five airlines, including Ryanair, in an attempt to crack down on extra fees for hand luggage and ...
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ICC issues arrest warrant against Netanyahu26 November 2024The chance that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will actually be brought to trial seems slim. And yet the arrest warrant issued against Neta...