News
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Cyber offenders: Unique profile, unique approach? 03 February 2020
Our society can no longer not imagine the threat of cybercrime. Banks, companies, and schools are hacked, or 'DDoSed', with increasing regularity and ...
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Human rights are like elephants: magnificent, but under threat 15 January 2020
What is the current situation of human rights in relation to detention under criminal law and immigration law, now that more and more parties are beco...
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Meijers Prizes, Van Wersch Springplank prizes and Thesis Prizes awarded at New Years’ reception 10 January 2020
On Thursday 10 January a number of prizes were presented to researchers and students.
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Homelessness an issue for one in three prisoners 09 January 2020
A stable home situation is important for the successful return to society of prisoners. So what is their home situation like? And what effect does it ...
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Crimmigration: what it is, and its practical implications 20 December 2019
Increasingly, crime and immigration are mentioned in one breath. This 'interweaving' of these terms is referred to as crimmigration, an expression mai...
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Call for Abstracts for conference on extradition and surrender (14-15 May 2020) 20 December 2019
Leiden University, Utrecht University and Maastricht University are organizing a two day conference on extradition and surrender, offering a venue for...
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Less finger-wagging, more pragmatism 11 December 2019
Rather than finger-wagging, the Netherlands has opted for pragmatism when it comes to human rights. That is what Minister of Foreign Affairs Stef Blok...
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Contempt of court does not fit into the Dutch judicial system 11 December 2019
What can criminal courts do when the course of justice is obstructed? Countries such as England and Wales apply the instrument contempt of court, whic...
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Human trafficking cannot be tackled with current legislation 16 September 2019
Each year it is estimated that thousands of people fall victim to human trafficking in the Netherlands. Many of these victims are minors. Assistant Pr...
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Decreasing prison population in the Netherlands 20 May 2019
Hilde Wermink, Assistant Professor at the Institute of Criminal Law & Criminology was interviewed on this topic for an article published in US News on...
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Looking back on the outstanding book presentation from Leandro Mancano 16 April 2019
Last Thursday, the April edition of the ILS Lunch Seminars took place. This well visited seminar took on a slightly different format, since we had the...
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Very special ILS Lunch Seminar with Leandro Mancano from the University of Edinburgh 25 March 2019
The ILS Lunch Seminar of April will take in a slightly different format, as we have the honour of receiving Dr Leandro Mancano from the University of ...
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Post-Gaddafi Libya and Prison Climate in the Netherlands: The ILS Lunch Seminar of March 22 March 2019
On Thursday 14 March, the third ILS Lunch Seminar of this year took place. In this well visited seminar, Nienke van Heek and Esther van Ginneken gave ...
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'Impact of information technology on Marechaussee’s border controls is limited' 13 March 2019
The Schengen Agreement has resulted in systematic border controls between EU Member States largely ceasing to apply. Solutions for the associated secu...
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ILS Lunch Seminar with Nienke van Heek and Esther van Ginneken 06 March 2019
The monthly ILS Lunch Seminars present the perfect opportunity to unite the different Institutes situated within Leiden Law School. On Thursday 14 Mar...