In the media
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Helen Duffy about Abu Zubaydah who remains unlawfully detained in Guantánamo Bay 04 May 2023In two moving articles, Dutch newspaper Trouw has reported on the lengthy detention of Abu Zubaydah in Guantánamo Bay. Zubaydah was tortured over a pe...
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Richard de Mos acquitted – and now? 01 May 2023The acquittal of Richard de Mos and his fellow party member has caused quite a stir in the Netherlands. Can De Mos simply return to local politics now...
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Wouter Hins on NPO Radio 1 about revoking licence of Ongehoord Nederland 26 April 2023The Dutch public broadcasting organisation NPO has asked State Secretary for Culture and Media Gunay Uslu to revoke the licence of Ongehoord Nederland...
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Bart Schermer on how to negotiate with cybercriminals 21 April 2023Hackers have got their hands on data from the Royal Dutch Football Association (KNVB). Lockbit, a collective of cybercriminals, is after the money. Wh...
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Researchers Tax Law in Trouw on potential tax avoidance Cargill 28 March 2023Dutch newspaper Trouw investigated the tax position of multinational Cargill. Their conclusion? Cargill appears not to pay taxes over their profits. T...
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Mariëlle Bruning in the media on new agreement in Dutch youth care 24 March 2023Mariëlle Bruning, Professor of Children and the Law at Leiden University, responded in various media to the new draft agreement aimed at reducing work...
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Simone van der Hof on RTL Nieuws about rights of 'kidfluencers' 23 March 2023Mums posting photos and videos of their child on Instagram and TikTok and also earning loads of money doing so. Kidfluencers, momvloggers and familyvl...
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Olaf van Vliet in AD on the impact of new technology on jobs 21 March 2023Technological developments never stop. Machines can already perform many tasks and in the future they will probably take over even more of the work we...
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Media attention for research into Dutch financial health 13 March 2023Research conducted by Deloitte, with advice from Leiden University and Nibud (National Institute for Family Finance Information), shows that six out o...
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Bart Schermer about attack on citizens' right to demonstrate 13 March 2023Media outlets Investico, de Groene Amsterdammer and Trouw reported on the wide-scale collection by the Dutch police of personal data of demonstrators ...
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Jan Crijns in the media about report on security and key witnesses 09 March 2023
On 1 March 2023, the Dutch Safety Board (Onderzoeksraad Voor De Veiligheid, OVV) published its report on the protection provided by the Dutch security...
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Bart Custers on using genealogical DNA in criminal cases 09 March 2023The Public Prosecutor's Office (OM) and the Netherlands Forensic Institute (NFI) want to use private DNA databases for genealogical research in crimin...
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Bart Custers on successor to DigiD 17 February 2023The Netherlands has DigiD, Portugal ‘de Cartão de Cidadão’, and Ireland MyGovID. Europe now wants one uniform digital identity card - the same for all...
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Maartje van der Woude on discrimination at border controls 15 February 2023In its ruling this week, The Hague Court of Appeal made short work of how the Dutch Border Police allow the colour of a person’s skin to be taken into...
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Maartje van der Woude on NPO Radio 1 13 February 2023
Maartje van der Woude, Professor of Law and Society, was a guest on NPO Radio 1 programme 'Spraakmakers' to talk about more border fences on the EU’s ...