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Honours Summer Course: Law, Power and Inequality 12 August 2016Have you ever wondered what law has accomplished in different countries and jurisdictions? If it even has accomplished anything at all, or that it are...
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Final Report 'Assessing Legislation for Libya's Reconstruction' 23 June 2016
The Van Vollenhoven Institute for Law, Governance and Development and Benghazi Centre for Law and Society Studies, Benghazi University have released t...
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What really is happening in the Dutch Borderlands 26 April 2016
As a result of the refugee crisis and the terrorist attacks in Paris and Brussels, the Royal Netherlands Marechaussee (RNM) is stepping up immigration...
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Suliman Ibrahim was interviewed in the radio program ‘Huna Libya’ 25 April 2016
On 25 April 2016, Suliman Ibrahim, Senior Researcher at the VVI, was a guest expert on the weekly radio program: 'Huna Libya', a joint initiative by t...
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VVI director Jan Michiel Otto addressing President Jokowi in Bahasa Indonesia 25 April 2016On Friday afternoon 22 April President Joko Widodo of Indonesia was welcomed at the gate of Leiden’s Academy Building by Indonesian students. Inside,...
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LUCIS' commitment to the NWA 14 April 2016LUCIS is well connected to the Dutch National Research Agenda (Nationale Wetenschapsagenda/NWA). Both Petra Sijpesteijn and Jan Michiel Otto have a se...
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Leiden University contributes to evidence-based land policy in Timor-Leste 30 March 2016
For the next six months the Van Vollenhoven Institute of Leiden University, together with The Asia Foundation (TAF), will develop a tool for evidence-...
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Jan Michiel Otto chaired session on Conflict and Law 23 March 2016
On Wednesday 9 March 2016, NWO-WOTRO organized a Sustainable Development Goals (SDG’s) routeworkshop in the framework of the National Research Agenda.
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Adriaan Bedner appointed as KITLV professor of Law and Society in Indonesia 08 February 2016
As from 1 February Adriaan Bedner is the new KITLV professor (bij special appointment) of Law and Society in Indonesia at the Van Vollenhoven Institut...
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Leiden University contributes to the improvement of environmental regulation in Indonesia 08 February 2016
The coming two years the Van Vollenhoven Institute (VVI, Leiden University) and ICEL (the Indonesian Center for Environmental Law) will collaborate to...
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Leiden-Benghazi Research Project on Real Property Issues in Libya 12 January 2016
Dr Suliman Ibrahim of the Van Vollenhoven Institute (VVI) will conduct research on problems concerning real property in Libya. The project is commissi...
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Maartje van der Woude appointed as full professor of Sociology of Law at Leiden University 05 January 2016
Starting 1 January 2016 Maartje van der Woude is appointed as full professor of Sociology of Law at Leiden University.