A trip to Oslo and through the Norwegian penal exceptionalism
After a year studying Criminology from the Dutch perspective, Leiden students set off on a journey to learn about the Norwegian criminal justice system and its exceptionalism. What can the Netherlands, and the world, learn from Norway?
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Yes, we can (change)
By the end of 2019 The French Supreme Court will change the structure and motivations in all its decisions. The ‘most important’ decisions will be provided with an ‘extended’ motivation.Read more » -
What about the makfuls? Kafala, the Family Reunification Directive and Children’s Rights
Should children, who are the subject of kafala arrangements, be reunified with their carers under the Family Reunification Directive?Read more » -
Early warning and the restructuring directive: could directors learn from insolvency practitioners?
Could the contribution of insolvency practitioners in creating early warning tools help company directors identify the moment in time when they should take measures to avoid insolvency?Read more » -
A never-ending story: EU postpones decision on negotiations with Albania and North Macedonia
This blog entry sheds some light on Council’s conclusions of 18 June 2019 in which any decision of opening accession negotiations with Albania and North Macedonia was postponed to October 2019. How to read this decision and what could its implications?Read more » -
Deepwater Horizon
A little over nine years ago, a fire at the drilling rig ‘Deepwater Horizon’ caused the largest oil spill in the history of the petroleum industry in the Gulf of Mexico. This month a new episode was added in the litigations following this disaster.Read more » -
The infrequent use of conciliation
Conciliation was initially thought to have great potential for being employed in the majority of inter-State disputes. However, for several reasons, conciliation has not lived up to its expectations.Read more » -
Baby steps: parent-child relationships in gestational surrogacy cases
The ECHR recently delivered its first Advisory Opinion in a case on gestational surrogacy. The case is noteworthy in terms of the novel procedural dimension as well as in substance. Again, the Court examined France’s rigid stance on surrogate motherhood.Read more » -
Is fragmentation an issue or an exception? Analysis of the Tadic and Bosnian Genocide cases
Fragmentation occurs when international proceedings that involve the same parties and raise the same issues arrive at different conclusions. The conflict in the ICTY’s Tadic decision and the ICJ’s Bosnian Genocide decision – an issue or an exception?Read more » -
The courage to choose the right direction
The fight-or-flight response is particularly strong in the populist movements, but it takes us in the wrong direction. Choosing the right direction is a matter of being open, vulnerable and courageous.Read more »