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Law firms play dubious role in Indonesian land disputes 19 June 2020Law firms play a dubious role in important land disputes in Indonesia. They act as fixers and settle conflicts to the advantage of large companies. Ph...
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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 Support of Black Lives Matter 11 June 2020The worldwide protests following the police violence in the United States show how deep-rooted and wide-spread racism is across the world. As an acade...
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New research report: Land and climate change: Rights and environmental displacement in Mozambique 15 April 2020New research report and policy brief by Carolien Jacobs (VVI) and Bernardo Almeida (VVI)
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A PhD defence in the time of corona: 'I had to ask friends not to come' 24 March 2020As of 17 March all PhD defences have been cancelled for the time being in response to measures to control the corona outbreak. Four PhD candidates, ho...
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'Child marriage does not always occur by force' 10 March 2020Child marriage has become an increasingly important topic on the international human rights and development agenda. Many organisations are calling for...
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ILS Lunch Seminar with Laura van Bochove and Santy Kouwagam: canceled! 05 March 2020
Once a month, during the ILS Lunch Seminars, two researchers from Leiden Law School present their ongoing or recently concluded research. The idea is ...
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Crimmigrant Nations 27 February 2020This spring, Fordham Press will publish the book “Crimmigrant Nations: Resurgent Nationalism and the Closing of Borders”.
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Maartje van der Woude delivers Dies Lecture in San Francisco 26 February 2020Professor Maartje van der Woude of the Van Vollenhoven Institute delivered a special Dies Lecture in San Francisco on Wednesday 12 February.
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Workshop ‘Law, Rights, and Governance in Africa. A look to the Future’ 11 February 2020On 28 and 29 January 2020 the workshop ‘Law, Rights, and Governance in Africa. A look to the Future’ was held at Leiden Law School.
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New TRAFIG publication \ Governing protracted displacement: What access to solutions for forcibly displaced people? 30 January 2020The international regime governing displacement shows a number of gaps, most notably with regard to (internally) displaced people who are not covered ...
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Looking back on the successful ILS Lunch Seminar of January 20 January 2020On Thursday 16 January, the first ILS Lunch Seminar of this year took place. Hoko Horii and Lexo Zardiashvili gave two very insightful presentations o...
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New publication: Marrying Young in Indonesia: Voices, Laws and Practices 16 January 2020New edited volume by Mies Grijns (VVI), Hoko Horii (KITLV/VVI), Sulistyowati Irianto (Universitas Indonesia) and Pinky Saptandari (Airlangga University).
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Meijers Prizes, Van Wersch Springplank prizes and Thesis Prizes awarded at New Years’ reception 10 January 2020On Thursday 10 January a number of prizes were presented to researchers and students.
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First ILS Lunch Seminar of 2020 with Hoko Horii and Lexo Zardiashvili 09 January 2020The monthly ILS Lunch Seminars have slowly developed into somewhat of a tradition. During this seminar series, all researchers from Leiden Law School ...