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Understanding the decline in youth protection measures and youth probation figuresLeiden University examines trends and provides explanations 02 December 2024Since 2019, there has been a decline in the number of youth protection measures and youth probation procedures in the Netherlands. What explanations c...
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LUSBHR Corporate Responsibility Conference: Topical issues on fundamental rights and sustainability25 November 2024On Friday afternoon 15 November 2024, the Leiden University Sustainability, Business and Human Rights Network and Discussion Group (LUSBHR) organised ...
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Hope on the horizon for bankrupt retailer Blokker: saving the high street22 November 2024Dutch retailer Blokker has gone bust. But a restart could be possible depending on the trustee. Research conducted by Jessie Pool and her colleagues h...
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High priority of banks and tax authorities in bankruptcies proves outdated20 November 2024It’s a given that in bankruptcy cases in the Netherlands, banks and the Dutch Tax and Customs Administration are prioritised as creditors. But not onl...
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Leiden University and African Child Policy Forum hold ‘ground-breaking’ workshop on antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and human rights in AfricaWhat will a future with antimicrobial resistance hold for the rights and well-being of African children? 15 November 2024Pretoria, South Africa, October 26, 2024 — Leiden Law School in partnership with the African Studies Centre Leiden and the African Child Policy Forum ...
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New chair in Educational Theory and Law bridges the gap between research and child protection29 October 2024Dr Anouk Goemans has been appointed professor by special appointment of Youth Services and Child Protection from an Educational and Legal Perspective ...
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LUSBHR Conference Corporate Responsibility: Current Issues in the Field of Fundamental Rights & Sustainability21 October 2024On Friday afternoon, 15 November 2024, the conference Corporate Responsibility: Current Issues in the Field of Fundamental Rights & Sustainability wil...
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ELS Academy Research Grant awarded to collaborative research design on comparing case law review method vs court file studiesCourt file data wanted! 16 October 2024Last Friday, during the ELS Academy Annual Event, Loran Kostense (VU), Sofia de Jong (Leiden University), Rieneke Stelma-Roorda (VU) and Anne Verboom ...
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Leiden University addresses the UN on children’s rights19 September 2024Leiden University celebrates 10 years of OPIC by giving a key contribution at UN Committee on the Rights of the Child’s commemoration event.
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Evaluation of the Dutch Fast-Track Liquidation Transparency (Temporary Amendment) Act05 September 2024Leiden University's Company Law department will work with research agency SEO to conduct an evaluation of the Fast-Track Liquidation Transparency (Tem...
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The Dutch government wants to declare an asylum crisis, but what does that mean?29 August 2024More people seeking asylum, overcrowded asylum accommodation and asylum procedures that take years because of a lack of capacity. The current governme...
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Graduation Ceremony of the LL.M. Advanced Studies in International Children’s Rights 2023-202428 August 2024On Friday 23 August 2024, the Academy Building of Leiden University was filled with celebration as the LL.M. Advanced Studies in International Childre...
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Jonathan Todres appointed as Rotating Honorary Chair in Enforcement of Children’s Rights 2024/202526 August 2024Leiden University is delighted to announce the appointment of Professor Jonathan Todres as the Rotating Honorary Chair in Enforcement of Children’s Ri...
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Leiden Law School and SEO to assess Dutch whistleblowing legislation18 July 2024SEO Amsterdam Economics and Leiden University’s Company Law department and Labour Law and Social Security department are to conduct an implementation...
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Insolvency thesis receives first prize from International Insolvency Institute08 July 2024Chrisandya Sinurat (Sandy), an alumnus of the International Civil and Commercial Law Program from Leiden University, has been awarded the gold medal i...