In the media
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Will Dutch cabinet disregard the advice of the Council of State?12 February 2025Proposals of the Dutch asylum minister are causing commotion. The Council of State has given the proposals thumbs down. Wim Voermans, Professor of Con...
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Conquering the bastion of freedom took small steps11 February 2025Leiden University has not always been known for being a bastion of freedom, claims Egbert Koops in his Dies Natalis lecture. Regional newspaper ‘Leids...
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‘Far-reaching culture change’ needed at women’s prisons07 February 2025There are structural problems with safety in social situations at women's prisons, according to research by Leiden researchers Esther van Ginneken and...
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Should states use Social Media to warn civilians in armed conflict?06 February 2025In a new essay for Ethics & International Affairs, Dr Henning Lahmann, Assistant Professor of International Law & Technology at eLaw, addresses the qu...
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Gianclaudio Malgieri on AI, Privacy and DeepSeek05 February 2025In a recent interview with Maya Plentz for The Unbrief, Dr Gianclaudio Malgieri, Associate Professor of Law & Technology at eLaw, Leiden University, e...
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Improving support for citizens’ initiatives05 February 2025Citizens' initiatives are often hindered by legislation. Dr Esmee Driessen, a guest lecturer in constitutional and administrative law and an expert in...
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Trump promises generous severance pay for federal workers03 February 2025Some two million federal workers in the US recently received an email offering an enticing severance pay deal if they voluntarily resigned. The questi...
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Can an alderman share confidential information with a group of residents?03 February 2025A complex discussion is currently taking place in the Municipality of The Hague. An alderman shared confidential information about a future reception ...
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Do prison sentences actually work?03 February 2025Locking people up in prison for years is ineffective and expensive, experts say. Miranda Boone, Professor of Criminology and Comparative Penology, cla...
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‘Extreme human failure’ by Dutch youth care agencies in case of abused foster child31 January 2025Youth care agencies in the Netherlands failed completely to help an abused foster child according to a new investigation report. Mariëlle Bruning, Pro...
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Calls for transparency and accountability at Dutch Ministry of Defence29 January 2025A Commission of inquiry report about a 2015 Dutch airstrike in Hawija, Irak, shows that the Ministry of Defence is not open about its mistakes. In Dut...
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Russia's escalating hybrid warfare across Europe27 January 2025There is a significant increase in Russian covert operations. Bart Schuurman, professor of Terrorism and Political Violence, sheds light on the alarmi...
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Spam, spam, spam: how to stop it23 January 2025How can we stop the endless stream of spam we receive in our mailbox? Journalist Warner van der Louw of Dutch newspaper ‘Trouw’ puts the question to B...
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Return payment for Syrian refugees is unrealistic23 January 2025The return payment of 900 euros for Syrian asylum seekers is a striking part of the Dutch policy to promote voluntary return. Mark Klaassen, universit...
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How context can turn a slogan into a crime23 January 2025Two men have been sentenced to six months in jail for projecting racist slogans onto the Erasmus Bridge in Rotterdam during the 2023 New Year’s celebr...