• Public website
• Student website
• Staff website
• Organisational structure
• Library website

381 search results for “civiel rights” in the Staff website

• Wouter Hins: Intimidating journalists undermines democracy based on the rule of law News - 27 October 2022

  Angry politicians, angry journalists: the initiative of Forum for Democracy politician Gideon van Meijeren during which he secretly filmed a reporter portraying them as a ‘sewer rat’, caused a lot of anger. Where does all this commotion come from? Wouter Hins: ‘Calling a journalist a "sewer rat" is…

• Hard Times: Workers’ Legal Mobilization at the European Court of Human Rights Event - 28 April 2026

• The Right to the Highest Attainable Standard of Health of LGBTQIA+ child asylum-seekers Event - 2 April 2025

  Lecture, LIMS seminar

• Dr. Mamadou Hébié appointed as Associate Professor at the Grotius Centre for International Legal Studies News - 4 February 2021

  Leiden Law School and the Grotius Centre for International Legal Studies are very pleased to announce that Dr. Mamadou Hébié will be re-joining the Grotius Centre on the 1st of May 2021.

• Public Ethics Talk: The Right to Explanation under Conditions of Epistemic Injustice Event - 27 November 2025

  Lecture

• Upcoming Elections in Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, and Peru: A New Turn to the Right? Event - 27 November 2025

  Debate, Academic Roundtable

• Helen Duffy about Abu Zubaydah who remains unlawfully detained in Guantánamo Bay News - 4 May 2023

  In two moving articles, Dutch newspaper Trouw has reported on the lengthy detention of Abu Zubaydah in Guantánamo Bay. Zubaydah was tortured over a period of many years. Helen Duffy, Professor of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights, and also Zubaydah’s lawyer, recently booked a major victory…

• Book presentation 'Phanta Rhei: recht en duurzaamheid' News - 5 July 2023

  On 15 June 2023, the book presentation for the ‘Panta Rhei: recht en duurzaamheid’ (Panta Rhei: law and sustainability) was held at the Oude Sterrenwacht in Leiden. The book provides an overview of research in the field of sustainability conducted at Leiden Law School and was compiled by Yvonne Erkens,…

• Nog meer kennis over kinderrechten News - 19 December 2022

  Universiteit Leiden en Unicef werken al 10 jaar samen om kennis over kinderrechten uit te breiden en te verspreiden. Ze verlengen deze samenwerking.

• eLaw publishes self-assessment tool on age assurance for the European Commission News - 16 May 2024

  Simone van der Hof, Professor of Law and Digital Technologies at eLaw, and Mohammed Raiz Shaffique, researcher and PhD candidate at eLaw, have published a self-assessment tool on age assurance for the European Commission.

• A real professor in the classroom: ‘What do you like best about your work?’ News - 7 February 2025

  Each year on the university’s birthday, children at primary schools in Leiden and The Hague have a lesson from a professor – about children’s rights and robots in surgery, for example. The children get to do activities. And ask questions: ‘How do you become a professor?’

• Human Rights Considerations in International Investment Law: A Theory of Harmonization Event - 7 May 2026

  PhD defence

• Peter Rodrigues ‘The boundaries for discrimination have shifted’ News - 11 January 2023

  The judicial authorities are looking into the possibilities for prosecution for the slogans that were projected on the Erasmus Bridge in Rotterdam on New Year’s Eve. Not an easy task, according to legal experts. When do we consider something to be ‘discrimination’?

• Simone van der Hof joins Special Group on Code of Conduct for age-appropriate design News - 28 August 2023

  Simone van der Hof, professor of Law and Digital Technology at eLaw, has joined the EU Special Group on Code of Conduct for age-appropriate design as an expert.

• Anouk Goemans receives National Youth Care Award 2025 News - 27 January 2026

  Professor by Special Appointment Anouk Goemans has received the National Youth Care Award 2025 from the ‘Stichting Steunfonds Pro Juventute’. The cash prize of €30,000 will go towards her research on youth care and youth protection.

• Collective Human Rights as an (Onto)Logical Solution to Climate Change Event - 16 October 2025

  PhD defence

• application: A critical reflection on child safeguarding from a children's rights perspective Event - 15 April 2025

  PhD defence

• Alumna Mojan Samadi: ‘Femicide is not about the perpetrator’s motive’ News - 14 October 2025

  Mojan Samadi obtained her PhD in 2020 in Leiden and has since remained at the university as an assistant professor. Her research currently focuses on gender and criminal law, with a key question being how criminal law should address femicide.

• Why International Women’s Day still matters: insights from three experts News - 5 March 2026

  The Netherlands is known globally for being a champion of equality. But is it really? On 8 March, International Women's Day, three Leiden experts reflect on this year's national theme: #NietMijnRecht (#NotMyRight)

• Scientists: analyse corona problems with young people themselves News - 30 April 2021

  On 30 April, Prime Minister Mark Rutte was presented with the manifesto of the NWO Youth Challenge, which contains advice for policymakers, scientists and administrators on the empowerment of youth in the time of coronavirus. The manifesto is based on research questions submitted to the science community…

• 
  Carolien Jacobs Assistant Professor

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

  c.i.m.jacobs@law.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5277517

• 
  Benthe van Delft PhD candidate

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

  b.j.van.delft@law.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• 
  Mark Klaassen Assistant Professor

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

  m.a.k.klaassen@law.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5277420

• 
  Valerie Frissen Professor by special appointment Digital Technologies and Social Change

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

  v.a.j.frissen@law.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5278838

• 
  Nikki Vosters PhD candidate / self funded

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

  n.d.vosters@law.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• 
  Danny Mekic External PhD candidate

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

  d.mekic@law.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• 
  Dona Sanduni Wickramasinghe PhD candidate / self funded

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

  d.s.d.wickramasinghe@law.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• 
  Cushla Donaldson PhD candidate

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

  c.j.donaldson@law.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5277260

• 
  Faiz Rahman PhD candidate / contract

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

  f.rahman@law.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5277260

• 
  Somayeh Djafari External PhD candidate

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

  somie.djafari@gmail.com | 071 5275200

• 
  Hanneke Lankveld External PhD candidate

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

  h.a.lankveld@law.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• 
  Lianne Otten PhD candidate / self funded

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

  c.a.otten@law.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• 
  Skylar Joseph PhD candidate / self funded

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

  a.s.joseph@law.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• 
  Maria-Lucia Rebrean PhD candidate

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

  m.l.rebrean@law.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• 
  Ahlam el Barnoussi-el Mhamdi PhD candidate / self funded

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

  a.el.barnoussi@law.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• 
  Eva Schmidt Guest

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

  e.p.schmidt@law.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• 
  Nada Heddane PhD Candidate

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

  n.heddane@law.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5277260

• 
  Heleen van Amerongen Guest

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

  n.h.van.amerongen@law.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• 
  Marina den Houdijker External Chairman Board of Appeal for Examinations and External Chairman Committee for Appeals and O

  Administration and Central Services

  f.m.j.den.houdijker@bb.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5278118

• 
  Mies Grijns Guest postdoc

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

  m.grijns@law.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5277260

• 
  Camille Lefebvre External PhD candidate

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

  c.l.lefebvre@law.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5277260

• 
  Julia Rootenberg Ph.D. fellow

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

  j.m.rootenberg@law.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5277260

• 
  Sanne Verwasch PhD candidate self funded

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

  s.e.a.verwasch@law.leidenuniv.nl |

• 
  Francien Dechesne Associate professor

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

  f.dechesne@law.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5277608

• 
  Andjelka Petreski External PhD candidate

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

  a.petreski@law.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5275200

• 
  Ymre Schuurmans Professor

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

  y.e.schuurmans@law.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• 
  Janine Ubink Professor

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

  j.m.ubink@law.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5277493

• 
  Bibi van den Berg Professor

  Faculteit Governance and Global Affairs

  b.van.den.berg@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009500

• 
  Bart Schermer Professor

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

  b.w.schermer@law.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5278838

• 
  André van der Laan Professor by Special Appointment

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

  a.m.van.der.laan@law.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727