In the media
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Joni Reef: 'We’re prisoners of our own perspective' 15 August 2022
One perspective, one cell, one outlook on life: what are we all prisoners of? That’s the question Vrij Nederland put to various experts, including Jon...
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Dutch cabinet forces municipalities to receive asylum seekers 11 August 2022
The shortage of reception places has become so great that the Dutch cabinet decided this week to take the lead in designating reception places itself....
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Bart Schermer: ‘Threats via internet also liable to punishment’ 11 August 2022
Austria wants to crack down on online threats and hatred. The reason is the death of GP Lisa-Maria Kellermayr. She committed suicide at the end of Jul...
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Too few work-related accidents reported to Netherlands Labour Authority 10 August 2022
Many employers are unaware that work-related accidents must be reported immediately to the Netherlands Labour Authority (NLA) and therefore they negle...
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Podcast De Verbranders critical of European border and asylum procedures 27 July 2022
The Dutch asylum application centre in Ter Apel is overburdened, an issue that is currently a prominent feature in the Dutch media. In podcast De Verb...
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Leiden Law Cast #7: Law and computers with Professor Jaap van den Herik 22 July 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.
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Pauline Schuyt: 'Life imprisonment demand ineffective if goal is deterrence' 15 July 2022
The number of life sentences in the Netherlands is rising sharply. This is a clear response to the serious drugs violence and brutal attacks on our ru...
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Van Rompuy interviewed by media on Super League case pending before the European Court of Justice 13 July 2022
This week, the Court of Justice of the EU heard arguments in the case brought by the Spanish company behind the short-lived 'European Super League' ag...
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Jan van de Streek: 'Tax Authorities broke the law by leaking information to Uber 12 July 2022
The Dutch Tax Authorities leaked information about an international tax audit to Uber. In addition, they ‘obstructed and delayed’ an investigation by ...
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Jan Vleggeert: Reservations about reduction in tax avoidance via the Netherlands 30 June 2022
The Dutch Ministry of Finance says that new rules have significantly reduced tax avoidance via 'transit country' the Netherlands. Jan Vleggeert, Profe...
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Mariëlle Bruning on Inspectorate’s inquiry into placement in care 28 June 2022
Many parents whose children have been placed in care do not understand the basis on which the decision was taken. Dutch youth protection organisations...
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Jorrit Rijpma in Bureau Buitenland on storming of Melilla 27 June 2022
Last Friday, more than a dozen people died during the storming of Spain’s North African enclave of Melilla. A dramatic incident, but certainly not the...
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Luuk van Middelaar in the media on Ukraine’s EU candidacy 24 June 2022
At a recent meeting, the leaders of the European Union formally approved Ukraine and Moldova’s candidate status to join the bloc. The message is: you ...
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Maria Berghuis in EditieNL about PhD thesis: 'Prison visits are form of social control' 21 June 2022
Prisoners who have little or no contact with the outside world are more prone to reoffend. What makes visits so important?
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Ukraine candidate for EU membership? Armin Cuyvers on BNR 17 June 2022
If it were up to Ursula von der Leyen, a positive opinion on Ukraine's application for membership would be forthcoming this Friday, 17 June.