In the media
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Jorrit Rijpma: Talks on pushbacks badly needed 13 January 2022Members of Parliament will soon be discussing with various organisations what the Netherlands can do to stop pushbacks, a policy where migrants are fo...
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Tanja Masson-Zwaan: 'Regular near-collisions in space' 07 January 2022Satellites belonging to American space company SpaceX recently came very close to a Chinese space station. Experts are calling for traffic management ...
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'Separating siblings in out-of-home care is very tough' 07 January 2022Every year in the Netherlands, thousands of children are placed in out-of-home care because their parents are unable to look after them properly or be...
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Home carer entitled to benefits under social security scheme: 'Groundbraking' 20 December 2021The Court of Rotterdam has ruled in favour of home care worker Carol Kollmann in her case against the Dutch Employee Insurance Agency, the UWV. The ho...
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Jorrit Rijpma on asylum policy of new Dutch cabinet 20 December 2021
Development aid and migration experts see that lessons have been learned in the new coalition agreement in the area of asylum policy. But many of the ...
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Leiden Law Cast #1: Child benefits scandal & compassion with Professor A.G. Castermans 17 December 2021Leiden Law Cast is a podcast made by Leiden Law School, Leiden University, for everyone who wants to learn more about current legal issues.
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Code for Children’s Rights to make internet safer for children 14 December 2021The Dutch Code for Children’s Rights (Code voor Kinderrechten) provides guidance to designers and developers of apps and games on how they can protect...
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'Legislation to reveal identity internet troll also conceivable in the Netherlands' 03 December 2021Australia wants to introduce a law that makes it possible to demand the identity of anonymous internet trolls. Is this be conceivable in the Netherlands?
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Martijn Nouwen in Der Spiegel About the New EU Code of Conduct Against Harmful Tax Practices 03 December 2021Der Spiegel reports about the planned reform of the EU Code of Conduct aimed at tackling harmful tax practices of EU Member States. A reform is urgent...
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Tom Barkhuysen on possible introduction of compulsory vaccination 02 December 2021More and more countries have decided to introduce compulsory vaccination. According to various experts, compulsory vaccination, under certain conditio...
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Aart Hendriks not ruling out compulsory vaccination 01 December 2021Now the number of people with COVID-19 is increasing and we are faced with stricter measures once again, the question arises whether compulsory vaccin...
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Ymre Schuurmans: 'Legislature’s turn in discussion on objection period' 30 November 2021In the aftermath of the childcare benefits affair in the Netherlands, the treatment of citizens by public authorities is more often a subject of discu...
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Bart Custers on EenVandaag about investigative powers of civilians 26 November 2021Social media are playing a key role in calling for resistance to the corona measures. Online, agreements are made about where and when people will gat...
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Can a health insurer refuse you if you have poor health? 26 November 2021It appears from a study conducted by Independer and Q&A Research that at least one in five Dutch people think you can be refused basic health insuranc...
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Jorrit Rijpma on increase of boat refugees crossing Channel 26 November 2021
At least 27 migrants died on 24 November after their boat capsized in the Channel between France and England.