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Anne Meuwese on use of AI by public authorities17 December 2020New technological applications which the government wants to use need to be thoroughly examined to prevent them causing problems for citizens. Current...
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Inside-Out Prison Exchange: unique course involving students and prisoners11 December 2020Inside-Out Prison Exchange is a course in which students and prisoners work together on research questions in the area of crime, law enforcement and m...
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Dutch nationals abroad can lose Dutch nationality when passport expires08 December 2020Around 23,500 Dutch nationals have been affected by this rule This was revealed by government figures on the number of Dutch nationals who submit an a...
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Coronavirus: Powers of employers to deal with reckless behaviour of workers30 November 2020In the public debate on the coronavirus, bold assertions from academics, doctors and other medical practitioners are often heard. For example, that th...
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Jan Vleggeert in FD on ‘two hats’ worn by tax academics02 November 2020Jan Vleggeert, Professor of Tax Law and Economics, voices criticism in Dutch newspaper Financieel Dagblad about the ‘two hats’ worn by academics whose...
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Peter Rodrigues on legal action against the State on ethnic profiling13 October 2020Two citizens, together with organisations including Amnesty International, antidiscrimination agency RADAR and the Dutch Section of the International ...
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Erwin Dijkstra: important for people to know that there are also academics with a disability08 October 2020We hardly ever seen people with a disability appearing on talk shows and other media channels. The Dutch Minister for Disability Issues, Rick Brink, d...
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Armin Cuyvers on Brexit and the UK elections in BNR National News Radio10 September 2020On Wednesday 9 November, Armin Cuyvers was interviewed on the already infamous UK ‘Internal Market Bill', which was published that day.
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Looking back: opening faculty year with the Leiden Law Op1 talkshow02 September 2020The faculty year was opened on Tuesday 1 September 2020 with a live talkshow broadcast from the KOG building and presented by Bastiaan Rijpkema and St...
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May employers require employees to be tested for corona?14 August 2020
When an employee returns from an area considered to be a corona risk, can their employer require them to have a corona test? This is a complicated iss...
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Paul van der Heijden appointed on arbitration panel USMCA in the United States02 July 2020USMCA (North American Free Trade Agreement) is the successor to NAFTA – a free trade zone covering Canada, the United States and Mexico. This Agreeme...
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Conflict between Turkey and Greece about territorial waters30 June 2020Thanks to modern technology, it is now possible to extract more gas and oil in the eastern part of the Mediterranean than in the past. As a result, a...
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Corona putting open Schengen borders under pressure?16 June 2020On 14 June 2020, Maartje van der Woude was invited to participate on NPO Radio 1 to talk about extra controls at borders to prevent the further spread...
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In the media: PhD research Maral Darouei on working from home09 June 2020On Tuesday 9 June 2020, researcher Maral Darouei defended her PhD thesis on sustainable careers. A large part of her research dealt with working from ...
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Impact of corona crisis on climate negotiations01 May 2020At the end of 2019, Leiden law student Aoife Fleming was elected UN Youth Representative for Sustainable Development. What impact is the corona crisis...