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? Manuela Dias • July 19, 2019
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. Pauline Ribbers and Ekaterina Pannebakker • July 18, 2019
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? Chelsea Schuin • July 11, 2019
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? Jessie Pool • July 04, 2019
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? Darinka Piqani • July 01, 2019
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. Sjoerd Yntema • June 27, 2019
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. Radu-Vladimir Pascu • June 25, 2019 • 1 comment
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. Jet Liesker • June 18, 2019
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? Andrea Samardzija • June 17, 2019
