In the media
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'Rutte cannot fully hide behind indirect responsibility' 18 January 2021
On Friday 15 January, the Dutch ‘Rutte III’ government resigned following the scathing report on the childcare benefits scandal. What are the politica...
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Reijer Passchier wins Meijers prize and Van Wersch Springplank prize 14 January 2021
The Meijers prizes are awarded each year for the best published article from each faculty research programme. Reijer received the prize for his contri...
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Can non-vaccinated persons soon be barred? 06 January 2021
Private businesses will probably soon refuse access to non-vaccinated persons in the near future. But this is more difficult when it comes to public a...
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Anne Meuwese on use of AI by public authorities 17 December 2020
New technological applications which the government wants to use need to be thoroughly examined to prevent them causing problems for citizens. Current...
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Ingrid Leijten on radio about freedom of expression 16 November 2020
On 12 November Ingrid Leijten was a guest on Dutch NOS NPO Radio 1 programme Met het Oog op Morgen. She was asked to speak about the right to freedom ...
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Criticism from doctors about current coronavirus policy 06 October 2020
Criticism from doctors in the Netherlands about the policy to combat coronavirus is becoming louder. A letter raising their concerns was signed by one...
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Corona measures: is enforcement also possible in the home? 03 August 2020
The number of cases of coronavirus in the Netherlands is on the rise. Some mayors are now calling for measures that are more far-reaching than those a...
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'Making wearing face masks mandatory violates constitutional rights' 28 July 2020
The Dutch government will be unable to make wearing face masks mandatory in public spaces in the short term, according to three constitutional and adm...
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Rowie Stolk on strategic litigation by interest groups 02 March 2020
The Dutch legal system perhaps appears at first sight not to be very suited for strategic litigation by interest groups. But judgments such as SyRI an...
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Can an employer demand messages from a private cell phone? 01 May 2019
The Netherlands Council of State ruled at the end of March that WhatsApp and text messages on the work and private cell phones of civil servants are c...
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Hans-Martien ten Napel has book published “Constitutionalism, Democracy and Religious Freedom. To Be Fully Human” 18 May 2017
In 2014 Hans-Martien ten Napel received a Research Fellowship in Legal Studies at the Center of Theological Inquiry in Princeton, NJ. The book he wrot...
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Book Review of Sofia Ranchordas’ scholarship in the American Journal of Comparative Law 22 November 2016
The prestigious American Journal of Comparative Law (2016, pp. 790-4) just published a book review of Sofia Ranchordas monograph ‘Constitutional Sunse...
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Wim Voermans in ZDF-heute broadcast about European royal families 23 August 2016
On 12th July 2016, Wim Voermans spoke in the ZDF-heute documentary 'Glamour, Gold und die Liebe: Europas Königshäuser'
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Reijer Passchier about abdication on Japanese TV 16 August 2016
Last weekend, Reijer Passchier talked about the constitutional right of the king to renounce the kingship.