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Leiden IIASL International Air Law Conference Aviation Cybersecurity 16 May 2023
A one-day conference was organised by the International Institute of Air and Space Law at Leiden University on 11 May 2023, in the lead-up to the 14th...
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What is the merit of the Constitution and what should we know about it? 15 May 2023
This theme is central to the recently published book 'Onze Constitutie' by Wim Voermans, professor of constitutional and administrative law. The colos...
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New Editors join the Editorial Board of Common Market Law Review 12 May 2023
At the end of April 2023, two new Editors joined the Editorial Board of Common Market Law Review: Eleanor Spaventa from Bocconi University and Sara Ig...
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Leiden University organises Moot Court Competition Administrative Law 2023 12 May 2023
By tradition, the moot court competition of the 'Vereniging voor Bestuursrecht' (VAR, Dutch Administrative Law Association) takes place in May every y...
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Open University and Leiden University start Joint Legal Technologies Program 11 May 2023
The Open University and Leiden University will join forces to offer a (Dutch-taught) Joint Legal Technologies Program for professionals. In doing so, ...
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Launch of Marco Bronckers’ Liber Amicorum 10 May 2023
On 2 June 2023, the Liber Amicorum – 'The EU and the WTO: Ever the Twain Shall Meet' – in honour of Marco Bronckers will be officially launched at Lei...
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Helen Duffy about Abu Zubaydah who remains unlawfully detained in Guantánamo Bay 04 May 2023
In two moving articles, Dutch newspaper Trouw has reported on the lengthy detention of Abu Zubaydah in Guantánamo Bay. Zubaydah was tortured over a pe...
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Safety of journalists most important theme of 2022 Press Freedom Index 04 May 2023
On 3 May, World Press Freedom Day was held and the Dutch 2022 'Persvrijheidsmonitor' was presented. The safety of journalists in 2022 was the most imp...
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1963-1993: Common Market Law Review and the maturation of EU Law Academia 03 May 2023
As part of her doctoral studies at the University of Copenhagen, Dr Rebekka Byberg explored the history of the Common Market Law Review from 1963 to 1...
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Simona Demková discusses the EU’s human-centred approach to regulating artificial intelligence 02 May 2023
On 27 and 28 April, Simona Demková participated as a panelist at the conference 'A "Brussels Effect" for EU Digital Governance? Legal, Political and E...
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ECSL Summer Course on Space, Cyber and Telecommunications Law 01 May 2023
One of ECSL’s most successful activities is the ECSL Summer Course on Space Law and Policy, which is open to students of all levels of study, as well ...
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LLX Roundtable on Irish Supreme Court’s Costello ruling 01 May 2023
On Monday 24 April 2023, the Europa Institute held a hybrid Leiden Law Exchange (LLX) Roundtable to discuss the Irish Supreme Court’s Costello ruling ...
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Leiden receives honourable mention for best Memorandum for Respondent at 30th Vis Moot in Vienna 01 May 2023
A team from Leiden University Law School participated at the 30th edition of the Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot Court competi...
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Richard de Mos acquitted – and now? 01 May 2023
The acquittal of Richard de Mos and his fellow party member has caused quite a stir in the Netherlands. Can De Mos simply return to local politics now...
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Grotian Law and Modernity at the Dawn of a New Age - International Conference 25 April 2023
On the occasion of the 400th anniversary of the first publication of De jure belli ac pacis by Hugo Grotius in 1625, an international conference will ...