136 search results for “human rights” in the Public website
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Prof. Ton Liefaard gives lecture on children’s rights at GAU
On the 24th of March, Prof. Ton Liefaard gave a lecture at the Girne American University entitled ‘International Children’s Rights: Achievements and Challenges’.
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Arenas Catalán and Leijten on social rights at the Staatsrechtconferentie
This year’s Staatsrechtconferentie (Constitutional Law Conference) was held at the University of Amsterdam on 13 December 2019 and dedicated to the topic of the Economic Constitution. Dr. Eduardo Arenas Catalán, lecturer at the Europa Institute, presented his paper Where do social rights begin? Dr.…
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Wouter Hins
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Christopher Dugard
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Paul van Trigt
Faculty of Humanities
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Bill Schabas
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Jelena Belic
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Melanie Fink
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Gisela Hirschmann
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Horst Fischer
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Kees Waaldijk
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Helen Duffy
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Cecily Rose
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Martijn Mos
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Daniel Thomas
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Marloes van Noorloos
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Jacky Nieuwboer
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Eamon Aloyo
Faculty Governance and Global Affairs
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Gjovalin Macaj
Faculty Governance and Global Affairs
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Mensenrechten overal anders geïnterpreteerd. Hoe kan dat?
Hoe kan het dat universele mensenrechten wereldwijd niet hetzelfde in de praktijk worden gebracht?
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Ingrid Leijten speaks at conference 30 years Limburg Principles
In 1986 a group of international human rights experts convened in Maastricht to discuss the character and scope of state parties’ obligations under the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural rights. This resulted in the Limburg Principles on the Implementation of the International Covenant…
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and the Accountability of States and Individuals for Crimes against Humanity in the Ukraine
Tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians have died as a result of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 and the continuing armed conflict. Many forms of critical infrastructure have been destroyed. Much of this devastation has been caused by weapons that utilise forms of artificial intelligence…
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Hirschman, Accountability in Global Governance
Political Scientist Gisela Hirschmann (Leiden University) asks how international organisations can be compelled to comply with respect human rights. She finds that this is done through ‘pluralist accountability’: external third parties such as courts, NGOs, or regional organisations holding international…
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Gelijn Molier
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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William Michael Schmidli
Faculty of Humanities
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Joe Powderly
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Remco Breuker
Faculty of Humanities
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Thea Coventry
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Alan Sears
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Salvador Santino Regilme
Faculty of Humanities
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Henning Lahmann
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Specialist in strategic litigation lectures at Leiden Law School
On 6 March, Jelle Klaas, lawyer for the Public Interest Litigation Project of the Dutch Section of the International Commission of Jurists, delivered a lecture to the students of the Advanced Master’s in European and International Human Rights Law at Leiden Law School.
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Successful and interesting research colloquium of EPFR research programme
On Tuesday December the 11th, the yearly research colloquium of the research programme ‘Effective Protection of Fundamental Rights in a Pluralist World’ took place in the Faculty Room Law of the Academy Building.
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Rick Lawson speaks in honour of Judge Cançado Trindade
On Tuesday 23 May 2023, the International Court of Justice (ICJ), in collaboration with The Hague Academy of International Law, held an event to commemorate the life of the Brazilian jurist Antônio Augusto Cançado Trindade, who served as a Member of the Court from 2009 until his death on 29 May 2022…
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Seminar 'National Policy Application of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights'
Kosta compiled a conference report titled 'The Use of the Charter by EU Advisory Bodies and Agencies', commissioned by the Netherlands Presidency of the Council of the European Union in order to aid the discussions during the seminar.
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Council of Europe protects children’s rights through action plan in biomedicine
The action plan focuses on addressing key challenges posed by technological developments and trends in biomedical practices
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What Determines Perceptions of Bias toward the International Criminal Court? Evidence from Kenya
What Determines Perceptions of Bias toward the International Criminal Court? Evidence from Kenya. In this article, published on the website SAGE Journals in the Journal of Conflict Resolution, the authors Geoff Dancy, Yvonne Marie Dutton, Tessa Alleblas, Eamon Aloyo examine the attitude towards international…
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Automated Decision-Making and Effective Remedies
Simona Demková, Assistant professor at the Europa Institute of Leiden University, publishes her book ‘Automated Decision-Making and Effective Remedies: The New Dynamics in the Protection of EU Fundamental Rights in the Area of Freedom, Security and Justice’.
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Mariana Gkliati organises PhD Masterclass with UN Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial executions
Mariana Gkliati co-organised and chaired on 14 September a PhD Masterclass with the UN Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, Agnès Callamard.
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Mariana Gkliati presenter at round table hosted by ECCHR
Mariana Gkliati participated on Monday 11 April in an expert meeting organized by the European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights (ECCHR) in Berlin, entitled: 'Round Table on Potential Litigation Against FRONTEX for Human Rights Violations'.
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Jasmina Mačkić presents her research on discriminatory violence during a live talk show on ‘Police Brutality Across Borders’
Jasmina Mačkić, assistant professor at the Europa Institute, presented her research during ‘The Dissident’, a live talk show which is organised regularly by World-Talks, on 24th May 2018. The event revolved around the Nigerian human rights defender Justus Ijeoma, the founder of the International Human…
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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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Jens Iverson
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Melanie Fink speaks at Expert Round Table on the migration crisis at Queen Mary University of London
On 14 March 2016 the LLM in Immigration Law Programme and the Centre for European and International Legal Affairs (Queen Mary University of London) hosted the Expert Round Table ‘The Deadliest Frontier: Taking Stock of Mediterranean Crossings in 2015’.
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Mariana Gkliati as chair/judge on Europe on Trial
Mariana Gkliati participated on Saturday 2 June at ‘Europe on Trial'.
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Veni grant for Melanie Fink
Melanie Fink, Assistant Professor of European law, has received a Veni grant from the Dutch Research Council (NWO). This research grant will allow Dr Fink to develop her ideas on ‘Gateways for Humanity: The Duty to Reason in the Automated State’ over a period of three years.
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Melanie Fink on Frontex’s Joint Operation in Albania and Access to Justice
On 8-9 October 2020, ACES and the T.M.C. Asser Instituut organised an interdisciplinary online conference ‘Migration deals and their damaging effects’ on the implications of the increasing use of informal (non-binding) instruments in the field of migration.
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Melanie Fink discusses landmark case against Frontex on the Dutch Nieuwsuur and in the Portuguese Jornal Expresso
On 6 September 2023, the General Court of the Court of Justice of the European Union delivered its ruling in T-600/21 WS and Others v Frontex, dismissing a damages claim brought by a family of Syrian refugees against the EU agency Frontex.
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Larissa van den Herik
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Mariana Gkliati speaks at University of London
Last week Mariana Gkliati gave a working group session in the context of the Refugee Studies reading group of the Refugee Law Initiative of the University of London.