1,576 search results for “human rights” in the Public website
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Global Conflict in the Modern Era (MA)
The specialisation Global Conflict in the Modern Era of the master’s in International Relations at Leiden University engages you with the scholarly debates about global conflict today and in the recent past.
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Public International Law (Advanced LL.M.)
Our Master Public International Law (L.L.M.) you will gain understanding of the legislation that governs international relations in a complex global society
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Melanie Fink on YouTube about holding Frontex liable
On 7 October 2020, the German Law Journal launched its new video format — the GLJ Shorts — to promote Articles published in the journal.
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‘The Afghan state has collapsed, but the democratic gains of the past 20 years are not lost’
The international conference ‘Lessons from Afghanistan’ touched on many serious issues and raised several reasons for concern. But it also ended on a positive note. While politicians on both the domestic and the international levels have failed to prevent the collapse of the Afghan state, and we are…
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Vasiliki Kosta, Assistant Professor of European Law received a Vidi grant
The Vidi grant is for experienced researchers who have already spent several years doing postdoctoral research.
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International students start a master’s thanks to a LExS
This academic year 49 promising international students will start their master’s degree here thanks to a Leiden University Excellence Scholarship (LExS). The students, all from outside the EU, were welcomed in a special ceremony on 5 September. Who are they?
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Dutch Urgenda climate change case inspires other Europeans
Several cases inspired by the Urgenda case have now been filed. For example, by the Portuguese, concerning widespread forest fires, Swiss women of a somewhat respectable age (known as the ‘KlimaSeniorrinnen’) who suffer from the heat, and the mayor of a French city situated by the sea who fears the…
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Open Science Lunch - Faculty of Humanities
Debate, Lunch
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Freya Baetens analyses transboundary fisheries governance at ESIL conference
Last week, the 12th Annual Conference of the European Society of International Law (ESIL) took place on the topic of How International Law Works in Times of Crisis. The conference was hosted by the Riga Graduate School of Law in cooperation with the Latvian Constitutional Court. The conference intended…
- Open Science Lunch - Faculty of Humanities
- LLM Advanced Programme International Children’s Rights Ceremony
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Neanderthals on cold steppes also ate plants
Neanderthals in cold regions probably ate a lot more vegetable food than was previously thought. This is what archaeologist Robert Power has discovered based on new research on ancient Neanderthal dental plaque. PhD defence 1 November.
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Vasiliki Kosta and Olga Ceran speak about academic freedom at the University of Bologna, Italy
On 26 June, Dr Vicky Kosta and Dr Olga Ceran visited the University of Bologna, Italy, to present the Vidi research project ‘The EU fundamental right to
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The corona crisis through the eyes of social scientists
The corona crisis relates to not only the medical field but also the field of the social sciences and humanities. SSH Beraad, a consultation body that aims to improve the position of the social sciences and humanities in the Netherlands, has launched a website bringing together experts in the social…
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Generating fake news automatically as a research project
By spreading fake news via TV spots and Twitter with the use of Social Bots, Pascal professor Heike Trautmann is investigating the characteristics of fake news. She is calling on Leiden researchers to cooperate in the project.
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Language gets people talking
Studying languages enables you to unearth a lot of valuable information about humans: it reveals our history and explains cultural differences and it even illustrates the process of learning new information. The University is sharing its knowledge of and passion for languages in various new ways, including…
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CSM debate on mass surveillance again the winning lot!
In the group presentation in the CSM-elective ‘governance of crime and social disorder’ of teacher Elke Devroe students battled again for the winning lot, namely this blog published in the Leiden university Website.
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Cardiomyocytes from human induced pluripotent stem cells
PhD defence
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Thromboinflammation in high-risk human populations
PhD defence
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Functional study of the human genome
PhD defence
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Michael Ignatieff appointed Cleveringa Professor at Leiden University
Michael Ignatieff, Canadian author, university professor and former politician, has been appointed Cleveringa Professor for the 2013-2014 academic year at Leiden University, the Netherlands. Professor Ignatieff will deliver the Cleveringa lecture on 26 November 2013.
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Tarlach McGonagle appointed as Professor of Media Law in the Information Society
Tarlach McGonagle has been appointed as Professor of Media Law in the Information Society as of 1 May 2019. The Chair is established by the Leiden University Fund (LUF) and is situated within the Department of Constitutional and Administrative Law.
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Substrate Identification and Treatment of Right Ventricular Tachycardia
PhD defence
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Clinical aspects and pathophysiological mechanisms of (systemic) right ventricular failure
PhD defence
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New blog by Mirjam de Bruijn
Mirjam de Bruijn and camerman Sjoerd Sijsma have been travelling through Chad and Cameroon. The Arab spring hasn't arrived there yet, but the effects of internet and mobile telephony show in everyday life. Mirjam and Sjoerd look for counter voices: young people who try to change these countries in their…
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4th Leiden Socio-Legal Lecture – Constitutions and Ethnography by Prof. Scheppele
On Friday January 13 between 13.00 - 15.00 (room C 1.04 of the Old Observatory) there will be another Leiden Socio-Legal Lecture, entitled 'Constitutional Ethnography, Counter-Constitutions, and the Study of Form, Sediment and Trajectory'.
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Expert roundtable
In March 2021, Assistant Professor Valentina Carraro took part in an expert roundtable providing recommendations to the United Nations Secretary-General on turning into action the goals of the Declaration on the Commemoration of the Seventy-Fifth Anniversary of the United Nations (UN75 Declaration).
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Daniel Peat to speak at Inaugural NATO Mission Appeals Tribunal Conference
On 8 March, Daniel Peat will speak at the 1st Annual Conference of the newly-established NATO Mission Appeals Tribunal (MAT), to be held in Naples.
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Melanie Fink speaks at ELENA Course in Sevilla
On 9 November 2019 Melanie Fink, researcher at the Europa Institute, delivered a key note lecture at this year’s Advanced ELENA Course.
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Veni award for Stephanie Rap
The Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) has awarded Veni funding to Stephanie Rap. This award offers promising young scientists the opportunity to develop their own ideas over a period of three years.
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2024 Capstone Conference Humanities Lab + 10 year anniversary
Alumni event
- Symposium - The Future of AI is Human
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The Steering Committee
Strategic direction of the Europe Hub lies with a Steering Committee, composed of members from several Leiden University faculties.
- Diplomacy in the Intergovernmental Organizations
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Evidence: fact finding
Leiden Law School has a strong tradition of research in the field of fact-finding and evidence in criminal cases.
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Aart Hendriks: Compulsory vaccination is in the interest of public health
Yesterday, the House of Representatives in the Netherlands rejected a motion that would completely rule out an obligation to get vaccinated. Compulsory vaccination in the Netherlands can be considered if public health is at stake. Professor of Health Law Aart Hendriks of Leiden University discussed…
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Leiden University becomes a new host of the Research Network on Academic Freedom
As of September 2023, Leiden University is a new host of the Research Network on Academic Freedom.
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Researched to the bone
Symposium on the extraordinary excavations at Middenbeemster
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Strikes the result of high inflation
Employees are laying down their work in various sectors, such as regional public transportation and Dutch postal service PostNL. Inflation appears to be increasing dissatisfaction about working conditions, thinks Barend Barentsen, Professor in Labour Law at Leiden University. ‘It's the final straw.’
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Professor Mariëlle Bruning elected Member of the Expert Group Violence Against Children of the Council of Europe (2018-2019)
Mariëlle Bruning, Professor of Child Law, is elected Member of the Expert Group on Responses to violence against children (CAHENF-VAC), which is established to assist the Ad hoc Committee for the Rights of the Child (CAHENF) of the Council of Europe.
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Keynote speech by Valentina Carraro
On 6 October, Valentina Carraro gave a keynote speech at an International Expert Roundtable on anti-trafficking in human beings, titled 'Empirical Findings related to Overlapping Activities Performed by Human Rights Monitoring Bodies'.
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Woman, man or somewhere in between? You decide (and not just your body)
A female body equals a woman. Nonsense, says Professor by Special Appointment to the Socrates Chair Annemie Halsema. She argues that our sense of identity and social environment also determine our identity. ‘We should stop assigning people’s sex at birth.’
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Seminar on Criminalising and Emancipatory Trends in Family Law in Indonesia and other Muslim Majority Countries
The seminar is organised by the Van Vollenhoven Institute for Law, Governance and Society (VVI), The Royal Netherlands Institute for the Study of Southeast Asia and the Caribbean (KITLV) and Leiden University Centre for the Study of Islam and Society (LUCIS).
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Hans-Martien ten Napel in national and international media
For the second time in six months, Hans-Martien ten Napel has been invited to write the opening essay for a series of international blog posts.
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Meet the Book Author: COI Postdoc discusses her new book with the Journal of Law and Society
Aleydis Nissen discusses her new book, The European Union, Emerging Global Business and Human Rights.
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Blogpost by Christa Tobler on Swiss direct democracy and state old-age pensions
On 3 March 2024, the Swiss electorate decided in a sensational referendum in favour of an increase in the state old-age pension.
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Is the Netherlands liable for refugee suffering on Greek islands?
Three NGOs are suing the Dutch state for actively contributing to the suffering of refugees on Greek islands. In Dutch newspaper ‘Trouw’, the organisations say that the suffering was caused by the Netherlands agreeing to the EU-Turkey deal.
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Emma van der Vos on curbing income inequality
Excessive remuneration of top executives often sparks heated debate in the Netherlands. Ministers are summoned to Parliament, where they then tend to wholeheartedly condemn the 'grabbing' going on at the top of the corporate sector. But that’s where it stops. Tackling excessive remuneration seems to…
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Workshop “Challenges to judicial legitimacy”
On April 16th, Radboud University Nijmegen hosted an online workshop on (challenges to) judicial legitimacy. Legitimacy is one of the core concepts within the research theme Institutions for Conflict Resolution (COI). COI is a nation-wide partnership that serves to implement the Dutch Sector Plan for…
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One-day webinar on children and young adults in contact with the law
On Friday 16 April, the webinar 'Children and young adults in contact with the law: Systemic vulnerabilities and institutional responses' will take place. The webinar is organised by Eva Schmidt LL.M, Dr. Anna Pivaty (Radboud University/Maastricht University) and Dr. Stephanie Rap, with the support…