In the media
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Spycraft in History Today’s and The Economist’s Books of the Year19 December 2024Spycraft, by professor Nadine Akkerman and Pete Langman has been selected by History Today and The Economist as one of 2024’s best books
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Simone van der Hof: ‘Banning social media solves nothing’18 December 2024The Australian Parliament recently passed a law banning social media for children younger than 16. This solves nothing, argues Simone van der Hof, Pro...
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Psychology Media Presentation 202417 December 2024Also in 2024, our colleagues from the Institute of Psychology were visible in the media in various ways. Check out their appearances in Dutch media, f...
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New article on EU law and image-based sexual abuse15 December 2024Carlotta Rigotti co-authors a new publication on EU law and image-based sexual abuse in the German Law Journal.
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New legislation is crucial for surrogacy11 December 2024Surrogacy has a long history, but the Netherlands lacks legislation in this area. This is badly needed, university lecturers Kartica van der Zon and D...
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Current and proposed Dutch asylum policy09 December 2024Many countries are tightening the screws on their migration policies to make them less attractive to asylum seekers. Mark Klaassen, university lecture...
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To what extent is the public interest considered in the corporate sector?03 December 2024Companies are increasingly being urged to not only generate financial returns, but also to consider the public interest. Tom Barkhuysen, Professor of ...
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Trump's trade war introducing unilateral trade tariffs violates treaty02 December 2024Terminating the Trade Treaty between the US, Mexico and Canada, as Trump intends, violates the treaty and also has implications for labour law, says e...
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European Court of Auditors: multinationals still adept at tax avoidance02 December 2024Multinationals in the Netherlands and across Europe continue to avoid paying tax. Tax revenue losses can amount to €100 billion a year. A report by th...
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Allowing foreign medicines violates Medicines Act29 November 2024The Netherlands is seeing an acute shortage of medicines. Research by Dutch newspaper ‘NRC’ shows that almost one in seven Dutch patients now relies o...
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Jens Iverson: The arrest warrants are for individuals, not for the state of Israel28 November 2024The Netherlands will comply with the arrest warrant issued by the International Criminal Court (ICC) against Netanyahu and proceed to arrest him as so...
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Will budget airlines face crackdown on misleadingly low ticket prices?27 November 2024Invoking old legislation, Spain has imposed fines on five airlines, including Ryanair, in an attempt to crack down on extra fees for hand luggage and ...
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ICC issues arrest warrant against Netanyahu26 November 2024The chance that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will actually be brought to trial seems slim. And yet the arrest warrant issued against Neta...
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New measures to tackle antisemitism26 November 2024Since the war in Gaza, antisemitism has been on the rise in the Netherlands. Last week, the cabinet presented measures to tackle this. Marloes van Noo...
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Rise in combination punishments with hospital orders: Pauline Schuyt warns of risks26 November 2024Pauline Schuyt, Professor of Penal Law and Sentencing, spoke on Dutch current affairs programme ‘EenVandaag’ about the stark rise in combination punis...