Professor of Sociology of Law
Extraordinary Professor of Labour Law
Former PhD Candidate and Researcher Criminology
PhD Candidate in Company Law, specialisation the Dutch right of inquiry
PhD Candidate in Corporate and Financial Law
Professor of Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure
Assistant Professor
Assistant professor
Rector Magnificus and President
Associate professor
Professor in Private Law
Researcher
PhD Candidate and Junior Lecturer
LL.M. Student Criminal Law
Professor of Turnaround Management
Professor of Constitutional and Administrative Law
Public Prosecutor
Former External PhD Candidate
Emeritus professor of International Insolvency Law
PhD Candidate
Associate Professor and lecturer
Professor of Tax Law
Former PhD Candidate
Professor of Security and Law
Associate Professor of Criminology
Criminologist and urban sociologist
Former PhD Canidate
Associate Professor of Private Law
Professor
Assistent Professor
Professor of Company Law
Associate Professor in Company Law
Associate Professor
Professor of Jurisprudence
Leiden Law School alumnus
Former PhD Candidate Criminology
Former PhD Candidate and Lecturer on children’s right to health
Tax policy advisor
Associate Professor of Philosophy of Law
Former PhD Candidate in Public Law
PhD Candidate (NLE)
PhD Candidate in Financial Law
Assistent professor of criminology at Erasmus University Rotterdam
Researcher and senior lecturer Philosophy of Law and Ethics
Former PhD candidate in Criminal Law
PhD Fellow
Alumna Air and Space Law
PhD candidate in European criminal law
Professor of Private Law
Dean of Leiden Law School
Senior lecturer
Secretary Criminal Law
External PhD candidate
Assistant professor in comparative constitutional law
Assistant Professor Constitutional and Administrative Law
Professor of Children's Rights and holds the UNICEF Chair in Children's Rights at Leiden University. He is the Head of the Department of Child Law and Health Law
PhD candidate
Professor of EU Law
Professor Tax Law and Economics
Director of Research Courses
Professor of European Law
Lawyer
Professor of Law and Digital Technologies
Former PhD candidate
Associate professor of civil and intellectual property law
Co-ordinator Master of Advanced Studies
Lecturer in the Philosophy of Law
Professor of Comparative and European Private International Law
Assistant professor of Family and Child Law
LL.M. Student International Business Law
Student International Business Law
Professor of Law and the Information Society
Assistant Professor Constitutional and Administratve Law
Research student intern
Phd candidate
PhD Candidate in Legal History
Professor of Children and the Law
Associatie Professor of Criminology
Jurist
Lecturer and Phd Candidate
Researcher Criminology (nle)
PhD Student
Senior Researcher
PhD candidate, Institute for the Interdisciplinary Study of the Law (Van Vollenhoven Institute
Professor of Financial Law
Junior researcher in Children´s Rights
LL.M Student Criminal Justice
Master Student in Crime and Criminal Justice
Master student in Criminology (Security & Law enforcement)
Professor of Intellectual Property Law
Founder and CEO
Professor of Law, Co-Director Center for Global Justice
Assistant professor of EU law and Constitutional Theory
Professor of International Human Rights and Humanitarian Law
PhD Candidate in Human Rights and Migration Law
Master Student in Civil Law
LL.M. Student Civil and Criminal Law
Professor of International & EU Tax Law
Professor of Health Law
Associate professor in Civil Law
LL.M. student criminology
Professor of Human Rights and Diversity
LL.M. Student Criminal Justice
Research assistant
Professor of European Human Rights Law
Advocaat
PhD candidate in International Tax Law
LL.M Student Child Law
PhD cadidate in Public International Law
Professor of Empirical Analysis of Social and Tax Policy
LL.M. Student Financial Law
Bachelor student International Business Law & LL.M. student Public International Law
Assistant Professor of European Human Rights Law
Bachelor student Law
Assistant Professor of Criminology
LL.M. Student Public International Law
Professor of law and administration in non-western countries
Independent researcher
Assistant professor of constitutional and administrative law
PhD Candidate and Lecturer
Lecturer and PhD Candidate at the institute for the Interdisciplinary Study of the Law
LL.M Crime & Criminal Justice
Assistant professor in ICT and IP law
Professor (emeritus) in Law and Computer Science
Assistant Professor of International Law
LL.M. Student Crime & Crminal Justice
LL.M. Crime and Criminal Justice
Research and Teaching Staff in Constitutional and administrative law
Criminal Justice Student
Professor Children’s Rights in the Developing World
PhD researcher
Scientific Director / Professor of Private Law
Senior Research Associate
visiting student from the University of Sydney
Phd Candidate in Financial law
Professor in International Non-Discrimination Law
Student Financial Law
Teaching fellow in European Law
LL.M. Candidate European and International Human Rights Law
Teaching / Research Staff Member
Professional Support Lawyer
PhD Researcher International and European Law
PhD researcher and Lecturer, Department of Private and Notarial Law
PhD student and junior lecturer, Institute for Private Law
PhD candidate and junior lecturer
PhD candidate, Institute for Public Law
is Assistant Professor of Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure
Law Clerk
PhD Candidate at Institute for Private Law
Assistant and Doctoral Candidate at the Faculty of Law, Economics and Finance
PhD student and junior lecturer
PhD student, Law Department, Birkbeck College
PhD student
Professor of WTO and European Law
Professor of Law & Society in Indonesia
Guest staff member
Partner
Professor Labour law
Lecturer in Child and Family Law
Research Fellow
PhD Candidate in Civil Law
Lecturer
LL.M. student Criminology
Professor Notarial Corporate Law
Research Professor
PhD-fellow Children's Rights
Lecturer Company Law
Undergraduate Student
Senior Lecturer
APART-GSK Fellow of the Austrian Academy of Sciences
guest staff member at the Department of Constitutional and Administrative Law
Law student
Master student Child Law
PhD Candidate in Youth Law
Master student children’s rights
PhD Candidate in Public Law
PhD candidate in Civil Law
MSc Criminology
Junior lecturer and researcher in Child Law
Research fellow
Student MSc Crime & Criminal Justice
PhD candidate in EU law
StudentCriminal Policy and Law Enforcement
PhD Fellow in European Law
PhD Candidate in Financial law
Student Criminal Policy and Law Enforcement
PhD Candidate in European Criminal Law
PhD fellow in Business Studies and Insolvency Law
Post-doctoral fellow
MSc Student Criminal Justice
Assistant professor in European Law
Legal Researcher Children’s Rights
PhD Candidate in Public International Law
Lecturer in Financial Law
Student Assistant Europa Institute
CEO
Lecturer in Civil Law and external PhD candidate
PhD in Criminal Justice
Assistant Professor child law and children's rights
PhD candidate Company Law
PhD fellow
Former Department manager
PHD Candidate
Teaching and Research Staff Member
PhD Fellow in Civil Procedural Law
Professor of Immigration Law
Professor of International Commercial Contracting
Student
Student Master of Laws
Clinical Associate Professor (ret.)
PhD-Fellow WTO and EU law
Student-assistant at Communication & Marketing
Esther Kentin is Lecturer
Researcher EU law
LL.M. Student Civil Law
Student Intenational Business Law
PhD student Justice, Law and Criminology
PhD candidate in Economics
Junior researcher and lecturer at Child Law department
Senior researcher
Assistant Professor of Competition Law
Alumnus Advanced LL.M. in European and International Human Rights Law
Alumnus Advanced LLM in European and International Human Rights Law
Researcher and Junior Lecturer
External PhD Candidate
Professor of Insolvency Law
Master Student
Master student European Law
Master student Civil Law
PhD Candidate in International Investment Law
PhD Candidate in Air and Space Law
The Asia Foundation’s Deputy Country Representative
Assistant Professor in Criminology
Lecturer and researcher in European Law
Assistant Professor at the Department of Child Law
Lecturer in financial law
Bachelor student
PhD Candidate Criminology
Teaching/Research Staff Member International Institute of Air & Space Law
PhD Candidate in Children’s rights
PhD Candidate in Constitutional Law
PhD Fellow Financial Law
Project Manager
PhD Candidate in International Public Law
PhD Candidate in EU law
Alumna Advanced LL.M in International Children’s Rights
PhD candidate in International Economic Law
Research and teaching staff member, immigration law
PhD Candidate in Telecommunications Law
Lecturer and Researcher in European Law
LL.M. graduate Advanced Studies in International Children’s Rights Law
EURO-CEFG PhD Fellow in Financial Law
Research and Teaching Assistant in European Union Law
Professor of Criminology
Universitair docent
Student in the Master of Laws in Advanced Studies in European and International Human Rights Law
Lecturer and junior researcher
Assistant professor of European criminal law
Professor of European Criminal Law
Research assistant Department of Child Law
PhD Candidate at Van Vollenhoven Institute for Law, Governance, and Society
Lecturer / Researcher Immigration Law Open Universiteit
Professor of Business Studies
Former Advisor
Research and teaching staff member
Teaching/Research Staff Member
Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in International Law
Professor Tax Governance and EU Jean Monnet Chair Holder EU Tax Governance.
Lecturer in Criminology
LLM European Law
LLM in European Law and Child Law
Assistant Professor of Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure
Lecturer/Researcher in Legal Philosophy
Assistant Professor Law and Digital Technologies
Student, LLM European Law
Student on the Adv LLM programme International Civil and Commercial Law
Former student LLM Public International Law
Legal Associate
Student Master Criminology & Criminal Justice
International Civil and Commercial Law
Europa Instituut
PhD in international cultural heritage law
MSc Criminology and Criminal Justice student
PhD. Candidate
Alumna International Children’s Rights
LLM in International Children’s Rights Graduate
LLM candidate
Alumni of Europa Institute
Master’s student Forensic Criminology
Assistant Professor in Private International Law
University Lecturer in Law
Assistant Professor of EU Law
LLM Candidate in European Law
Paralegal in data protection and privacy law
LLM Candidate
Visiting Scholar
Master student Constitutional and Administrative Law
Assistant Professor of Tax Law
LLM Candidate in Public International Law
LLM Candidate Public International Law
Master’s student
Lecturer/Researcher
Assistant Professor of European Union Law
Advanced LLM International Children’s Rights
Master student Criminology and Criminal Justice
Master's Student in Business Law
Master’s student in Corporate Law
Master’s student in Company and Civil Law
M.Sc. in Crime and Criminal Justice
Master Student Public International Law
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An important implication of Brexit is the changing position of UK nationals in the EU-27. In this blog I will outline the proposed regulation on visa-free trave...
In recent years many initiatives have been taken to improve how criminal law judges interpret DNA evidence. How well is DNA evidence appraised in criminal law c...
Commercial and financial transaction documentation commonly refers to the London courts to adjudicate any dispute. After Brexit, this forum clause may be proble...
On February 14, 1989, Ayatollah Khomeini issued a death sentence on Salman Rushdie because, in Khomeini’s opinion, Rushdie had criticised Islam’s sacred icons. ...
Constitutional Law Court’s ultra vires review of EU law, but similar actions by other European institutions have mostly stayed under the radar....
Even when the EU could act alone on the international stage, Member States often insist on being involved alongside the EU institutions. The Court of Justice is...
On 14 March, the European Court of Justice issued a momentous ruling that encourages the private enforcement of European Union competition laws and enhances the...
Asset segregation is essential for protecting clients’ assets in case of insolvency of the financial institution where the client holds its assets. The Hazelhof...
Governments have historically relied on metaphysical sources for their legitimacy. The French Revolution intended to put an end to this. However, with the curre...
Our moral circle should include every being that can suffer, every being that is sentient. As far as our current knowledge reaches, most animal species have the...
The Dutch State has bought shares in the French holding company Air France-KLM S.A. to ensure that the Dutch public interest is being taken into account. This n...
The ordinary meaning of the words ‘also means’ in statutory law is additive rather than clarifying....
After some major privacy breaches in the land of children’s privacy, a new, second privacy paradox is emerging. It’s about time we talk about children’s privacy...
After having had enough of Apple’s abusive conduct through their dominant position on the iOS operating system, Spotify has filed a complaint with the European ...
In the prevailing Western view, order is something that must be imposed externally to reduce or end conflict. But there is another order, a natural one that sha...
The global climate is changing. Against the backdrop of social concerns, climate change laws have permeated global political discourse. This blog presents lates...
Last week the Dutch Parliament discussed the proposal for a mandatory deposit return system for small plastic bottles. After more than 25 years of dialogue with...
How has the Dutch tax administration incorporated the concept of Cooperative Compliance in its compliance strategy, and how is it contributing to the further de...
In recent years, elections of judges to the ICJ have shown their political side. States try to place their candidates for the term of nine years. This entry inv...
The European parliamentary elections commence and the German Constitution turns 70 today, both on the very same day. Although arguably coincidental, this overla...
When Israeli Defence Forces bombed a building allegedly used by Hamas computer hackers, it marked the first time that kinetic force has been used in response to...
25 May 2019 marks the one year anniversary since the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation came into force. This blog laments the EU’s missed oppo...
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 ...
Fragmentation occurs when international proceedings that involve the same parties and raise the same issues arrive at different conclusions. The conflict in th...
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 ...
Conciliation was initially thought to have great potential for being employed in the majority of inter-State disputes. However, for several reasons, conciliatio...
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 o...
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 Macedon...
Should children, who are the subject of kafala arrangements, be reunified with their carers under the Family Reunification Directive?...
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...
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 ...
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...
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 com...
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 i...
In November 2017, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights issued Advisory Opinion OC-23, which highlighted the relationship of interdependence and indivisibili...
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...
The use of web cookies has become increasingly diverse, enabling tracking beyond traditional cookie techniques. Social networks and website owners both get a pi...
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 vulnerabil...
Quite quickly national considerations are taking priority over collective agreements. Who would have thought the European Union would be challenged by Brexit? A...
Advanced LLM in International Civil and Commercial Law
Lecturer and academic coordinator
On 7 August, 46 countries signed the United Nations Convention on International Settlement Agreements Resulting from Mediation. These states have to ensure that...
Guest researcher
Had T.C.E.'s claim for a residence right to stay with his daughter been adjudicated by the CJEU, not the ECtHR, the case would have ended differently. This begs...
Researcher/Lecturer
Recent events around the trial against Dutch politician Geert Wilders demonstrate that our laws prohibiting hate speech should be reconsidered. Not only for the...
Student Criminology and Security Policy
An analysis of a Dutch counterterrorism law through the lens of the theoretical perspective that Giddens calls the ‘risk society’....
Online Dispute Resolution and Blockchain technology: how does ODR work? What is a smart contract? Could ODR be helpful in settling numerous potential and relate...
Master’s student in Comparative Criminal Justice (MSc)
The Black Panther Party was a political organization in the United States during the 1960s-1980s. Labelled the greatest threat to internal security by the FBI, ...
It has been long held in China that a debt must be repaid, particularly the debt of a father by his son. Is this going to change? What does the first personal b...
Graduate LLM European Legal Studies
Recent scientific developments have enabled the emergence of directed mutagenesis techniques which are novel techniques of genetic modification that produce GMO...
The people joining the ‘Extinction Rebellion’ protests are reviving an ancient indigenous sense of landownership. This views the land not in terms of exclusive ...
Master's student Civil Law
An artist may incorporate another person's registered trademark in a work of art, provided that the work of art 'is the original result of a creative design pro...
Security Consultant
In view of the steady proliferation of ‘Union bodies’, one may wonder what are the limits to such agencification. That is exactly the question raised by the pro...
Vorige week donderdag stemde de Tweede Kamer in met het wetsvoorstel Vereenvoudiging Wajong. Deze stemming vormde het sluitstuk van twee onheilspellende weken v...
After all the commotion caused by the ECJ's ruling in the FNV/Smallsteps case, everyone wants to know whether the pre-pack has any future at all. Is it game-ove...
LLM Civil Law student
The draft bill of the Continuity of Enterprises Act I assigns a significant role to the intended trustee in Dutch pre-pack proceedings. But what exactly is the ...
Lawyer / Lecturer
Those who like to understand the Brazilian legislative set-up will have to get used to them: Provisional Measures....
Advanced LL.M. candidate in European and International Human Rights Law
If the essence of war is speed, knowledge of sensitive information about the enemy can make the difference. Even if this means cracking and stealing data held ...
The very recent ruling of the CJEU in DK (C-653/19 PPU, 28 November 2019) confirms the limited applicability of Directive 2016/343 on the presumption of innocen...
In an age when we are striving to achieve gender equality in all aspects of life, the underrepresentation of women in international courts and tribunals is an i...
LL.M. European Law student
Proposals for a temporary disembarkation mechanism for migrants rescued in the Mediterranean have fallen on deaf ears in most EU Member States. A common scheme ...
Master’s student Criminal and Criminal Procedure Law
Many companies have discovered that making their products sustainable is a unique selling point and good for PR. Some are eager to promote bioplastics as being ...
Student European and International Business Law
Both China’s arbitration law and competition law were derived from western jurisdictions around 10 years ago. In recent years, arbitration has become the prefe...
In its Junqueras judgment, the European Court of Justice resorted to the principle of representative democracy to protect European parliamentary rights from nat...
Advanced LLM Candidate in European and International Human Rights Law
With the pending case of Hanan v. Germany, the Grand Chamber has the opportunity to consider anew whether airstrikes fall within the jurisdiction of the Convent...
Research & Teaching Assistant, Grotius Centre for International Legal Studies
The rapid integration of new artificial intelligence systems into our lives has raised a number of grave human rights concerns. A proactive regulatory framework...
Candidate Advanced LLM in European and International Human Rights Law
When the line between terrorism and armed conflict is blurred and when the enemy becomes a terrorist, humanitarian action is most at stake. How exactly does th...
Prohibitions and restrictions on donating blood continue to affect homosexual males around the world. Why it is high time for future legal innovations to change...
Onlangs plaatsten drie Amsterdamse wetenschappers een noodkreet in het Financieele Dagblad. Onder de kop “Nieuwe wet in faillissementsrecht benadeelt vooral kle...
Student research assistant on Leiden Advocacy Project on Plastic
Proper monitoring and standard setting is of crucial importance to successfully combatting plastic pollution. This blog discusses the relationship between data...
Advanced Llm Candidate – Public International Law
The landmark decision in the Urgenda case - how the Court reached its decision and the significance for future similar litigation spanning courts across the glo...
LLM graduate in Public International Law
Small Island Developing States’ are particularly vulnerable to the impact of climate change. More legal clarity is needed to seek justice for these States’ inha...
In December 2019 Boeing fired its chief executive, Dennis A. Muilenburg, who ‘set off the worst crisis in the manufacturing giant’s 103-year history’. Could lo...
European Law LLM graduate
Master's student Public International Law and European Law
How can international institutional bodies put pressure on Russia regarding legislative reforms and combat the culture of domestic violence as a private family ...
The European Court of Human Rights must respond immediately to cases where it is argued that judicial independence is undermined. The Court should review its pr...
Advanced LL.M. candidate in Public International Law
The United States confirmed that Depleted Uranium (DU) ammunitions were used in Syria. The use of such weapons has long been criticized for posing health risks ...
Due to globalisation and the fast-growing development of the internet across the world, the rapid increase in cyberattacks such as cyberespionage and cyberwarfa...
In het licht van recente rechterlijke uitspraken en toegenomen milieuzorgen, zou je denken dat de centrale overheid regie neemt en erop toe ziet dat de normen g...
Advanced LLM Candidate in Public International Law
Counterclaims in investment arbitration are gradually developing with the aim to counter environmental harm. The Energy Charter Treaty, as an investment agreeme...
Advanced LLM Candidate Public International Law
Narco series are a huge hit – not just in Latin America, but all over the world. But audiences should remember the reality behind these shows: the victims...
The UN CRC states that children have the right to be heard in all matters affecting them. How is this right implemented in legal proceedings and daily practice ...
Lecturer Patent Law
In patent law, the compulsory licence is a measure that is discussed in every academic course, but that discussion is usually concluded with the remark: “In pra...
Hoe kan het liberalisme juist in tijden van Corona onze leidraad vormen?...
Student Advanced LL.M. Public International Law
Is COVID-19 only a matter of public health? Is it not a threat to international peace and security? Qualifying COVID-19 as a mere matter of “public health” is h...
Advanced LLM candidate in Air and Space Law
Finding the balance between international law and international business to enhance the capabilities of young space states for global benefit....
A Dutch court recently ruled that the pledgor and the pledgee of a pledged claim can decide on the division of creditor's powers. Can the power to negotiate a d...
Faced with the Corona crisis, the EU has adopted an authorisation requirement for the export of protective equipment out of the EU, exempting, however, certain ...
In tijden van corona worden sommige contracten danig op de proef gesteld: een leverancier kan door getroffen maatregelen niet nakomen, een afnemer heeft niets a...
The role of international human rights law on the use of tear gas and other riot control agents in domestic law enforcement operations....
Director Faculty of Law / Associate Professor (Health Law)
Volgens de wet moet een arts een melding doen aan de GGD als deze weet of vermoedt dat iemand is besmet met COVID-19. Wat houdt zo’n meldplicht in en wat beteke...
We are used to conceiving human rights as freedoms of the individual from government intervention. COVID-19 might put this assumption to the test and show that ...
Kunnen de jaarlijkse aandeelhoudersvergaderingen gezien de coronamaatregelen wel doorgang hebben en zijn er (digitale) alternatieven mogelijk?...
Amidst the fast-growing development of the new coronavirus pandemic worldwide, refugee populations in Lebanon have been deeply affected. The right to health of ...
The risk of Covid-19 intersects with dangers from years of internal wars in many African conflict zones. The UNSC must take measures now to limit the drastic ef...
Company Law Student
De uitbraak van het coronavirus en het gedeeltelijk stilleggen van de economie raakt vele sectoren, waaronder luchtvaart, toerisme en horeca. Bij ‘coronafaillis...
Measures adopted by States to address the Covid-19 pandemic have affected human rights. States should adapt their measures to ensure compliance with their posit...
De Europese screeningverordening geeft de lidstaten de mogelijkheid overnames van nationale ondernemingen door partijen van buiten de EU te screenen. De gronden...
PhD Candidate at the Van Vollenhoven Institute
Anthony Comstock dedicated his life to supervising the morality of American society. Looking back on his story sheds light on the challenges faced by modern ant...
Advanced LLM Candidate of Public International Law
The Covid-19 pandemic is an issue of public health. But with states putting unreasonable barriers to the access of information and effective communication, it i...
De coronaciris heeft grote invloed op ons financieel-economisch bestel en test de grenzen ervan. Zo ook het bankbedrijf....
Advanced LLM candidate in Public International Law
In the midst of a public health crisis, only one thing is more contagious than the virus itself – lies. How does disinformation affect our fundamental rights?...
Senior University Lecturer
Het notariaat kent tot op de dag van vandaag niet de mogelijkheid om een notariële akte langs elektronische weg te verlijden. Dat wringt in tijden van thuisisol...
The European Screening Regulation allows Member States to screen investments in national companies by parties from outside the EU. The grounds for this are very...
There is a longstanding crisis of ethics among litigating lawyers in Indonesia, and the corona crisis is revealing their true colours....
Two Dutch non-binary people were able to change the gender marker in their passport from ‘F’ to ‘X’. If a right to recognition of gender identity exists, can tr...
Student – Advanced LLM in Public International Law
In times of COVID-19 politics must be quarantined from healthcare efforts. Transparent information sharing between the WHO and States should be encouraged. But ...
The right to education is a human right. State measures to combat the corona crisis mean that 1.2 billion students are affected by school closures worldwide. Co...
Professor of Private Law and Civil Procedure
The impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the civil justice system across the globe. Fifteen countries contribute to provide interesting reading now contained i...
Together with the emergence of the Dutch pre-packaged bankruptcy practice came the call for a legal basis to set a framework for the pre-pack. Establishing a le...
Professor emeritus Sociology of Law
Insolventierechters kunnen een creatieve en actieve rol gaan vervullen om de schade van de (nasleep van de) coronacrisis te beperken, ook voor particulieren....
How Poland’s government and the ruling conservative PiS party have used the coronavirus pandemic in their quest to secure more power...
What is all the fuss with contact tracing apps about?...
Master’s student Civil Law and Constitutional and Administrative Law
The Dutch Supreme Court has ruled that an insurance portfolio as such cannot be pledged. With this ruling clarity is provided on an issue that was the subject o...
Sex workers around the world are unable to work because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Some have turned to digital sex work but many are in increasingly precarious s...
After Cyclone Idai, the Mozambican government moved people from high-risk affected areas to new settlements. However, State-led resettlement is often problemati...
Candidate Advanced LLM in Public International Law
In some countries the COVID-19 pandemic has put protests and social unrest on hold. How should lockdown exit strategies in those countries take special account ...
Student Public international law LLM
Illiberal leaders in Poland and Hungary are using Covid-19 to consolidate their powers and violate EU values. Could the Union’s budget be used as leverage to fo...
Last week’s controversial judgment of Germany’s Federal Constitutional Court exposed the challenges for judges in ruling on macro-economic matters....
Lecturer at the Van Vollenhoven Institute
The age of consent has risen over time throughout the world. Is this due to ‘moral panic’ over pedophilia? A look at debates on the age of consent illuminates t...
Lecturer at Institute for Private Law
De Covid-19 crisis heeft vergaande gevolgen. Die gevolgen zijn medisch en economisch, maar een ander gevolg kan zijn dat het risico van modern slavery toeneemt....
Seniour Researcher Van Vollenhoven Institute
How can students participate in online courses without proper Internet access?...
The role of insolvency law in preventing unnecessary corona-related bankruptcies. Can the Dutch legislature offer debtors more respite possibilities?...
The COVID-19 pandemic has underscored the public health risks that prisons pose as reservoirs of contagious disease. Confinement involves close contact and shar...
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 Sena...
Student Air and Space Law (Advanced LLM)
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 solu...
PhD Candidate in Tax Law
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...
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 o...
Student Air & Space Law (Advanced Master)
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 S...
IDSA Advanced LLM Candidate
In certain cases, the wide discretionary nature of FNC dismissals amounts to an international wrongful act that needs to be resolved by equality for foreigners ...
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 d...
Law Student at Leiden University and Honours College Law
Herstructureren lijkt in deze tijden van Corona de gewenste oplossing voor noodlijdende bedrijven, omdat hierbij werkgelegenheid behouden blijft. Maar waarmee m...
After a preliminary reference on the Flemish ban on slaughter without stunning, how will the CJEU preserve the balance between animal welfare and religious free...
Freedom of speech refers to the right to express one's opinion without fear of censorship or repercussions. When and why do courts in the Netherlands decide aga...
Project Manager at Europe Institute
Almost six years ago I made the transition from a job in the judiciary to working at the law faculty of Leiden University. I soon became aware of a lack of visi...
While a body of research on the growing body of EU civil procedural law has emerged, the perspective has mostly been top-down, one that seeks to systematise EU ...
There has been much discussion about tax planning involving The Netherlands recently. One structure that has been criticised, is the so-called “informal capital...
Business Law Student
The Muslim-majority countries of the Middle East and Northern Africa (MENA) region and their experiences during this pandemic particularly deserve consideration...
Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Researcher of Law and Artificial Intelligence
UNICEF released a policy guidance draft on AI for children. This piece comments on it and stresses the need for a more precautionary and children-centred approa...
Is it time to abandon the use of ethnic categories in policy research?...
The new assistance offered by the Dutch government to asylum seeking children is another example of Dutch thriftiness and clearly lacks respect for the rights a...
In US history, moments of protest and dissent have often been met with calls to reinstate ‘law and order’. The presidential election will be a test of President...
MFN clauses in tax treaties – a useful negotiation tool or an accident waiting to happen?...
Master student Comparative Criminal Justice
After the gruesome beheading of French teacher Samuel Paty by an alleged terrorist, the question is: what we can do about it? How can we deradicalise Islamists ...
The regularisation of irregular migrants is a human right. Having a stable immigration status is a prerequisite for leading a normal life. Article 8 ECHR protec...
Something to look forward to in 2021: the entry into force of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. A credible international verification organisati...
It is feared that over 1 million Muslim Uyghurs are being held in facilities in Xinjiang, China, undergoing systematic forced labour for the supply chains of in...
COVID-19 has spurred on the use of remote justice. What do Dutch lawyers think of video trials? Responses vary widely. Video trials are here to stay, but canno...
The construction activities in Komodo National Park clearly show that even the status of recognized Unesco World Heritage, is not enough to safeguard the planet...
E-commerce is booming and big data has allowed companies to engage in more personalised online marketing communication with consumers. Can regulatory initiative...
Do regional tax models have a role to play in developing tax treaty policy? Examining the ATAF Models of 2016 and 2019 and the reservations to these models prov...
The pandemic may have affected franchise businesses financially. When disclosing information on their financial position, franchisors must ensure that the discl...
In wat misschien wel één van de belangrijkste uitspraken van 2020 is, heeft het Hof van Justitie van de EU andermaal beslist dat de uitvoering van uit Polen afk...
Regarding the pre-screening phase of the new EU pact on migration and asylum: does this new initiative limit the scope of international protection? Is it truly ...
Research Intern in Corporate Law
Research intern in Corporate law
Municipalities are experiencing severe economic effects from the coronavirus crisis. Their financial distress requires a long-term solution to deal with these f...
Public International Law LLM graduate
Beaches are littered with dolly rope, a serious threat to our environment and wildlife. Will the EU Single-Use Plastics Directive and international obligations ...
Persistent and endemic ‘corrective’ rape of Black lesbians in South Africa invites socio-legal study of its context, critically auditing both the law and societ...
Corporate Law student and Research Intern
De wetenschap die een bestuurder van een rechtspersoon heeft, maakt dit ook de wetenschap van die rechtspersoon. Deze blog geeft inzicht in het leerstuk van de ...
Space is becoming more contested, congested, competitive, and contaminated. How to ensure the long-term sustainability of space activities, so present and futu...
De rechter dient zijn uitspraak te motiveren, mede omdat die motivering van belang is voor de maatschappelijke acceptatie van rechtspraak. Bij sommigen leeft de...
Master’s student Comparative Criminal Justice and Public International Law
It seems that the Dutch Counterterrorism Act has not contributed to government objectives. Does the Act limit threats to national security or does it threaten t...
Student Advanced LLM in Public International Law
Competition to gain fast access to Corona virus vaccines has led to vaccine nationalism. Under current circumstances, does international law recognize a global ...
Professor emeritus International Labour Law
Een arbitrage-panel heeft op 25 januari 2021 een uitspraak gedaan in een kwestie die de EU en handelspartner Zuid-Korea al lang verdeeld houdt....
To be confidential, secret, and priviledged, or not to be? That is the question....
Student, Advanced LLM Public International Law
Trump’s sanctions against ICC officials are an opportunity to inquire about the ICC’s desirable strategy regarding investigations into non-parties and powerful ...
De kogel is door de kerk. De rechtbank Amsterdam heeft besloten af te zien van overlevering van een Poolse drugsverdachte in verband met een reëel gevaar op sch...
Should the armed forces have a role in public order management in a domestic context? Recent riots in the Netherlands in response to the curfew have sparked a d...
The post-Brexit EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement. A comparison of the most important trade-related aspects with the EU’s four freedoms and WTO obligations....
Having examined the issue of free movement of goods (Part I), this post (Part II) discusses the issues of free movement of services, free movement of workers, a...
Masterstudent Criminal Law
Alhoewel samenwerking door middel van overlevering in vergaande mate een verplichting is, kan de situatie zich voordoen dat executie- of vervolgingsoverlevering...
Het bestaande schuldstelsel is ondoorzichtig en niet efficiënt. Er tekent zich een politieke consensus af om kwijtschelding van schulden te vergemakkelijken. He...
Student Advanced LLM Public International Law
Remaining dormant up until the request, Afghanistan’s invocation of Article 18 of the Rome Statute with regards to the ICC’s investigation only delays the inevi...
Advanced LL.M Candidate
Almost seven years following ISIL’s genocide against the Yazidi community, will justice ever be served? Germany offers a glimmer of hope for accountability....
On International Women’s Day the Dutch Minister of Justice introduced a new Bill on sex crimes. Rape and sexual assault will no longer depend on force but on th...
Adv. LL.M. candidate in Public International Law
The recent appointment of Karim A. A. Khan as the new Prosecutor of the ICC – who will take office in June 2021 – offers new insights into prosecutorial strateg...
The CRC Committee’s 25th General Comment Children’s Rights in relation to the digital environment...
Can international norms prioritise humanity before sovereignty? A pertinent question in the context of current vaccine hoarding....
The implementation of an EU Framework for the screening of Foreign Direct Investments, the Act on Economy and National Security and several sector-specific laws...
Student LL.M. Public International Law
Graduated in LL. M. Public International Law
The ICC continues to suffer widespread critique, notably regarding its costs. To alleviate pressure, the UN must adequately fund investigations where the Securi...
In July 2020, the Supreme Court of the Netherlands answered in its so-called Promontoria case ruling four preliminary questions in the context of the transferab...
With vaccinations hopefully ending the pandemic soon, a reflection on Yuval Harari’s gloomy forecast that COVID-19 benefits authoritarian regimes at the cost of...
To legally categorise what is happening in Xinjiang as crimes against humanity or genocide assumes genocide is the crime of crimes and necessarily entails killi...
Ph.D. fellow
Universitair docent recht en samenleving
Compliance has been key in stopping the spread of COVID-19, but there is a fine line between compliance and complacency. If this line becomes blurred, what are ...
A recently-signed Record of Meeting marks a milestone for cooperation between Mainland China and Hong Kong on cross-border insolvency issues. What is it about? ...
Student adv master Public International Law
This article is a response to the blog ‘Debating genocide, but in whose language?’, by Michael Liu....
Impact of the Covid-19 pandemic in civil courts - experiences in 23 countries....
LLM Candidate, European and International Human Rights Law
LLM Candidates, European and International Human Rights Law
Despite what Turkey claims, the domestic impact of Turkey’s recent withdrawal from the Istanbul Convention is cause for concern....
Beyond domestic concerns, what is the impact in other areas of Turkey’s withdrawal from the Istanbul Convention?...
Financial support during the lockdown could create more marginally profitable or zombie firms. The longer the crisis, the higher this trend. Are there any simpl...
The acquisition of citizenship is not only determined by an individual's motivation to naturalise, but also their ability to do so. What role does crimmigration...
Advanced LLM Candidate
Efforts to counterbalance neocolonialism have long been debated. Yet, colonial dynamics remain entrenched in the global aid system. Is human rights law the key ...
Candidate Advanced LL.M. Public International Law
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Student Public International Law
Managing plastic waste is one of the biggest problems we face today, the severity and urgency of which is increasing. How can legal reforms, especially technica...
There is a need for a wholesale change to tackle the inherent imbalance, which harmfully impacts the environment and human rights....
PhD Candidate at Van Vollenhoven Institute
The importance of positive complementarity lies in its ability to leave a permanent legacy in the institutions of the State concerned whilst also preserving the...
In 2019, the Maltese Government issued a public consultation document for the reform of sex work and trafficking legislation. This post explores Maltese aboliti...
More attention is needed for the challenges experienced by unaccompanied migrant children transitioning into adulthood in the Netherlands....
Writer, Climate Change and Children’s Rights
What can the youth climate movement do to resuscitate climate science in order to ensure the dignified life of present and future generations?...
FFashion, particularly fast fashion, is a major contributor to plastic pollution in the form of microplastic fibres. The 80-year-old Martindale test for interio...
Protect is the new feature launched by Citizen, a controversial crime tracking app, where agents field alerts 24/7 from users in unsafe situations. Is this a ne...
The Netherlands must respect children’s rights and take responsibility for Dutch children in camps in former IS areas....
Police in the United States have told implausible stories about airborne fentanyl exposures for years. The real symptoms appear related to panic attacks and the...
Dutch borders make the life of some groups of vulnerable children hard. Recent research shows that the rights of undocumented children in Curaçao – mostly from ...
Masters Student (Public International Law)
Is there an equitable balance between the efforts of developed and developing countries in averting worst case scenario as highlighted in the 2021 IPCC report?...
Sciences PO Paris
The UN needs to be held legally accountable for its actions during the Bosnian War to achieve justice for Bosnian War survivors and to live up to its own legal ...
Updating the bilateral tax treaty network has been described as time-consuming. The present empirical study looks into how time-consuming this is and concludes ...
Research Intern Company Law
The WCO I Amending Act aims to help companies with activities serving societal interests when they face financial distress. But does it create an adequate frame...
In our previous blog, we looked into how long OECD founding member countries take to update their (bilateral) tax treaty networks. In the present blog, we will ...
PhD candidate at Institute of History
Debates on abolishing hazing are as old as the student corpora. In 1897, Eduard Meijers had a rough time entering the Amsterdam Student Corps, while abactis Pau...
De nieuw te introduceren zorgplicht om deelnemers te begeleiden bij het maken van keuzes in hun pensioen werkt naar verwachting ook door in de civielrechtelijke...
The Corona era swiftly got us tuned into signs guiding our navigation through public space; arrows told us to keep 1.5 metres distance and in which direction to...
LLM Candidate Advanced Masters in Public International Law
The ever-present issue of orbital and space debris, future space colonies and mining operations, bring new legal challenges that current international law canno...
Het Europese Mensenrechtenhof in Straatsburg heeft al over veel kinderbeschermingszaken beslist en heeft het de afgelopen twee jaar druk met beslissingen over u...
The debate on ‘One China’ keeps returning to the front pages, while the legal aspects of this peculiar situation are rarely addressed. Did President Biden missp...
Op 10 december 2021 maakte minister De Jonge van VWS bekend dat alle kinderen tussen de 5 en 11 jaar in aanmerking komen voor het coronavaccin. Dit nadat hij af...
Law Student
According to the Minister of Justice and Safety Ferd Grapperhaus (CDA), the Dutch sex laws desperately need an update. In for a penny, in for a pound: new legis...
The CJEU ruled in T.Q. that the Dutch policy on unaccompanied minors who do not qualify for international protection is in breach of the EU Returns Directive. N...
Student of Law and Society
By considering Zamboni’s (2015) ideas on globalisation of politics and values, this blog discusses how (inter)national regulation, and the average person can co...
professor of comparative sexual orientation law and coordinator of Summer School on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity in International Law
Same-sex partners have been gaining some core recognition in international law. This trend continues, as there is nothing heterosexual about the words “men and ...
Professor of Public International Law
Applying economic pressure to coerce another country into a particular course of action has been around for a while, as developing countries can attest....
The EU standard of tax good governance was introduced to tackle tax fraud and evasion by companies and individuals and as a pre-condition for third (non-EU) cou...
De taferelen die zich volgens de talrijke mediaberichten hebben afgespeeld bij 'The Voice of Holland', doen ons allemaal huiveren. Ook voor onze faculteit is h...
The UK government is introducing bills that could harm the rule of law and democracy. Does parliamentary sovereignty require the judiciary to apply such laws, o...
No crime is as widely condemned as child sex offences. But does the public’s level of outrage depend on where in the world such offences take place? A revealing...
Postdoctoral researcher criminology
Het OM begint een strafrechtelijk onderzoek naar aanleiding van de aangifte namens omwonenden tegen Tata Steel. De recente gebeurtenissen rondom de staalfabrika...
Student assistant at the Europa Institute
Automation may endanger fundamental values in the EU. In a panel discussion on 28 January 2022, experts discussed how the use of AI by the EU administration aff...
Onlangs gaf de KNMG te kennen dat de KNMG-meldcode huiselijk geweld en kindermishandeling (2018) wordt herzien. Hierin staat wanneer de arts het medisch beroeps...
Reflecties ter gelegenheid van 10 jaar UNICEF-leerstoel Kinderrechten....
Professor of International Institutional Law
Europe is shocked, the world is shocked, by the Russian aggression in Ukraine and the human suffering as a result of Russia’s flagrant violation of key rules of...
Phd fellow
This contribution to the Leiden Law Blog is written from a personal perspective as a Ukrainian. There is no need to go into detail of the horror of what is happ...
Professor Emeritus Russian Law/ Eastern European Law
This piece is about what is going on in Ukraine, how it started, and, perhaps, consider what should be done to restore peace in Europe....
The response of the Council of Europe to the Russian invasion in Ukraine....
Professor emeritus Public International Law
This blog briefly addresses the involvement and interaction of the two main political organs of the United Nations, the Security Council and the General Assembl...
On 16 March 2022, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in the Hague ordered Russia to ‘immediately suspend the military operations that it commenced on 24 F...
Reflections to mark 10 years’ UNICEF Chair in Children’s Rights...
Professor of International Criminal Law & Global Justice
The role of the International Crime Court (ICC) in the Ukraine-conflict....
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has drawn attention to a major problem in the UN system: Russia’s veto power in the Security Council. The proposed solution to remo...
A paper by Marc Broekema and colleagues found that psychological biases can have a detrimental impact in corporate disputes – a conclusion recently cited by the...
Satellites help us see the Earth from space, when we cannot observe it otherwise. We should give them some credit....
Student Advanced Master in International Children’s Rights
Residential and institutional care is not a question of extent or degree, but rather a question of absolute abolition on account of what it historically represe...
Master student Financial Law and Public International Law
Not In My BackYard (NIMBY) is inmiddels een begrip in het bestuursrecht: burgers die bijvoorbeeld kritiek uiten op de tientallen meters hoge windmolens in hun z...
Director of International Cooperation and Taxation
International Tax Consultant
A new toolkit has been developed that provides governments with guidance for dealing with aggressive tax planning schemes and for designing, implementing, and i...
Visiting Researcher
Airspace closures and export restrictions are reshaping relations between the EU and Russia. Consequences are not limited to the aerospace industry of each part...
Met het oog op de oorlog in Oekraïne heeft de Raad van State ervoor gekozen om zijn algemene beschouwing in het jaarverslag van 2021 geheel te wijden aan het be...
Specialist digital literacy and ethics
The impact of ‘dataveillance’ on children who are monitored from birth via smartphones and FitBits, is great. Children’s rights must be more central when it com...
The war in Ukraine is costing the lives of innocent civilians on a daily basis and a quick end to the war via negotiations or a peace deal would be a saving gra...
The CJEU has surprisingly ruled in Heiploeg that the Dutch pre-pack can fall under the exception of Article 5(1) of the Transfer of Undertakings Directive. This...
The granting of temporary protection to migrants from Ukraine, with better rights than for regular asylum seekers, has raised the question of whether this amoun...
Digitally Derived Evidence will likely make a great difference in the Office of the Prosecutor’s investigation in Ukraine. The Leiden Guidelines on DDE can help...
Please join our conference, Courts as an Arena for Societal Change, on 8 and 9 July 2022, at Leiden Law School, Leiden University, in the Netherlands....
Student of advanced masters in Public International Law
The Prosecutor v. Al-Bashir (2010) has generated multiple clashes between the application of customary international law, treaty interpretation and the connecti...
Schiphol’s CEO came to the Dutch Parliament this week to discuss the recent problems at Schiphol Airport. According to Dutch corporate law, he is not obliged to...
Student of Law
Following the success of the Urgenda case in the Netherlands and other cases around the world, citizens from Jakarta also turned to climate change litigation in...
Postdoc
Last month, the International Labour Organization’s (ILO) fundamental Forced Labour Convention 29 of 1932 went into effect in the Republic of Korea, internation...
After local residents filed charges against Tata Steel, last February the Dutch Public Prosecution Service (PPS) started criminal investigations into the steel ...
Postdoctoral Researcher
In contrast to the traditional role of judges as neutral arbiters of legal disputes, the Argentine judiciary has played an increasingly political role in recent...
Can fine wine, cheeses, and other culturally unique food products co-exist with mining and resource extraction? In a dispute, the courts are the wrong venue to ...
The migration domain is made of a congeries of institutional and non-institutional actors contending and negotiating their role and space in the migration gover...
The perceived development of courts into arenas for societal change comes with many questions. One can question, for example, whether the courtroom forms the ri...
Student International Relations and Organizations
PFAS komen steeds vaker in het nieuws vanwege de gevaarlijke eigenschappen en risico’s voor het milieu en de volksgezondheid. Er wordt gewerkt aan een Europees ...
Increasingly, courts are now institutions where collective actors, like NGOs, want to achieve change. The field of European asylum law is no different in that s...
A view from the mineral rights’ adjudication looking glass....
The recent energy crisis caused by the Russia-Ukraine conflict has revealed pressing issues related to envisaged energy transition. The clock is ticking....
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is everywhere and in the future its impact on human life will only increase. What role can AI have in sentencing criminal cases? Ca...
Professor of European law
What, if any, should the role of courts be in reconciling the pressing need for climate action in an atmosphere of deep-running social tension?...
Constitutional law researcher
A recent ECJ ruling has referred to environmental protection in relation to procedures for seabed exploitation. Opportunities for the Italian Constitutional Cou...
PhD Student in Law
After 30 years of waiting for a legislative intervention, the Italian Constitutional Court is ‘rewriting’ the rule of surname attribution to children, the legac...
Adv. LLM Candidate in Public International Law
An appraisal of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank’s green approach to infrastructure projects. How environmentally sustainable is infrastructure developm...
Professor of International and European Law
Is the EU’s judiciary an effective agent for societal change? Or does it merely alter the ‘law in the books’ at Member State level? A research teaser....
Associate professor in legal sociology
Assistant professor in International and European Law
Legal mobilization as legitimate counterpower: The need for deliberate, strategic, bold and innovative approaches to redress systemic, racial injustice....
Public interest litigation allows courts to provoke social change to some extent. But court decisions on political issues are not unproblematic in democratic sy...
Exploring the issues of regulating deep sea mining following the Republic of Nauru’s request to the International Seabed Authority to formulate rules for exploi...
How do judges themselves feel about the political sensitivity of their decisions?...
Trade mark proprietors who authorise that their trade mark is put on a product, are liable towards the consumer for a defect in that product. This also applies ...
Exchange student
Overlapping National and EU-wide antitrust frameworks could lead to a violation of the right against double jeopardy for companies, like Apple, targeted by the ...
Associate Professor of Law & Technology
In 2021 a draft AI Act was published. At the moment, the draft AI Act is before the European Parliament (EP) as part of the European AI package....
Student Advanced LL.M. in Public International Law
Is India’s historical protectionism towards its European counterparts making way for a 'greener shade' of trade agreements?...
Online platform Wish was caught red-handed by the Dutch ACM, on account of engaging in personalised pricing. What does this mean for the future of the practice?...
Atrocities committed in Ukraine, especially by the Russian military, are on a scale not seen in recent decades, leading to one of the largest war crimes investi...
States can deny refugee protection in cases where a person could find safety in another part of their home country. A closer look at this well-established doctr...
Everyone has the right to seek asylum. Human rights do not change based on race, religion, sex, or nationality. On the other hand, compulsory military service i...
The new arrangement to manage Venezuelan survival migration at the Mexico-US border couples a limited and restrictive regularisation pathway with repressive and...
There is a lack of understanding of how agency is currently conceptualised and what it actually constitutes in the operationalisation of international human rig...
Research student assistant at Leiden Advocacy Project on Plastic
Plastic pollution is a major environmental issue. Although regulation is being adopted, plastic pollution is still increasing. Effective and strict enforcement ...
Travel chaos at Schiphol is one of the post-pandemic labour challenges to the aviation industry and this disaster will continue till the end of March 2023. What...
Until very recently passengers were missing flights due to closed borders or positive COVID tests. Now, passengers might miss their flights, not due to pandemic...
A new chapter of the CIAT Manual for the Control of International Tax Planning focuses on the introduction of a Cooperative Compliance programme by tax administ...
Freedom of association for trade unions is not safeguarded in many countries and companies...
Missions to and around the Moon are about to burgeon. How to ensure that future space explorers, while making new histories, also undertake appropriate measures...
Student, Advanced LL.M. in Public International Law
Did the Chagossian peoples’ voice reverberate in the International Court of Justice during the course of deciding their right to self-determination?...
The EU’s inconsistent approach towards sustainability treaties...
Judicial review of the Constitution has long been a topic of discussion. How do democracy and the rule of law relate to each other?...
Massive numbers of Venezuelan (child) migrants are on the move, fleeing deplorable humanitarian conditions. In Curaçao, it seems that many are expelled without ...
Msc Law and Society student
Why is China’s zero-COVID policy so rigid? Is there any explanation other than political rationality? What obstacles will recent changes face?...
Alumna master Jeugdrecht
Een onderzoek naar het machtsevenwicht tussen burger en overheid bij verzoeken van en beslissen tot jeugdbeschermingsmaatregelen in Nederland, Frankrijk, Vlaand...
Research Assistant / participant Honours College Law
Every nation has its own dark chapters of history and the Netherlands and Bosnia-Herzegovina are no exception. Could the rule of law help in bringing closure?...
From 1 January 2023, the Dutch Authority for Consumers & Markets will enforce stricter rules on discounting by Dutch companies. What can we expect?...
International media strongly condemn Indonesia’s new Criminal Code. Is it really that bad?...
Last week, the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments in a case dealing with obscure theories of constitutional interpretation. However, the case reveals strategies...
Education and Research Officer
A 4-3 majority held legislative amendments are first required, empowering Irish courts to refuse to enforce CETA awards where constitutional identity, fundament...
Women experience the impacts of corporate activities – including the flexibilization of labour and the privatisation of public services – differently and dispro...
Alumnus Advanced LL.M. in Public International Law
What challenges did the Government of India face while attempting to conduct a digital platform-driven COVID-19 vaccine drive amidst India’s mass digital divide...
The judgment in the Shell case suggests that companies should comply with the targets in the Paris Climate Agreement. The case possibly sets a new, climate-frie...
Recent privacy developments in US very similar to EU privacy framework – a reminder that EU law is setting standards not just for Europe, but for the world....
The coronavirus pandemic has been a disruptive force, undermining the survival of many corporations and creating new challenges for corporate governance. Fortun...
The call for more transparency in the tax world can hardly be overstated. One way to achieve tax transparency is the exchange of information between tax authori...
Parliamentary Advisor for EU Affairs
The Portuguese Government has announced a package of legislative measures to alleviate the country’s housing shortage. However, these measures seem to constitut...
Art created with the help of AI poses interesting questions regarding copyright and the need for new rules on evidence of human creativity and a possible obliga...
Thoughts on the use of genetic data from commercial genealogy databases to help solve cold cases in the Netherlands...
PhD candidate at the International Institute of Air and Space Law (IIASL)
On 4 February 2023, US F-22 Raptor fighter jets were scrambled and ordered to fire a missile towards China’s high-altitude balloon. Can this be justified under ...
In september 2022 vond de postume promotie plaats van Thijmen Nuninga, die eerder dat jaar overleed. Zijn proefschrift was op dat moment al goedgekeurd. Deze bl...
Attention for misconduct in the workplace has grown rapidly over the past year. What happened in the legal domain? A brief overview....
Visiting PhD
Although the continued relaxation of State aid rules has undoubtedly offered a valuable way to deal with emergency situations, what are the implications for the...
PhD Researcher
The enactment of the Indonesian PERPPU on job creation into an Act has sparked debate among legal observers. Is it merely aimed at inducing foreign investment, ...
Airlines have always been protective of their market access and have vehemently fought for their airport slots in the EU. While this is no secret, taking the go...
Research Assistant
Defamation is being decriminalised in several European countries. Considering that freedom of expression is essential for the existence of a democratic society,...
Associate professor at the Van Vollenhoven Institute for Law and Society
Independent researcher and consultant
After the 2022 Russian invasion in Ukraine, many persons went missing. On both sides of the border, parents are searching for their children. Should Ukraine acc...
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 ce...
Student, Adv. LLM Children’s Rights
In the Indian diaspora, hierarchical institutions like caste jeopardise alternative care for children deprived of family. How much of an impact do culture and r...
Starbucks’ legal war against trade unions and collective bargaining....
Can prisoners of a panopticon ‘feel free’? A critique of Professor Pieke’s LAC 2023 Report...
De Nederlandse Grondwet werd begin dit jaar ietsje langer. De categorieën ‘handicap’ en ‘seksuele gerichtheid’ zijn namelijk aan de niet-limitatief opgesomde ve...
The one-status system in Dutch asylum law is an important achievement. Changing it to a two-status system to restrict family reunification is not only counterpr...
Het éénstatusstelsel in het Nederlandse asielrecht is een belangrijke verworvenheid en de omvorming tot een tweestatusstelsel met als enige doel het beperken va...
Politicians worldwide are struggling to mobilise voter support. Despite the limited interest in the actual elections, Congolese citizens are queuing massively t...
The Netherlands is struggling with organised crime, security issues and police shortages. With the military police and the military now becoming increasingly in...
Stafmedewerker Dienstleiding
Research Trainee
Climate litigation is rich in insights on failing climate governance. What can we learn from lawsuits against car corporations trying to stop the distribution o...
An asymmetrical franchise relationship would permit a franchisor to behave opportunistically towards weaker franchisees in the form of encroachment. What is fra...
After postponing its obligations under the WFD until 2027, the Netherlands will not be able to meet them by 2027 either. Which measures must be implemented to p...
Student Law & Society
The pitfalls I faced doing fieldwork in Bosnia-Herzegovina or my (very) short love letter to fieldwork in socio-legal studies....
How can a few unreported court cases that no lawyer has ever heard of, cause so much trouble and become so infamous?...
The US patent system offers a high payoff to a pharmaceutical firm using the partly public-funded research findings of others. A fair outcome of the competitive...
Student Law and Notarial Law
At the end of this year, the EU Ship Recycling Regulation will be evaluated. Has this regulation achieved its objective of establishing a safer and more sustain...
Student Law & Finance
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 sec...
Student, LL.M. Public International Law
International legal personality is a troubled concept in international law with regard to international organisations. Uncertainties arise regarding the status ...
2 November is All Souls' Day. Traditionally, people get together to remember those who have passed away, telling stories to revive the memory of their loved one...
What stories to tell from a criminal law perspective, when justice seems so far away?...
Has the legalisation of the online gambling market in 2021 been a success? No, the government simply underestimated the drive for profits of online gambling com...
The unfolding situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT) and Israel underscores the importance of international law, and the terrible consequences ...
PhD Candidate in the department of Business Studies at the Institute of Tax Law and Economics
The 21st century marks an era of global challenges forcing companies towards more inclusion of social and environmental considerations. What is behind this deve...
The word ‘blockchain’ can evoke images of scandals related to cryptocurrencies. So it might be surprising that some central banks are adopting Central Bank Digi...
Law / Computer Science student
Professor Children's Rights in a Sustainable World
Chair of the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child
A holistic child rights perspective is crucial to prevent criminalisation and undue state-sanctioned restrictions on adolescents’ sexual exploration both online...
The new Indian data protection law includes elements of data portability but falls short of fully incorporating this right in the Indian data protection regime....
Er is overeenstemming bereikt over de VOR. Beursgenoteerde vennootschappenmoeten vanaf 2025 in hun bestuursverslag laten zien hoe ze omgaan met risico's. Maar w...
All online platforms in the EU must now comply with the Digital Services Act. Due to delays by the Dutch government, the DSA is yet to be enforced here. Time fo...
Belonging to the Dutch military limits your civil rights and can negatively impact individual discretion within policing. Both history and theory suggest troubl...
Verloren lading op zee moet worden beschouwd als milieuvervuiling en informatie hierover moet openbaar worden gemaakt, maar dat gaat niet altijd goed....
Commercial space companies often make headlines for their technological advances and mission success. Beyond their technical achievements, they also actively en...
Student Leiden University
Slachtoffers van de misstanden in de jeugdzorg worden eindelijk niet meer genegeerd, maar het probleem is nog lang niet opgelost....
Thinking about volunteering for an orphanage in Haiti? Make sure you think it through, as volunteers can inadvertently perpetuate the suffering they hope to all...
Student of the Advanced Master in International Children's Rights at Leiden University
Proposals for an International Anti-Corruption Court do not yet include ways of achieving justice for victims of corruption. To remedy this shortcoming, an Anti...
Student in the double-degree program combining an LL.B. at Leiden Law School and a B.A. at LUC The Hague, with a major in International Justice
B.A. student at LUC The Hague, with a major in Work Politics.
Marie Curie fellow in sociology
Although street harassment is increasingly recognised as a problem and subject to regulation, how this problem is defined, and what regulation entails, varies f...
Honours student
Should the needs of stakeholders other than creditors play a greater role in bankruptcy proceedings? Vulnerability theory and stakeholder theory could help them...
Science editor
A decision of the European Court of Human Rights regarding Switzerland’s climate policy, serves as a landmark for environmental protection. The ruling about vio...
Student Advanced Master Public International Law
A US court recently found banana giant Chiquita guilty of financing a death squad in Colombia. It ordered the brand to pay 38 million dollars in compensation. S...
Trans and intersex athletes share a complicated history of exclusion at the Olympics. Based on unreliable scientific studies, this constitutes serious discrimin...
Police worldwide are joining in with Taylor Swift's tour craze by swapping friendship bracelets with fans. Could this interaction between police and citizens re...
Confiscation of criminally obtained assets can be imposed in civil courts without a conviction. Since this move is controversial, the EU is now seeking strict s...
Comparative Criminal Justice Master’s student
How can tax incentives and penalties drive international investment to achieve the UN's Sustainable Development Goals? Finding the right balance using these fis...
a graduated researcher
States have a duty to cooperate for international development. But how can this be achieved? Ways to implement the broad duty to cooperate under international l...
candidate International and European Law, Advanced LL.M. PIL
Advanced LL.M. PIL
PhD candidate in International and European Union Law, Advanced LL.M PIL
Vertrouwen in instituties wordt ook wel als het fundament van onze rechtsstaat gezien. Maar leren wij onze studenten wel voldoende wat dat vertrouwen behelst en...
Bijzonder hoogleraar maatschappelijk effectiviteit van de rechtspleging
The discussion on the use of investigative forensic genetic genealogy (iFGG) to solve Dutch cold cases is back on the table following a news report that weighed...
Future lawyers are also facing climate change. As this global crisis escalates, the role of legal training will be crucial. It calls for preparing students with...
Affiliated researcher Van Vollenhoven Institute
Prosecution of same-sex love has been escalating in African countries in recent years. Governments use six legal strategies with devastating impact on LGBTQ+ co...
Guest Researcher, Grotius Centre for International Legal Studies
While the EU remains committed to the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals, for the rest of the world they’re simply unrealistic. Can the EU balance sustainable g...
Advanced LL.M. in Public International Law
The European Court of Human Rights has determined in a landmark decision that the use of a messaging app such as ByLock does not automatically make someone a te...
PhD, Leiden University Inclusion Programme Student
Het kabinet wil de asielvergunning voor onbepaalde tijd afschaffen vanwege ‘het strengste asielbeleid ooit’. Maar door EU-recht blijft er de mogelijkheid om per...
Graduated researcher
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 ...
Nearly 20,000 children have been abducted from Ukraine since the Russian invasion. As peace talks emerge, our gaze must return to these children and the gross v...
Met CO2-grensheffing belooft de Europese Unie meer grip op de uitstoot van de staalindustrie te krijgen. Hoe zal dit bijdragen aan klimaatdoelen van 2050, en wa...
Is Italy a non-punitive society? David Nelken once famously described the Italian juvenile system as lenient for offenders. Recently, however, the country has s...
The security situation in eastern Congo is once again rapidly deteriorating and even attracting Western media attention. This blog sheds light on the lived cons...
The recent ruling by the Dutch Supreme Court is good news for those who have been left empty-handed by failed negotiations....
If the EU is to succeed in transitioning to a sustainable food system, it needs to make more room for local voices and initiatives. This calls for a new perspec...
Student of European and International Human Rights Law Advanced LLM Programme
If war has always been a man's game, should peace be a woman's game? Studies show that peace lasts longer when women are involved. Yet, they are still excluded ...
a PhD candidate
Er is een nieuwe Monitoring Commissie Corporate Governance Code. Betekent dit dat de Verklaring Omtrent Risicobeheersing van de plank wordt gehaald? Of heeft de...
Student Assistant and Law student
GAIA-X is Europe’s values-based answer to US digital dominance. But can the EU build cloud infrastructure that reflects its principles and truly stand up to Big...
New European regulations that aim to make sustainability rules more lenient, pose significant risks to the objectives of the circular economy and the Green Deal...
