In the media
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Landmark ruling on tolerance agreements for Dutch ‘coffeeshops’ 15 May 2024
PhD candidate Demy Jongkind and Associate Professor Annemarie Drahmann – both part of the Department of Constitutional and Administrative Law – have b...
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Strategic late submission of court documents needs to be curbed 07 May 2024
There’s a trend going around within administrative law: submitting court documents late to make things as difficult as possible for the opposing party...
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AI programmes that use your voice to produce songs breach portrait rights 06 May 2024
AI programmes such as Suno and Udio allow the user to compose songs that bear an uncanny resemblance to the style and vocals of famous artists. Can ar...
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Podcast on latest developments in press freedom 02 May 2024
The Press Freedom Monitor is set to be presented during this year’s World Press Freedom Day celebrations on 3 May. To mark this occasion, the interact...
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Does Germany share responsibility for what Israel is doing in Gaza? 01 May 2024
Yesterday, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) issued a preliminary ruling in a case brought by Nicaragua against Germany. Nicaragua accuses Germ...
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Cabinet formation negotiations in The Hague: latest developments 01 May 2024
The Dutch cabinet formation – a process that has now been underway for five months – is at a standstill for the time being. Formation discussion leade...
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Can the ongoing asylum debate be classified as a crisis situation? 24 April 2024
The political parties in the running to form a Dutch cabinet are looking into solutions to curb the influx of refugees. The plan is to designate refug...
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New publication on fairness, AI and recruitment 18 April 2024
Carlotta Rigotti and Eduard Fosch-Villaronga have published a new article that offers an insightful and critical literature review on fairness and AI ...
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Government publishes legal document on MSC Zoe disaster at LAPP's insistence 16 April 2024
The cargo lost at sea as a result of the MSC Zoe disaster should be considered environmental pollution and information about it should be made public....
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Council meeting walkouts: ‘powerplay’ 15 April 2024
It rarely happens: halting a decision by walking out of a meeting. ‘But there’s nothing wrong with it from a constitutional law perspective,’ says Gee...
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A new prosecution process for abuse of office by MPs and politicians 15 April 2024
Last week, the Dutch Council of Ministers adopted the decision to modernise the process of prosecuting politicians. This action was taken following th...
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Gianclaudio Malgieri on the AI Act on Luiza's Live Talks 11 April 2024
Gianclaudio Malgieri, Associate Professor at eLaw, was a a speaker in the very popular Luiza's Live Talks.
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Is the ECtHR's ruling against Switzerland a blueprint for future climate cases? 11 April 2024
The European Court of Human Rights recently ruled in favour of a group of older Swiss women. The issued concerned the health of senior citizens, espec...
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Gaza legal proceedings: gains and necessity 10 April 2024
Legal action relating to the situation in Gaza is now being taken in various countries and courts around the world. In a podcast for ‘NPO-Radio1’, Lar...
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Discrimination and inequality in the criminal justice system are still major issues 10 April 2024
‘Criminal law is still an inequality machine’, argues Folkert Jensma in his fortnightly column for Dutch newspaper NRC. After attending the conference...