How does cyber warfare fit in the framework of International Humanitarian Law?
Gone are the days when the worst thing on the Internet to be afraid of was a pesky virus. The current highly sophisticated malware looks for software vulnerabilities which can result in fatal damage to the opponent’s entire computer network.
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News from “cookie land”
The use of web cookies has become increasingly diverse, enabling tracking beyond traditional cookie techniques. Social networks and website owners both get a piece of the pie, but how should legal responsibilities be split?Read more » -
‘The end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started…’
50 years after landing on the moon the media and scientists still dream about further exploring space. Yet the images of planet earth have shifted our focus: we return to where we started, with a renewed awareness of the place we have always lived in.Read more » -
The Inter-American Court of Human Rights on state responsibility and climate change
In November 2017, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights issued Advisory Opinion OC-23, which highlighted the relationship of interdependence and indivisibility that exists between human rights, the environment and sustainable development.Read more » -
Policing prison
In an attempt to reduce crime and disorder, prisons are being taken away from the Ministry of Justice. Could such a policy ever prove effective, and what does it mean for inmates, their rights and freedoms, and the criminal justice landscape as a whole?Read more » -
The Mediator in Insolvency Law: Exploring New Terrain
On 11 September 2018, the Court of Appeal of 's-Hertogenbosch handed down a remarkable interlocutory judgment in a case involving the bankruptcy of a tiling company.Read more » -
The new kid on the block: the HCCH Judgments Convention of 2 July 2019
The HCCH has adopted a new convention that offers a facilitated regime of global circulation of court decisions in civil and commercial matters aiming to foster international trade. Care is needed to coherently shape the treaty’s place in existing regimes.Read more » -
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?Read more » -
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 »