1,921 search results for “international human rights” in the Public website
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The Routledge International Handbook of Financialization
Financialization has become the go-to term for scholars grappling with the growth of finance. This Handbook offers the first comprehensive survey of the scholarship on financialization, connecting finance with changes in politics, technology, culture, society and the economy.
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International Civil and Commercial Law (Advanced LL.M.)
Leiden University’s Master of International Civil and Commercial Law (L.L.M.) examines the interrelated layers of hard law, soft law, and relevant case law.
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Official Opening Database on Business Ethics (DBBE)
For many years, human rights have mostly been a theme where states constituted the most important actors. Influenced by globalisation and the worldwide integration of the economy, multinational corporations have grown to feel more responsible for compliance to human rights.
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Melanie Fink speaks on human rights accountability in EU external border management at the Austrian Academy of Sciences
On 4 March 2016, Melanie Fink presented her PhD research on legal accountability for human rights violations occurring during Frontex-coordinated joint border control operations at a workshop for recipients of the DOC scholarship of the Austrian Academy of Sciences.
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Countering Violent Extremism - The International Deradicalization Agenda
This book presents an understanding of the concept of Countering Violent Extremism from a critical terrorism studies perspective using case studies from different countries while examining the issues it raises.
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South Africa, Race and the Making of International Relations
This book offers readers an alternative history of the origins of the discipline of International Relations.
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Honorary doctorate for child rights activist Graça Machel
Mozambican politician and child rights activist Graça Machel will receive an honorary doctorate from Leiden University for her commitment to the rights of women and children in Africa and elsewhere. She will be awarded the honorary doctorate on the Dies Natalis, the University’s foundation day, on 8…
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Making the most of the first time a medicine is administered to humans
Collecting as much information as possible about administering a new medicine to people can save a lot of money.
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Adam Fairclough
Faculty of Humanities
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Prediction of human gut (colon cancer) target site concentrations and PKPD relationships
The advanced insights obtained for the CNS PBPK model development are currently used to develop advanced mathematical models for drug distribution prediction in other body tissues protected by barriers, such as the gut. The gut PBPK model will be linked to drug effects for treatment of colon cancer.
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Successful authors’ workshop on the EU fundamental right to academic freedom
On 9 June 2023, the workshop on ‘Academic Freedom and its Philosophical Underpinnings in EU law’ took place at the Academy Building, Leiden. It was organized in the framework of the Vidi research project The EU fundamental right to ‘freedom of the art and sciences': exploring the limits on the commercialisation…
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International Environmental Obligations and Liabilities in Deep Seabed Mining
On dinsdag 26 juni 2018, Linlin Sun defended her doctoral thesis ‘International Environmental Obligations and Liabilities in Deep Seabed Mining’. The doctoral research was supervised by Prof. dr. N.J. Schrijver en Prof. dr. E.C.P.D.C. De Brabandere.
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The Rome Statute as Evidence of Customary International Law
On 9 April 2019, Yudan Tan defended her thesis 'The Rome Statute as Evidence of Customary International Law'. The doctoral research was supervised by Prof. dr. W.A. Schabas.
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Trade, Investment and Labour: Interactions in International Law
On 21 February 2019, Ruben Zandvliet defended his thesis 'Trade, Investment and Labour: Interactions in International Law'. The doctoral research was supervised by Prof. dr. N.J. Schrijver.
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The Future of Multilateralism: Global Cooperation and International Organizations
The Future of Multilateralism addresses current challenges and future perspectives of international and regional organizations. It aims to uncover how stable the foundations of global cooperation really are, particularly in the light of the latest unilateral and protectionist practices of international…
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European and International Business Law (Advanced LL.M.)
In our European and International Business Law Advanced Master programme, you learn to decipher the hierarchy of European & international business law
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Neural correlates of vocal learning in songbirds and humans: cross-species fMRI studies into individual differences
Vocal learning is a trait shared by songbirds and humans. It is also a trait that is restricted by the brain rather than by a species' vocal apparatus. In this dissertation, functional MRI is employed in both species in order to explore potential common neural mechanisms underlying the ability to develop…
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False genocide allegations, an aggressive war and the ICJ’s role
Ukraine has filed an innovative claim against Russia at the International Court of Justice (ICJ). Ukraine asked the court to rule that it has not committed genocide and that a war initiated based on a false genocide claim was unlawful. Larissa van den Herik, Professor of Public International Law, discussed…
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The Challenge of Enforcing Rule of Law in International Organizations
Growing public backlash against international organizations (IOs) and attacks of national political elites on the rule of law increasingly challenge governance by IOs.
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Evaluation of the Law Ombudsperson for Children
To what extent does the Law Ombudsperson for Children achieve its goals as intended by the legislator when introducing the law?
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About the programme
Interested in the programme overview of European and International Human Rights Law? Please take a look at this page. The programme information is listed.
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Stephan Raaijmakers: 'Humans and systems have to learn to understand each other better'
You can ask virtual assistant Siri about the weather, but you can’t have a real conversation with it yet. You can’t refer to anything that’s been said before, or ask the system why it says what it says. Stephan Raaijmakers, Professor by Special Appointment from TNO, hopes to change this.
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Ann Skelton in Aljazeera on child rights in Syria Camps
The United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) has accused Finland of violating the rights of Finnish children by leaving them in life-threatening conditions in Syrian camps. Ann Skelton, member of the committee, calls the situation 'inhuman'.
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The international tax system as a complex system
Complex systems can be characterized as systems in which multiple components interact with each other, often in non-linear ways. The main goal of this research will be to investigate if and how the international tax system can be defined and modelled as a complex system. Approaching the international…
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Prosecuting environmental harm before the international criminal court
On 19 juni 2018 Matthew Gillett defended his doctoral thesis ‘Prosecuting environmental harm before the international criminal court’. His supervisor is prof. dr. L.J. van den Herik.
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European and International Business Law (Advanced LL.M.)
Are you thinking about studying European and International Business Law? Learn more and watch the videos.
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International Dispute Settlement and Arbitration (Advanced LL.M.)
Are you thinking about studying this Advanced LL.M. International Dispute Settlement and Arbitration? Learn more and watch the videos.
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Vasiliki Kosta speaks at Magna Charta Universitatum Observatory
Vasiliki Kosta spoke at the Magna Charta Universitatum Observatory webinar on ‘The roots of academic freedom – underlying values and human rights perspectives’ on 16 February 2023.
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Learning Problems and Impairments (international track) (MSc)
This master specialization offers you a combination of theories about learning problems and impairments and intervention and prevention strategies from a developmental perspective.
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International Institute of Air and Space Law PhD Track
The International Institute of Air and Space Law (IIASL) offers PhD candidates the possibility to enroll in the IIASL PhD Track. It is designed for 'external' PhD candidates (buitenpromovendi), who seek to pursue a PhD in Air Law or Space Law while honouring their professional commitments in paralle…
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International Peace and Justice Master Fund – Law and Society Scholarship
Master
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The Function of Jus Post Bellum in International Law
Jens Iverson, Assistant Professor of International Law and a Researcher in the Jus Post Bellum Project, defended his Ph.D. dissertation on 21 September 2017.
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Collaborative Crisis Management Before and During International Summits
Peak Performance: Collaborative Crisis Management Before and During International Summits. This comparative case study probes into conditions for collaborative governance in the security organisation of international summits.
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The Imperial Discipline: Race and the Founding of International Relations
This book questions the accepted origins of the field of International Relations (IR). Commonly understood to have emerged from the horrors of WW1 with the goal of bringing about world peace, the authors argue that on the contrary, IR came from a somewhat less noble tradition – that of the Round Tab…
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Capacity Development of Transnational Law, Asset Recovery and International Investment Arbitration at UI
How can we assist Universitas Indonesia's department of International law to improve their educational and applied research programs on Transnational Law, Asset Recovery and International Investment Arbitration, with an eye on Indonesia’s security and rule of law reform agenda and the needs of the…
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The Hague International Space Resources Governance Working Group
The development of space resource activities is happening now. In the absence of a clear framework to govern these activities, there is a need to examine the concepts that are being discussed in order to ensure that they meet existing treaty obligations regarding on-orbit operations and space resource…
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Inaugural lecture: International cooperation in the digital era
This inaugural lecture discusses the question: How to cooperate in the digital era?
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The Makings of a Terrorist: Continuity and Change Across Left-, Right- and Jihadist Extremists and Terrorists in Europe and North-America, 1960s-Present
In this article, Bart Schuurman and Sarah Louise Carthy conduct further research into the understanding of the causes of terrorism by assessing differences and similarities between left-, right- and jihadist extremists and terrorists. The article draws on the Analysen zum Terrorismus, one of the most…
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Tessa Verhoef: 'An algorithm still has a lot to learn from human interaction'
If an algorithm has to learn to understand language, simply having a lot of data doesn’t help much. Like us, a computer has to learn the language in interaction with others. Tessa Verhoef is fascinated by how this interaction works.
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Lenneke Alink
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Nina van Capelleveen
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Nadia Sonneveld
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Rehana Dole
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Li-Ru Hsu
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Hans-Martien ten Napel
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Ruben van Uden
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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ecology of lion (Panthera leo Linnaeus 1975) populations and human-lion conflicts in Pendjari Biosphere Reserve, North Benin
Promotores: G.R. de Snoo, B. Sinsin, Co-Promotor: H.H. de Iongh
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Practical Matters for International Students: Visa and Residence Permit
Find out all you need to know about a visa and residence permit application with a member of the Admissions Office
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New website Leiden Children’s Rights Observatory
A new website has been designed to make the Leiden Children’s Rights Observatory, which started in 2018, more accessible.