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Grotius-Asser Event with Dr Letizia Lo Giacco (Grotius Centre), Judge Hilary Charlesworth (ICJ) and Kiki Brölmann (UvA) 29 September 2024On 19 September 2024, Dr Letizia Lo Giacco gave a lecture on "Seeking change through international courts: Rethinking what judicial decisions do in in...
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Interdisciplinary book symposium: ‘Confronting Colonial Objects’ 24 April 2024OpinioJuris, one of the world’s leading international law blogs, has hosted an interdisciplinary online symposium on Professor Carsten Stahn’s new boo...
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Lawyers' risks: crown witness cases and extra secure communication tools 11 April 2024How can we guarantee the safety of the crown witness scheme for both crown witnesses and lawyers? How can we ensure that online conversations between ...
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Consensual sex: easier said than done 18 March 2024Sex without mutual consent is a criminal offence. The proposed new Dutch sexual offences law aims to better protect victims of sexually transgressive ...
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Patrick van der Meij appointed Professor of Criminal Law Practice 31 January 2024Patrick van der Meij has been appointed Professor of Criminal Law Practice at the Institute of Criminal Law and Criminology from 1 January 2024. This ...
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Guilt and sentencing in the Netherlands: the impact of mental health reports 07 November 2023In one in four criminal cases in the Netherlands, the court receives a report on the state of the defendant’s mental health. How is that information u...
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Leiden University wins five prizes at the IBA ICC Moot Court Competition 04 July 2023Leiden University won five prizes at the 10th edition of the IBA International Criminal Court (ICC) Moot Court Competition – English edition of 2023, ...
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Carsten Stahn in Best Scientists ranking for 2023 25 May 2023Research.com, a leading academic platform for researchers, has just released the 2023 Edition of Ranking of Best Scientists in the field of Law. Carst...
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Leiden receives honourable mention for best Memorandum for Respondent at 30th Vis Moot in Vienna 01 May 2023A 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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Suspects in Mallorca case hear sentence demands 18 November 2022The nine suspects from Hilversum accused of beating Carlo Heuvelman so badly on the night of 14 July last year that he later died will hear their sent...
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Sharing of knowledge and discussions during conference organised by JPAO and Department of Criminal Law and Procedure 15 November 2022On 4 November 2022, the Conference ‘Modernisering Wetboek van Strafvordering’ was held at the KOG. The conference was organised by JPAO and the Depart...
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Modderman Prize 2022 awarded to Hannah Brodersen and Lucas Noyon 09 September 2022The Modderman Prize is awarded once every two years to advance research in the field of criminal law science.
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Leiden University won three prizes at the ICC Moot Court Competition 13 June 2022Leiden University won three prizes at the International Criminal Court (ICC) Moot Court Competition – English edition. The final round was held on 27 ...
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PhD research: How international prosecutors make their choices 15 February 2022International prosecutors, for instance at the International Criminal Court in The Hague, investigate particularly serious crimes such as genocide. Th...
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Leiden Law Cast #2: The role of the criminal defence lawyer with Dr M. Lochs 10 January 2022Leiden Law Cast is a podcast made by Leiden Law School, Leiden University, for everyone who wants to learn more about current legal issues.