In the media
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Merge the Dutch Senate and House of Representatives 07 June 2023A new Senate (Eerste Kamer) has been elected in the Netherlands and the current government coalition has lost its majority. The majorities in both the...
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AI: the judge of speech 31 May 2023AI can help in the online detection of hate speech, but whether the technology would always make the right choices is debatable. Students Tofigh Hasen...
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Is threatening politicians a danger to democracy? 30 May 2023After the episode of TV programme 'Collegetour' featuring Dutch Minister of Finance Sigrid Kaag, more attention is (rightly) being paid to threats mad...
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Dutch benefits department has ‘crossed the line’ once again 24 May 2023The benefits department of the Dutch Tax Administration has attempted to reach backroom agreements with the judiciary about the decision period in ben...
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Mariëlle Bruning featured on Op1 special on Dutch youth care 16 May 2023Recently, the Dutch Health and Youth Care Inspectorate sounded the alarm about the state of the Dutch youth care. What is going wrong and what needs t...
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Alex Geert Castermans in Het Parool on the right to swim topless 10 May 2023In Berlin, regulations have recently been amended to allow everyone to swim topless. In swimming pools in Amsterdam, women are still required to wear ...
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Bart Custers in NRC on insurers' role in fraud cases 09 May 2023Insurers determine for themselves whether someone has committed fraud, impose sanctions immediately and hardly ever report it. As a result, police, pr...
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Sjoerd Lopik in Mr. Online on environmental criminal law 09 May 2023Dutch online news platform Mr. Online interviewed external PhD student Sjoerd Lopik about the development of environmental criminal law in the Netherl...
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Helen Duffy about Abu Zubaydah who remains unlawfully detained in Guantánamo Bay 04 May 2023In two moving articles, Dutch newspaper Trouw has reported on the lengthy detention of Abu Zubaydah in Guantánamo Bay. Zubaydah was tortured over a pe...
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Richard de Mos acquitted – and now? 01 May 2023The acquittal of Richard de Mos and his fellow party member has caused quite a stir in the Netherlands. Can De Mos simply return to local politics now...
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Wouter Hins on NPO Radio 1 about revoking licence of Ongehoord Nederland 26 April 2023The Dutch public broadcasting organisation NPO has asked State Secretary for Culture and Media Gunay Uslu to revoke the licence of Ongehoord Nederland...
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Bart Schermer on how to negotiate with cybercriminals 21 April 2023Hackers have got their hands on data from the Royal Dutch Football Association (KNVB). Lockbit, a collective of cybercriminals, is after the money. Wh...
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Researchers Tax Law in Trouw on potential tax avoidance Cargill 28 March 2023Dutch newspaper Trouw investigated the tax position of multinational Cargill. Their conclusion? Cargill appears not to pay taxes over their profits. T...
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Mariëlle Bruning in the media on new agreement in Dutch youth care 24 March 2023Mariëlle Bruning, Professor of Children and the Law at Leiden University, responded in various media to the new draft agreement aimed at reducing work...
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Simone van der Hof on RTL Nieuws about rights of 'kidfluencers' 23 March 2023Mums posting photos and videos of their child on Instagram and TikTok and also earning loads of money doing so. Kidfluencers, momvloggers and familyvl...