1,331 search results for “civil right” in the Public website
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Adam Fairclough
Faculty of Humanities
a.fairclough@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1646
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Civil Law
The section Civil Law provides education and research in the field of civil law.
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Civil Law
The Department of Civil Law is responsible for education and research in the field of civil law. We teach the master’s degree programme Civiel Recht (Civil Law LL.M.), attracting many students each year from Leiden and elsewhere.
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Civil Law (LL.M.)
Civil Law is a specialisation of the master’s programme Rechtsgeleerdheid (Law) at the renowned Leiden Law School of Leiden University.
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Public Governance & Civil Society
How and why governments engage with civil society as well as how civil society organizes itself and exerts political influence constitute the key focus of the research programme Public Governance & Civil Society. As such, this research programme offers unique expertise within the field of public administration…
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Civil Procedure Law
The section Civil Procedure Law offers education in the bachelor and master fase of the Law program.
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Schulhofer-Wohl, Quagmire in Civil War
Why do some civil wars experience quagmire, a situation in which belligerents are trapped in fighting? To explain this puzzle, Jonah Schulhofer-Wohl (Leiden University Institute of Political Science) analyses the overlapping strategic interactions between foreign powers and the warring parties. Studying…
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Ingrid Leijten publishes book Core Socio-Economic Rights and the European Court of Human Rights
Recently, Ingrid Leijten’s book Core Socio-Economic Rights and the European Court of Human Rights was published with Cambridge University Press. The monograph was published in the series Cambridge Studies in European Law and Policy (edited by Laurence Gormley and Jo Shaw) and deals with the protection…
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Classics and Ancient Civilizations (MA)
The MA Classics and Ancient Civilizations at Leiden University covers the entire range of present-day research on the civilizations of Egypt, Mesopotamia, Anatolia, Syria and Palestine, Greece and the Roman Empire. In chronological terms, the program covers thousands of years, from the early origins…
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Civil Society against Corruption in Ukraine: Political Roles, Advocacy Strategies and Impact
This project aims to provide evidence-based knowledge on the conditions for successful anti-corruption activism in Ukraine.
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Classics and Ancient Civilizations (research) (MA)
The Classics and Ancient Civilizations (Research) master's at Leiden University covers the entire range of present-day research on the civilisations of Greece and Rome, Egypt and the Ancient Near East.
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The International Civil Service: Redefining Its Independence
On 18 April, Alexandre Tavadian defended the thesis 'The International Civil Service: Redefining Its Independence'. The doctoral research was supervised by Niels Blokker and Brian McGarry.
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Violent Resistance: Militia Formation and Civil War in Mozambique
Why do communities form militias to defend themselves against violence during civil war? Using original interviews with former combatants and civilians and archival material from extensive fieldwork in Mozambique, Corinna Jentzsch (Leiden University Institute of Political Science) explains the timing,…
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Civil and Commercial Law (Advanced LL.M)
Are you thinking about studying the Advanced LL.M. Civil and Commercial Law? Learn more and watch the videos.
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'Contemporary Arts in and for Civil Society' in 'Routledge Handbook of Civil and Uncivil Society in Southeast Asia'
'The Routledge Handbook of Civil and Uncivil Society in Southeast Asia' explores the nature and implications of civil society across the region, engaging systematically with both theoretical approaches and empirical nuance for a systematic, comparative, and informative approach.
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Marije Ploum
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
m.j.r.ploum@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 8962
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International Civil and Commercial Law (Advanced LL.M.)
Leiden University’s Master of International Civil and Commercial Law (L.L.M.) examines the interrelated layers of hard law, soft law, and relevant case law.
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Civil Liability for Damage caused by Global Navigation Satellite System
On 17 December 2018, Dejian Kong defended his thesis 'Civil Liability for Damage caused by Global Navigation Satellite System'. The doctoral research was supervised by Prof. dr. P.M.J. Mendes de Leon.
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Classics and Ancient Civilizations (MA and Research MA)
Are you thinking about studying Classics and Ancient Civilizations? Learn more and watch the introduction video.
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Armed Forces and Innovations in Security Governance in Mozambique’s Civil War
Political scientist Corinna Jentzsch (Leiden University) about the organisation of rebel and government auxiliaries in the civil war in Mozambique (1976–1992).
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The Fate of Freedom Elsewhere. Human Rights and U.S. Cold War Policy
This is the 2017 paperback release of William Michael Schmidli's The Fate of Freedom Elsewhere, which won the 2013 Foreign Affairs Magazine Best Book of the Year.
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Reparations for International Crimes and the development of a Civil Dimension of International Criminal Justice
Miriam Cohen defended her PhD dissertation entitled “Reparations for International Crimes and the development of a Civil Dimension of International Criminal Justice” on 28 June 2017. She wrote her thesis under the supervision of Professor L.J. van den Herik and Professor C. Stahn.
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Freedom on the Offensive: Human Rights, Democracy Promotion, and US Interventionism in the Late Cold War
In Freedom on the Offensive, William Michael Schmidli illuminates how the Reagan administration's embrace of democracy promotion was a defining development in US foreign relations in the late twentieth century.
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Litigating the Rights of the Child
This book examines the impact of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) on national and international jurisprudence, since its adoption in 1989.
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Why are some civil servants more committed to professional norms than others?
This project aims to explore, in general, what explains civil servants’ attitudes and behavior, and, in particular, why some civil servants are more committed to professional norms and public service values – such as impartiality, equity, efficiency, and innovation – than others.
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Frontex and Human Rights
Melanie Fink, Postdoctoral Researcher at the Europa Institute of Leiden University, has published her book Frontex and Human Rights, Responsibility in 'Multi-Actor Situations' under the ECHR and EU Public Liability Law. This work is based on her doctoral dissertation, which she defended in December…
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Research Handbook in the series of Human Rights Law
The Research Handbook on Labour, Business and Human Rights Law edited by prof. Janice Bellace of the University of Pennsylvania and ass. prof. Beryl ter Haar of Leiden University. The book is publisehd in Edward Elgars series on Human Rights.
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Do banks have human rights?
On 1 October 2019 the Hazelhoff Centre for Financial law hosted its 19th guest lecture starring Paul Sharma, managing director at Alvarez & Marsal and co-head of the European Financial Industry Regulatory Advisory Services practices.
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National human rights institutions: independent actors in global human rights governance?
This article discusses the degree of independence that is required for national human rights institutions to function successfully.
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Stijn Voskamp
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
s.voskamp@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 8823
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Jouke Tegelaar
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
j.t.tegelaar@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Rumours of Revolt: Civil War and the Emergence of a Transnational News Culture in France and the Netherlands, 1561–1598
This book explores the reception of foreign news during the late sixteenth-century civil wars in France and the Netherlands.
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The right to family unification : between migration control and human rights
The central question in this book is whether there is a human right to family unification.
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Cybersecurity
In what ways do matters of cybersecurity affect the relationship between governments and citizens, have a bearing on (fundamental) rights and civil liberties, and alter the role and responsibilities of governments?
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Clementine Breedveld-de Voogd
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
c.g.breedveld@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 7884
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The Right to Health
On Thursday 15 December, Elisavet Alexiadou has defended her doctoral thesis ‘The Right to Health. A Human Rights Perspective with a Case Study on Greece.’ at the Academy Building of Leiden University. Supervisor was Prof.dr. A.C. Hendriks.
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How far does the right to demonstrate go?
A civil servant employed by the municipality of The Hague was cause for discussion after taking part in an Extinction Rebellion protest. Only under additional conditions could the employee in question stay on at the municipality. She decided to resign. According to Barend Barentsen, Professor of Labour…
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The Case against Animal Rights: A Literary Intervention
This thesis aims at thinking through the ethical position of animals in a way that differs radically from the manner in which this ethical position is thought within contemporary animal rights discourse.
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publication: Proving Discriminatory Violence at the European Court of Human Rights
Jasmina Mačkić, Assistant Professor of Human Rights Law at the Europa Institute, has published her book, Proving Discriminatory Violence at the European Court of Human Rights. This work is based on her doctoral dissertation, which she defended in May 2017 and which was funded by the Netherlands Organisation…
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Land rights and access to land survey in Timor-Leste - a tool for evidence-based policy and advocacy
Develop a tool to assess land tenure, access to land and, and land tenure conflict in Timor-Leste
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Conversations with other (alt-right) women: How do alt-right female influencers narrate a far-right identity?
In this article, Maria-Elena Kisyova, Yannick Veilleux-Lepage and Vanessa Newby shed some light on how a small but highly visible group of influencers are actively working to promote a dangerous far-right ideology.
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Barend Verkerk
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
b.verkerk@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 7235
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Leiden Children's Rights Observatory
The Leiden Children's Rights Observatory is an open access online database of case commentaries, written by international experts on children’s rights, referring to the decisions of the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child under the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on…
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Children’s Rights Monitor 2012
The Children’s Rights Monitor provides a thematic overview of the implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child in the Netherlands.
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Human Rights and Climate Change
It is difficult to deny the value and importance of human rights, and yet their application in the context of climate change is increasingly contested. While some argue that it is difficult to establish the violation of human rights by climate change processes, others contend that human rights are anthropocentric,…
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Frontiers of Children’s Rights
Frontiers of Children's Rights Summer School
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Afrooz Kaviani Johnson
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
a.kaviani.johnson@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Rick Lawson
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
r.a.lawson@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 7741
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Lies Punselie
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
e.c.c.punselie@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Children’s Rights Monitor 2013
The Children’s Rights Monitor provides a thematic overview of the implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child in the Netherlands.