In the media
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Jorrit Rijpma: Curbing refugee flow almost impossible 08 November 2022Once again, asylum policy is causing heightened tension in the Dutch Lower House. There was supposed to be an agreement on a new asylum law that could...
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Koen Caminada on Dr Kelder & Co: No increase in inequality 07 November 2022When it comes to wealth distribution in the Netherlands, you often hear that there is a huge gap. Is that true? And is this gap also widening, as is o...
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Mariëlle Bruning at roundtable discussion on child protection system 04 November 2022On 3 November 2022, Mariëlle Bruning, Professor of Children and the Law, spoke as an expert on child protection at a roundtable discussion with Dutch ...
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Wouter Hins: Intimidating journalists undermines democracy based on the rule of law 27 October 2022Angry politicians, angry journalists: the initiative of Forum for Democracy politician Gideon van Meijeren during which he secretly filmed a reporter ...
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How do you keep ex-offenders on the straight and narrow? 27 October 2022Since reintegration officer Bart Reedijk started work in Dordrecht three years ago, ex-convicts in that municipality have reoffended a lot less often....
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Barend Barentsen discusses public transportation strikes 20 October 2022Barend Barentsen, Professor Labour Law, talked about the local public transportation strikes in the Netherlands with Omroep Gelderland.
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Hilde Wermink on the effect of prison sentences and community service 20 October 2022The Dutch Senate recently voted on a ban on imposing community service after physical violence towards public service providers. Courts are no longer ...
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Wim Voermans on coronavirus policy of Dutch Government 19 October 2022Due to the absence of a finalised ‘corona act’, the Dutch Government will only be able to make use of emergency regulations should there be a new coro...
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Mariëlle Bruning: ‘Give priority in youth care to children with a child protection order' 18 October 2022‘I need the municipalities to solve the problems in youth protection’, said Franc Weerwind, Minister of Legal Protection, recently in the Dutch House ...
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Ann Skelton in Aljazeera on child rights in Syria Camps 17 October 2022The United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) has accused Finland of violating the rights of Finnish children by leaving them in life-...
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'Court ruling is balancing act between legal review of rules and feasibility of reception of asylum applicants' 13 October 2022According to a recent court ruling, the reception of asylum applicants in the Netherlands is not in line with European requirements. The Dutch Governm...
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Study programmes Leiden Law School awarded ‘best study’ medals 10 October 2022Five study programmes at Leiden Law School have received a medal for ‘best study programme’. This was the result of research conducted by Dutch EW Mag...
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Mark Klaassen and Olaf van Vliet discuss European labour migrants in FD 04 October 2022The Netherlands cannot stop European labour migrants coming here. Nor does The Hague have much influence on the influx of asylum seekers. But experts ...
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Jan Vleggeert on Irish meat company that used the Netherlands to evade taxes 29 September 2022The Irish meat magnate Larry Goodman is under scrutiny: he is thought to have evaded taxes by using a Dutch company, among other things.
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Michael Klos on Dutch Radio Weetlust on freedom of speech on the internet 22 September 2022On 15 September, Democracy Day, Michael Klos, researcher/teacher at the Department of Jurisprudence of Leiden Law School appeared as a guest on Radio ...