COI stakeholder meeting 2023 on governmental problem-solving and implications for legitimacy
On November 30, 2023, the research group Institutions for Conflict Resolution (COI) organized a stakeholder meeting on governmental problem-solving and its implications for legitimacy. COI is a joint collaboration between the Universities of Leiden, Utrecht, and Nijmegen as part of the Dutch Sector Plan Law. The aim of the annual stakeholder meetings is to foster exchange between legal science and legal practice.
The meeting on November 30 focused on the (perceived) lack of problem-solving capacities of the government and the resulting trend that more and more societally sensitive issues are ending up before the courts. We reflected on the implications of this trend for political and judicial legitimacy. Speakers were Henk Naves (chair of the Dutch Council for the Judiciary), Joost Sneller (member of Parliament, D66), Jelle Klaas (litigation director NJCM and lawyer at PILP) and various PhD candidates within the Institutions for Conflict Resolution research group. The stakeholders meeting took place in Dutch. Below you will find an overview of the full program.
Thanks to all for their insightful contributions and active participation!
14:00 Walk-in
14:15 Opening by Miranda Boone (on behalf of the Institutions for Conflict Resolution research group)
14:25 Perspective from the judiciary by Henk Naves (chair Council for the Judiciary)
14:55 Perspective from politics by Joost Sneller (member of Parliament, D66)
15:25 Break
15:45 Lightning talks by PhD candidates within the Institutions for Conflict Resolution research group (Eva Grosfeld, Marlou Overheul and Amarins Jansma, Leiden University/Utrecht University; Wendy Yan, Utrecht University; Laura Davies, Radboud University Nijmegen)
16:10 Perspective from the bar by Jelle Klaas (litigation director NJCM and lawyer at PILP)
16:40 Overarching discussion and closing
17:00 Drinks