Recycling as panacea for plastic pollution: the EU Plastics Strategy

The circular economy and recycling are the key answers of the EU Plastics Strategy to the plastic soup. What happened to the idea of reducing plastic waste, as single-use plastics make up 50% of the marine litter?

Esther Kentin • January 30, 2018

The right to respect for family life in deportation cases: Is the ECtHR taking a step backwards?

Immigrants are protected from expulsion by the right to respect for private and family life. But in certain circumstances after a criminal conviction, expulsion may be justified. The ECtHR seems to lower the level of protection in its recent case law.

Mark Klaassen and Gerrie Lodder • January 29, 2018

The natural process of mutual integration

Western countries expect immigrants to adapt to their culture, whereas for centuries colonizing Europeans always imposed their ways on the native inhabitants they came across. In reality both cultures will always naturally fuse to become a new one.

Wim Bonis • January 10, 2018

Unaccompanied children travelling by air, a human rights issue

This blog explains how child trafficking in aviation may work in practice and why it desperately needs to be reframed as a human rights issue, in order for the relevant state agents and private actors to intensify their efforts to combat it.

Chrisje Sandelowsky • January 08, 2018 • 1 comment

For further reflection: international students on the Dutch Sinterklaas tradition

With the Black Pete discussion in the Netherlands in mind, I asked my international students, out of curiosity, what they thought of the Dutch Sinterklaas tradition. Turns out that international students have strong opinions on this.

Esther Kentin • December 05, 2017 • 1 comment

Introducing: Experimental Jurisprudence

Studying how the law works in practice using empirical methods is gaining in popularity. A new subfield within ‘Empirical Legal Studies’, has now emerged: Experimental Jurisprudence. Time for all researchers interested in this field to form a network.

Niek Strohmaier • December 01, 2017 • 2 comments

Male privilege and the abuse of power

The #MeToo reports have brought the ‘tradition’ of masculine domination out into the open and what it can lead to. When did it begin, and in what direction will it develop? To shed some light on this matter two kinds of power are distinguished…

Wim Bonis • November 29, 2017 • 4 comments

The ethical dimension of ancient laws

Due to the inclusion of unwritten laws, surviving from the Stone Age, the (pre-Hammurabi) Sumerian legal system was surprisingly liberal. We can still learn from it, now that our system has caused the ethical dimension to wither – with dire consequences.

Wim Bonis • November 10, 2017 • 4 comments

A child-friendly ASEAN?

This blog discusses the compliance of the ASEAN instruments on children’s rights with international standards, their capability in addressing current regional issues and whether an ASEAN children’s rights treaty is needed.

Klarise Anne Estorninos • November 02, 2017

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