In the media
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Passchier and Voermans on fundamental rights in times of crisis 06 February 2023
Fundamental rights protect citizens from the government, but they are not absolute. A crisis situation not only gives the government the opportunity t...
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Rowie Stolk on legal protection and the Passport Alerts Register 16 January 2023
The Dutch Passport Alerts Register (Register paspoortsignaleringen, RPS) lists Dutch nationals (around 8000 in 2021) whose right to a passport has bee...
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Wim Voermans on comments by FvD MP Van Meijeren: Sedition is prohibited 15 November 2022
The Dutch Public Prosecution Service (OM) is to investigate whether comments made by 'Forum voor Democratie' MP Gideon van Meijeren about going to par...
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David Icke barred due to risk to public order 07 November 2022
The organisers of the big protest march against government policy, held on Sunday in Amsterdam, want to bring preliminary relief proceedings against t...
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Porthos ruling has major consequences for Dutch construction sector 03 November 2022
The Council of State in the Netherlands gave a ruling in the so-called Porthos case which revolves around the exemption currently in place for nitroge...
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Is it possible to ban a political party? 26 October 2022
Dutch right-wing political party Forum for Democracy has repeatedly demonstrated that it has no lower limit when it comes to morals. Should the courts...
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Legal justification Covid measures lacking 24 October 2022
Ever since the coronavirus crisis began, people have been arguing about the legal justification for measures. The problem: far-reaching measures such ...
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Rogier Kegge in ‘de Volkskrant’ on the nitrogen crisis and the construction project exemption 11 October 2022
Rogier Kegge, Assistant Professor at the Institute of Public Law of Leiden University, was interviewed by Dutch newspaper de Volkskrant in response to...
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Wim Voermans discusses the Public Records Act and violations of administrative confidentiality in the Arib case 05 October 2022
Prime Minister Rutte has broken the Archiefwet (Dutch Public Records Act) for years by deleting his text messages. That was the conclusion of the Info...
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Hoekstra puts unity of Dutch Government at risk with nitrogen comments 23 August 2022
Politicians in The Hague were in for an unpleasant surprise when the interview with CDA politician, and also current Dutch Foreign Affairs Minister, W...
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Delay after delay: Is Dutch Government's reluctance to disclose information increasing? 18 August 2022
The Dutch Open Government Act (Wet open overheid (Woo)) has been in effect for several months now. Yet various government authorities were in the news...
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A permanent citizens' council: The missing link in Dutch politics 17 August 2022
Neighbouring countries have shown that when citizens are allowed to contribute their ideas, political discussions that have reached an impasse can be ...
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Wim Voermans on position of Dutch minister De Jonge in face mask deal 07 April 2022
Hugo de Jonge, currently Minister of Housing, has chosen to appear before the Dutch House of Representatives to talk about his time as ‘Covid Minister...
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Ymre Schuurmans on racial profiling at Dutch tax office 30 March 2022
It was already clear that the Dutch tax office had been working with black lists for years, containing the names of people who, according to the autho...
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Leiden Law Cast #6: Geerten Boogard on (local)elections & political upheaval 23 March 2022
Leiden Law Cast is a podcast made by Leiden Law School, Leiden University, for everyone who wants to learn more about current legal issues.