In the media
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ASML threatening to move abroad for no good reason 18 March 2024Population growth is falling, tax advantages for expats are not attractive enough and there’s a lack of qualified workers. Three reasons why Peter Wen...
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Secure youth care is failing. ‘It’s like being in an extremely strict prison.’ 14 March 2024Roughly arrested and subjected to extreme isolation. Using his experience, expert Jason Bhugwandass spoke to 50 young people who have spent time on Zi...
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Force judges to listen to parents before placing children in care 11 March 2024Parents are not always heard before their children’s placement in care is extended. They can only have their say if they ask the judge for a hearing t...
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Tinder match? Use facial recognition first 22 February 2024Recent developments in AI mean nobody is anonymous nowadays. The search engine PimEyes can find any photo of anyone that’s ever been placed online. No...
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Simone van der Hof writes UNICEF Essay on 'Towards better protection of children's rights as consumers of play' 02 February 2024Children have the right to play and relax. Games, social media and video platforms are attractive new ways to do that. However, hardly any online game...
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Danny Mekić guest columnist for de Volkskrant 29 January 2024De Volkskrant has a guest columnist every month who writes a column for the website on Sundays. eLaw PhD student Danny Mekić was asked by de Volkskran...
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Israël must alleviate plight of Palestinians now 29 January 2024The International Court of Justice has issued an interim ruling calling on Israel to take immediate action to prevent genocide. South Africa had accus...
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Extensive media attention for research into income inequality 25 January 2024On behalf of trade union FNV, Egbert Jongen and Heike Vethaak from Leiden University conducted a study on income distribution over the past 40 years. ...
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Bart Custers discusses facial recognition on Nieuwsuur 11 January 2024Despite a lack of specific legislation on this issue, Dutch Minister of Justice and Security Dilan Yeşilgöz is allowing the national police force to e...
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Government unaware of Dutch involvement in Iran nuclear weapons programme sabotage 11 January 2024In 2007, a spy from the Dutch General Intelligence and Security Service (AIVD) planted a destructive computer virus at an Iranian nuclear site, haltin...
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How queer is Artificial Intelligence? 22 December 2023AI is playing an increasingly important role in our lives, but that is not without danger. Eduard Fosch-Villaronga at eLaw warns that AI does not pay ...
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Investigations conducted by child protection bodies have been 'substandard for some time' 07 December 2023Investigations conducted by several Dutch child protection bodies within family situations are inadequate. Due to lack of knowledge, time and money, t...
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Campaign vs. practice: limited room for manoeuvre under strict asylum policy 30 November 2023Making migration a key campaign issue in the recent Dutch general elections is one thing, but turning it into actual policy is another. ‘95% of Dutch ...
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Ilyasse’s photo went viral: ‘It was quite a bizarre week’ 30 November 2023It was meant as a joke for friends and family. A quick snap of him with his bags packed while watching the exit polls of the Dutch general elections. ...
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Opinion: Global Safety Summit on AI avoids real issue 08 November 2023The first global safety summit on Artificial Intelligence is a fact. Prime Minister Sunak organised the conference because he believes that the issues...