In the media
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Van der Leun and Rodrigues on the criminalisation of migrant aid 18 January 2023Aid workers being summoned to appear before a court in Greece and more stringent rules for rescue boats in Italy. Is providing aid to asylum seekers b...
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Rowie Stolk on legal protection and the Passport Alerts Register 16 January 2023The 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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Peter Rodrigues ‘The boundaries for discrimination have shifted’ 11 January 2023The judicial authorities are looking into the possibilities for prosecution for the slogans that were projected on the Erasmus Bridge in Rotterdam on ...
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Tanja Masson-Zwaan on 'Spraakmakers' about mining the moon 10 January 2023Commercial parties offering space travel, space waste, claiming the moon, potentially exploiting resources ... It’s going to get busy in space in the ...
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Annual overview Leiden2022: Leiden Law School 10 January 2023A presentation on the latest developments in artificial intelligence and law, several public lectures on Criminal Justice, and a brand new trial in wh...
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Mariëlle Bruning on waiting lists in Dutch youth care 10 January 2023How many children are waiting for help from youth services in the Netherlands at any given time? And exactly how long do they have to wait?
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‘You get the impression that Elon Musk is acting based on personal motivations’ 20 December 2022It increasingly seems that Elon Musk has taken it upon himself to decide what can and cannot be said on Twitter. He bought the platform with the messa...
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Tanja Masson-Zwaan on Radio Weetlust: Who does the moon belong to? 16 December 2022
Assistant Professor Space Law Tanja Masson-Zwaan appeared as a guest on the Radio Weetlust programme of local Leiden radio station Sleutelstad FM. She...
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Tanja Masson-Zwaan on crowds on the moon: can anyone simply go there? 14 December 2022
It has been a coming and going of satellites and spaceships near the moon. It has not been this busy in years. There are currently more than ten moon ...
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Michael Klos talked about Elon Musk and the Twitter files on Nieuwsuur 12 December 2022
Michael Klos, Assistant Professor at Leiden University, discussed the ‘Twitter files’ on Dutch television programme Nieuwsuur.
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Mark Klaassen in Nieuwsuur on entry restriction for family members 07 December 2022Suspending family reunification of refugee status holders is illegal. That was the ruling of a Dutch court in a case brought by a Syrian woman with as...
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Steven Truxal on Deutsche Welle about International Air Transport Association 07 December 2022On 6 December 2022, the International Air Transport Association (IATA), which represents around 260 airlines in the world, released its Economic Outlo...
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K-pop industry violates basic human rights 07 December 2022Beneath the glittering surface image of K-pop idols lies the Dorian Grey-like heart of an industry that abuses and discards its trainees and stars. It...
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Bastiaan Rijpkema on political party ban in De Volkskrant 24 November 2022The proposal by Dutch political party D66 to amend a section of law to make it possible to ban a political party is unwise, says legal philosopher Bas...
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Limiting influx of asylum seekers is difficult 22 November 2022
VVD party members last week voted in favour of the new distribution law, which could oblige municipalities to accommodate asylum seekers. This happene...