In the media
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Potential for less public participation on Ministry of Defence expansion plans 17 July 2024Due to global geopolitical tensions such as the war in Ukraine, the Dutch Ministry of Defence aims to substantially expand across the Netherlands. The...
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Ali B conviction sparks public debate on consent 16 July 2024Ali B’s conviction for sex offences is receiving lots of media attention and sparking fresh debate around consent. Professor Jeroen ten Voorde discuss...
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Professor Peter Rodrigues criticises Rabobank’s human rights policy 15 July 2024Peter Rodrigues, Professor Emeritus of Immigration and board member of the Netherlands Institute for Human Rights, recently dealt with a fascinating c...
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Possibly the oldest known piece of figurative art found in Indonesia 11 July 2024A team of researchers has dated a prehistoric painting in Indonesia to at least 51.200 years ago, they have proposed in a study that this painting is ...
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The effect of trial by media 11 July 2024The trial of Dutch rapper Ali B is receiving massive media attention. Party due to himself, the trial can be followed by the public. How will this aff...
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Swifties in PowNed video could take broadcaster to court 10 July 2024A controversial video in which PowNed asks Taylor Swift fans how far they would go for a meet-and-greet with the singer violates portrait rights accor...
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Podcast: Understanding High Sensitivity 09 July 2024High sensitivity, or sensory processing sensitivity, is increasingly discussed in popular media, but what does it actually mean to be highly sensitive...
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Nivja de Jong in AP: 'Students will not get the education they deserve' 09 July 2024Nivja de Jong, languages professor at Leiden University, warns about the impact of proposed education budget cuts by the new Dutch government.
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Cargo from MSC Zoe revealed after pressure from legal expert Esther Kentin 08 July 2024After hundreds of containers fell into the Wadden Sea in 2019, government authorities refused to reveal the contents of that cargo. Five years on, aft...
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A Dutch opt-out on asylum is impossible 07 July 2024
The Dutch government intends to submit a ‘clause’ to the European Commission to achieve an opt-out to EU asylum policy. In this way, the Dutch governm...
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Uproar about Martin Bosma’s invitation to slavery memorial 04 July 2024The decision to invite Martin Bosma to an annual ceremony to mark the end of slavery in the Netherlands has been the subject of debate due to his prev...
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British voters have had enough of Tory tinkering with rule of law 04 July 2024Dissatisfied with the Conservatives' attempts to pass laws through a legal loophole, many British voters will vote for Labour in today’s election acco...
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US Supreme Court ruling on Trump’s immunity: ‘Is the judiciary not undermining itself?' 03 July 2024The US Supreme Court ruled on 1 July 2024 that during their term of office a president does have certain immunity. They are immune from prosecution fo...
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How metastatic tumours manipulate their environment 02 July 2024Tumours act like mini-organs, manipulating their environment and using bodily processes to survive and metastasise. Through research by Erik Danen and...
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Gianclaudio Malgieri interviewed on 'Shifting Privacy Left' podcast 02 July 2024Gianclaudio Malgieri, Associate Professor at eLaw, was interviewed by Debra Farber on her Shifting Privacy Left podcast. The Episode was released on 2...