Courts as an Arena for Societal Change 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. Alex Geert Castermans • May 30, 2022
ICC investigations in Ukraine: How Digitally Derived Evidence can make a difference 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. Sofia Aalto-Setälä and Maria F. Jaramillo Gomez • May 19, 2022
Reception of people from Ukraine: Discrimination in international protection? The granting of temporary protection to migrants from Ukraine, with better rights than for regular asylum seekers, has raised the question of whether this amounts to discrimination. Peter Rodrigues and Christa Tobler • May 17, 2022
Revival of the Dutch pre-pack by the CJEU 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 may well bring about the revival of the pre-pack. Jiahui Plomp • May 16, 2022
Between a rock and a hard place: Going back to the Minsk II system is not an option for an independent Ukraine. 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 grace for the millions of Ukrainians. Deniz Nikolay Dirisu • May 06, 2022
Prevent children becoming victims of a data-driven world 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 comes to designing technology. Remco Pijpers, Simone van der Hof and Ton Liefaard • May 03, 2022
De Raad van State over het belang van de internationale rechtsorde 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 belang van de internationale rechtsorde voor de gewone burger. Gelijn Molier • May 02, 2022
Turbulence in the air and space industry: EU sanctions against Russia Airspace closures and export restrictions are reshaping relations between the EU and Russia. Consequences are not limited to the aerospace industry of each party: is there a new ‘iron curtain’ in the sky? Mario Barbano • April 29, 2022
Toolkit for the design and effective implementation of General Anti Avoidance Rules (GAARs) A new toolkit has been developed that provides governments with guidance for dealing with aggressive tax planning schemes and for designing, implementing, and interpreting GAARs. Gonzalo Arias and Anarella Calderoni • April 22, 2022
