35 years of children's rights: time for renewed commitment

How has the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child shaped children’s rights over the last 35 years and what still needs to be done in the face of the current global challenges?

Ton Liefaard and Ann Skelton • November 20, 2024

Societal interests in bankruptcy proceedings

Should the needs of stakeholders other than creditors play a greater role in bankruptcy proceedings? Vulnerability theory and stakeholder theory could help them consider their interests.

Carien van Eijkeren and Jessie Pool • June 27, 2024

Reimagining alternative childcare in Haiti

Thinking about volunteering for an orphanage in Haiti? Make sure you think it through, as volunteers can inadvertently perpetuate the suffering they hope to alleviate. Instead, the country needs systemic change.

Matheus Mendes • May 24, 2024

Gaat de Verklaring omtrent Risicobeheersing (VOR) voor meer duidelijkheid zorgen?

Er is overeenstemming bereikt over de VOR. Beursgenoteerde vennootschappenmoeten vanaf 2025 in hun bestuursverslag laten zien hoe ze omgaan met risico's. Maar wat betekent dit eigenlijk voor die vennootschappen en voor hun manier van risico's beheren?

Carlijn van der Hek • February 26, 2024

A child rights-based approach to adolescents’ sexuality

A holistic child rights perspective is crucial to prevent criminalisation and undue state-sanctioned restrictions on adolescents’ sexual exploration both online and offline.

Ann Skelton and Sabine Katharina Witting • February 22, 2024

Climate risk and the EU's macroprudential response

The impact of climate risk on human life is rising, also in the financial field. Can the current macroprudential regulatory measures in the European banking sector meet the challenges of climate risk?

Ranchun Wang • September 29, 2023 • 1 comment

Malevolence of caste in alternative care

In the Indian diaspora, hierarchical institutions like caste jeopardise alternative care for children deprived of family. How much of an impact do culture and religion have on such children in India?

Tamizhoviya Indhoomati Thangavel • May 12, 2023

Authorship must be demonstrated

A person who claims to be a copyright holder must ‘provide any reasonably available evidence enabling the court to satisfy itself with a sufficient degree of certainty that the applicant is the rightholder’.

Dirk Visser • May 09, 2023

It's been more than a year since BOOS: THIS IS THE VOICE. Where are we now?

Attention for misconduct in the workplace has grown rapidly over the past year. What happened in the legal domain? A brief overview.

Merel Cornax • March 23, 2023

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