In the media
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Rector Magnificus Sarah de Rijcke on Radio Sleutelstad: ‘Education should be taken more seriously’ 01 April 2026What’s it like to be Rector Magnificus in the current climate? Sarah de Rijcke spoke about this in the Kennismakers van Sleutelstad radio show. She ha...
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Spui Campus: a store of knowledge 07 January 2026Spui Campus is almost ready to open its doors. In the place where the iconic V&D department store started trading back in 1928, thousands of students ...
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Leiden University to continue membership of The Conversation 09 December 2024Looking to share your academic results or insights with a global audience? Leiden University is a ‘contributing member’ of the international journalis...
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Border control and checks: a symbolic measure 30 October 2024As part of its plans to introduce a stricter asylum policy, the Dutch cabinet wants to expand checks at internal borders within the EU. Professor of L...
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Cargo from MSC Zoe revealed after pressure from legal expert Esther Kentin 08 July 2024After hundreds of containers fell into the Wadden Sea in 2019, government authorities refused to reveal the contents of that cargo. Five years on, aft...
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US Supreme Court ruling on Trump’s immunity: ‘Is the judiciary not undermining itself?' 03 July 2024The US Supreme Court ruled on 1 July 2024 that during their term of office a president does have certain immunity. They are immune from prosecution fo...
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Government publishes legal document on MSC Zoe disaster at LAPP's insistence 16 April 2024
The cargo lost at sea as a result of the MSC Zoe disaster should be considered environmental pollution and information about it should be made public....
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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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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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Bart Custers on DNA in cold cases 09 March 2023The Dutch Public Prosecution Service (OM) and the Netherlands Forensic Institute (NFI) want to use private DNA databases in an effort to solve deadloc...
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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 ...