In the media
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Eric De Brabandere on Shell’s liability for oil spills in Nigeria 01 February 2021Shell Nigeria is liable for damages from oil spills in Nigeria. The Hague Court of Appeals gave this ruling in a case that was brought by four Nigeria...
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Simone van der Hof in podcast on GDPR and children’s rights 28 January 2021In a podcast of the Netherlands Internet Governance Forum (NL GF) and the Safer Internet Centre Nederland, Simone van der Hof, Professor of Law and Di...
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The Hague aims to attract legal tech start-ups 25 January 2021In an interview with Jaap van den Herik, Professor emeritus Law and IT, legal magazine Mr. writes that The Hague municipality wants to attract more le...
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Department of Constitutional and Administrative Law proud of Sarah Deaney and Eline van Slijpe 20 January 2021On Tuesday 12 January 2021, the Leiden Law School thesis prizes were awarded at the New Year’s event.
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Hans-Martien ten Napel participates in The International Forum on the Future of Constitutionalism Global Summit 19 January 2021The Global Summit, which took place from 12-16 January 2021, is an initiative by Richard Albert, the William Stamps Farish Professor in Law, Professor...
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'Rutte cannot fully hide behind indirect responsibility' 18 January 2021On Friday 15 January, the Dutch ‘Rutte III’ government resigned following the scathing report on the childcare benefits scandal. What are the politica...
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Reijer Passchier wins Meijers prize and Van Wersch Springplank prize 14 January 2021The Meijers prizes are awarded each year for the best published article from each faculty research programme. Reijer received the prize for his contri...
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Online Conference The Development of Normative Powers of UN Investigative Mechanisms 14 January 2021
The Grotius Centre for International Legal Studies in collaboration with the University of Geneva, the Chinese Journal of International Law (ChineseJI...
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Court case of 15-year-old anorexia patient: force-feed or right to self-determination? 08 January 2021Via expedited proceedings at Leeuwarden Court of Appeal, a mother is trying to impose a relatively new treatment for her 15-year-old daughter’s eating...
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Can non-vaccinated persons soon be barred? 06 January 2021Private businesses will probably soon refuse access to non-vaccinated persons in the near future. But this is more difficult when it comes to public a...
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Christa Tobler in the media about Brexit and Switzerland 05 January 2021In the days following Christmas, Christa Tobler gave a series of interviews to Swiss newspapers and Swiss radio about the new Trade and Cooperation Ag...
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Leiden Classics: Einstein & Friends 25 September 2015
Museum Boerhaave commemorated the hundredth anniversary of Einstein’s Theory of General Relativity with the exhibition ‘Einstein & Friends’. The exhib...