101 search results for “e court” in the Staff website
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EIBl alumna Suzanne Kingston appointed judge of the General Court of the European Union
Suzanne Kingston will be officially sworn in in mid-January. She graduated from the Leiden Advanced LLM European and International Business Law (EIBL) in 2000.
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Interview with Vincent Mul on collaboration with The Hague Court of Appeal
Vincent Mul is deputy president on the board of The Hague Court of Appeal. Together with Jan Crijns, Professor of Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure, he stood at the cradle of the collaboration between Leiden Law School and The Hague Court of Appeal. ‘By joining forces, we all benefit.’
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appointment Rogier Hartendorp on collaboration with The Hague District Court
Rogier Hartendorp is professor by special appointment of social effectiveness of justice at Leiden University and a judge at The Hague District Court. So, the perfect person to liaise between our faculty and the Court. We asked him some questions about this role.
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Daniel Peat in El País on the International Court of Justice and the war in Ukraine
President Zelensky of Ukraine has asked the UN International Court of Justice to issue an urgent order to stop Russian military activity in his country. According to Zelensky, Russia has twisted the concept of genocide to justify aggression.
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Leiden student Lucas Pistorius wins Moot Court competition on day of Thorbecke Lecture
The 2024 Thorbecke Lecture was held on Friday 19 April, with the theme of ‘The role of the Court of Justice in protecting the consumer’. Before the lecture, students from Leiden Law School and Ghent University’s Faculty of Law competed in a Moot Court competition based on the same topic.
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Seminar: the Dutch childcare allowance and the role of the courts by Ymre Schuurmans
Research
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Documentary offers unique insight into the work of juvenile court judges
The documentary ‘De Stem van het Kind’ (The Voice of the Child) gives an impressive insight into the work of juvenile court judges. Documentary maker Pieter Fleury, Professor of Children’s Rights Ton Liefaard and juvenile court judge Johan Visser worked together for the past seven years to make the…
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Conference on 8 and 9 July 2022: Courts as an Arena for Societal Change
Around 200 scholars from around the world are expected in Leiden to discuss the contribution of courts to societal change. Leiden Law School is hosting the conference.
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Leiden University wins the Manfred Lachs Space Law Moot Court Competition
The Leiden University team representing the International Institute of Air and Space Law (IIASL) won the World Finals of the Manfred Lachs Space Law Moot Court Competition that took place in Paris on 20 September 2022.
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Young paedophile hunters in juvenile court: 'A criminal record means being 3-0 down'
Ten underage boys are due to appear before a juvenile court. They are accused of luring and attacking nine men whom they believed were paedophiles. Last October, one attack cost a 73-year-old former teacher from Arnhem his life.
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Registration open: 4th International Moot Court Competition from 5-7th August, 2022
Education
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Leiden students reach finals of International and European Tax Moot Court Competition
A team of three Leiden tax law students have reached the finals of the most prestigious worldwide moot court competition in the field of international and European tax law.
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Court case of 15-year-old anorexia patient: force-feed or right to self-determination?
Via 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 disorder. The girl is suffering from anorexia nervosa and if she does not receive urgent treatment which the girl herself supports, there is a chance…
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Mariëlle Bruning: ‘Juvenile courts’ role in placement in care cases relatively small’
The legal protection of parents and children in cases involving placement in care must improve. That is the opinion of Mariëlle Bruning, Professor of Children and the Law.
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on RTLZ News and BNR Radio on the rejection of EU primacy by Polish Court.
On 8 October, Armin Cuyvers was interviewed by RTLZ News and BNR News Radio on the shocking ruling by the Polish Constitutional Tribunal of 7 October 2021 (both in Dutch).
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Interview with alumna Jolien Schukking: Working as a judge at the European Court of Human Rights
Alumna Jolien Schukking has been working as a judge at the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg since 2017. In this special role, she provides legal protection at an international level in major cases and concerning various topics. What is her job like and what motivates her?
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Former Court of Appeal president composes music for transfer of rectorate
Maarten Feteris, the former president of the Court of Appeal and an alumnus of Leiden University, composed the piece ‘Intermezzo’ to mark the transfer of the rectorate during the Dies Natalis on 8 February 2021.
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Conference abstract submission deadline extended - Courts as an Arena for Societal Change
On July 8 - 9, 2022, Leiden University will be hosting a two-day, international conference on the theme of Courts as an Arena for Societal Change. The conference will bring together researchers and practitioners from around the world to discuss the evolving role of the judiciary in addressing difficult…
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Citizens felt less heard in virtual court hearings during coronavirus crisis
Quite a lot went wrong during the virtual hearings that courts held during the coronavirus crisis. Researchers from three universities, including Leiden University, concluded that citizens did not always feel heard and that their legal position was compromised.
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Joe Powderly
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
j.c.powderly@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 70 800 9366
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Letizia Lo Giacco
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
l.lo.giacco@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 7593
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Adriaan Bedner
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
a.w.bedner@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 7252
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Niels Blokker
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
n.m.blokker@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 8830
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Tom Buitelaar
Faculty Governance and Global Affairs
t.j.a.buitelaar@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | +31 70 800 9985
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Carsten Stahn
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
c.stahn@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 70 800 8272
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Nina Eggens
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
n.eggens@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Eric De Brabandere
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
e.c.p.d.c.de.brabandere@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 70 800 9044
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Miranda Boone on problems with virtual court hearings during coronavirus crisis
The coronavirus crisis had a major impact on the judicial system in the Netherlands: courts closed at the start of the pandemic and instead held virtual hearings. Research now shows that things did not always go smoothly.
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'Court ruling is balancing act between legal review of rules and feasibility of reception of asylum applicants'
According to a recent court ruling, the reception of asylum applicants in the Netherlands is not in line with European requirements. The Dutch Government must take measures to amend the situation. What are the problems concerning the reception of asylum applicants and how realistic are the court’s d…
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‘The battle for sustainability won’t be won in the civil courts’
Fossil Free against KLM on greenwashing, municipalities against Chemours on PFAS discharge, climate cases against Shell and ING Bank… There are many examples of recent civil lawsuits on sustainability. But does climate litigation in the civil courts actually have an effect?
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Interim Board Faculty of Law appointed w.e.f. 1 July
Organisation
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Courts as an Arena for Societal Change
Conference
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Climate justice through the courts: Will courts prevent (and redress) human rights harm from climate change?
Lecture
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Courts as an Arena for Societal Change
Conference
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The situation in Israel/Palestine and the role of courts
Inaugural panel discussion
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Indigenous Peoples and Trials before International Criminal Courts and Tribunals
Conference
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Martine van Trigt joins E.M. Meijers Research Institute as funding advisor
Acquiring external funding for research is becoming increasingly important. Proper support for applying for research grants is essential in this process. As of December, the team of the Meijers Research Institute, responsible for the organisation and quality assurance of research at our faculty, will…
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The Polish challenge: Can and should courts decide on the supremacy of EU law?
Lecture
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Mamadou Hébié represents Latvia and the African Union in landmark use of force and climate change cases
Dr Mamadou Hébié, Associate Professor of International Law at the Grotius Centre for International Legal Studies, served last week as legal counsel in the world’s first advisory proceedings concerning climate change before the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS), on the one hand, and…
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The ICJ's interim ruling in South Africa’s genocide case against Israel: what now?
Israel was ordered to take steps to prevent acts of genocide in Gaza. Giulia Pinzauti, an expert on state conflicts and humanitarian law, explains the significance of the case, the specific details of the ruling and what we can expect to happen next.
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PhD research: How international prosecutors make their choices
International prosecutors, for instance at the International Criminal Court in The Hague, investigate particularly serious crimes such as genocide. They decide, among other things, whether or not to prosecute. PhD candidate Cale Davis investigated how prosecutors come to such decisions and will defend…
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Dr. Mamadou Hébié appointed as Associate Professor at the Grotius Centre for International Legal Studies
Leiden Law School and the Grotius Centre for International Legal Studies are very pleased to announce that Dr. Mamadou Hébié will be re-joining the Grotius Centre on the 1st of May 2021.
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Evidence Gathering Strategies in the Investigation of Crimes against Indigenous Peoples
Conference
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Bart Schermer appointed as Professor of Privacy and Cybercrime
As of 1 November 2021, Bart Willem Schermer has been appointed as Professor of Privacy and Cybercrime at eLaw – Center for Law and Digital Technologies.
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Modderman Prize 2022 awarded to Hannah Brodersen and Lucas Noyon
The Modderman Prize is awarded once every two years to advance research in the field of criminal law science.
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Civil Servants (Normalisation of Legal Status) Act (WNRA)
The Civil Servants (Normalisation of Legal Status) Act (WNRA) provides that from 1 January 2020 civil servants will have the same legal status as public sector employees. The Act applies to people who work for a public employer, such as civil servants employed by the central government, municipal councils…
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Meijerssymposium 2024
Conference
- ELS lab meeting - Journal Club: Survey of EU Member States by Eva Grosfeld
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How arbitration law went from uncharted territory to a ‘sexy’ field of practice
Arbitration law has grown into a ‘sexy’ area of practice about which students are keen to write a thesis and in which many lawyers specialise.
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Use of Chemical Weapons – from Attribution to Accountability
Conference, Seminar