Deshelving hateful, misleading, and other harmful books: Bol(d) transparency? Dutch internet marketplace Bol.com has decided to stop selling books containing hate messages. It could take on a pioneering role and be transparent on how it decides what books come off the shelves. Michael Klos • July 07, 2020 • 2 comments
SDG 18 – Sustainable space: Extending the SDGs beyond Earth The UN SDGs are an urgent universal call for action to change the world and steer it towards a better and more sustainable path. One goal is missing: the 18th SDG on sustainable use of outer space. Berfin Bediz Yildiz, Gautam Hedge, Chen Shalem and Vennela Devineni • June 12, 2020
Impact of an asteroid on Earth: the need for legal clarifications Scientists believe that the fall of a destructive asteroid on Earth is not entirely unlikely. If so, what would be the means of defence available to States in order to comply with international law? Aniela Barug, Konstantinos Andritsos, Siti Jamaldin and Jacomo Restellini • June 08, 2020 • 1 comment
Corporate income taxation and COVID-19 – time to think about a European tax? In the aftermath of COVID-19, the exercise of international taxation may become more difficult. With a reinforced need to act in unity at the European level, it’s time to think about a unified European corporate tax. Frederik Heitmüller • June 05, 2020
Artemis Accords: Star Trek or Star Wars? Ownership of space resources is contentious under international space law. Is the move by the US to gather international cooperation on this issue a viable solution? Mini Gupta, Wataru Inagaki, Pallavi Mund, Alif Nurfakhri Muhammad and Scott Schneider • June 04, 2020
WHOA on its way Adoption of WHOA by Dutch House of Representatives marks a major step toward introducing a new restructuring proceeding. The bill is now put forward to the Senate. Gert-Jan Boon • May 29, 2020
COVID-19: Prisons as Public Health Risks The COVID-19 pandemic has underscored the public health risks that prisons pose as reservoirs of contagious disease. Confinement involves close contact and shared facilities, which is inherently a risk factor for contagions. Chase Burton • May 28, 2020
Flattening the insolvency curve The role of insolvency law in preventing unnecessary corona-related bankruptcies. Can the Dutch legislature offer debtors more respite possibilities? Jessie Pool and Anne Mennens • May 26, 2020
Corona crisis-related inequality in access to university education in Eastern Indonesia How can students participate in online courses without proper Internet access? Jacqueline Vel • May 22, 2020
