In the media
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Steven Truxal on aviation incident with Belarus 28 May 2021Government leaders have been searching for words to condemn the actions of Belarus which intercepted a passenger aircraft flying from Athens to Vilniu...
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Eric De Brabandere: 'Ruling against Shell will inspire other cases' 28 May 2021For the first time, a court has ordered a company to reduce its carbon dioxide emissions. Lawyers see it as a landmark ruling that will have far-reach...
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Article on Global Pandemic Treaty co-authored by Ginevra Le Moli in The Lancet 30 April 2021The article deals with an issue that will be at the heart of the World Health Assembly to be held in May, namely the concept of ‘deep prevention’ and ...
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Tanja Masson-Zwaan: Still no obligation to clear up space debris 30 April 2021Space travel has long since progressed from being just about rockets, travelling to the moon, and Russia and America. The Netherlands has its own Spac...
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From tunnel vision towards an open view. Lessons from the North/South metro line on compensation of damages 30 March 2021An article by Georgina Kuipers has been published this month in Dutch journal Overheid & Aansprakelijkheid (Government and Accountability). It deals w...
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Clara van Dam gives seminar for Lund University about EU guidance in the national legal order 30 March 2021On 18 March 2021, Clara van Dam gave an online seminar for Lund University about EU Commission guidance in the national legal order. The seminar was h...
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'Reception of refugees in the region only possible with support from Europe' 29 March 2021The objective of many European countries is to provide reception facilities for refugees in their own region. Here in the Netherlands a new coalition ...
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Prof Luuk van Middelaar guest professor at the Collège de France, Paris 22 March 2021From 24 March 2021, Professor Luuk van Middelaar will deliver four public lectures on 'Geopolitical Europe: Acts and words' at the Collège de France i...
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Save the (firefighter)volunteer from EU law: Geerten Boogaard and Armin Cuyvers in newspaper Trouw 18 March 2021The Dutch Minister of Justice and Security is about to turn the entire volunteer fire brigade upside down. Not because it is good, but because it is a...
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High level appointment for EIBL alumnus Martin Richardson 04 March 2021Martin Richardson, who graduated in 1997 from what was then the Leiden LLM Programme in European Community Law (now: Leiden Adv LLM European and Inter...
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Eric De Brabandere on EU and the Western Sahara issue 04 March 2021
Morocco has suspended ties with the German government. According to Moroccan media, ministries and other government bodies have been asked in a letter...
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Hans-Martien ten Napel on Tocqueville and modern democracy 23 February 2021Recently, Hans-Martien ten Napel was in the news on the above subject several times.
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'Level-headed Dutch are just as susceptible to fear as the British' 23 February 2021Fishermen in the United Kingdom recently protested about the adverse effects of Brexit on their trade. It would be naive to think that covert feelings...
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‘Space Court’ United Arab Emirates: ambitious, but not new 12 February 2021
The United Arab Emirates has announced that it is to open a so-called ‘Space Court’ which will operate as an arbitral tribunal for space-related dispu...
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'Frontex should have confined itself to a supportive role' 12 February 2021
Frontex, the European Border and Coast Guard Agency, is currently facing serious criticism. Over a short space of time, it has been significantly expa...