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• Kalshoven-Gieskes Forum on International Humanitarian Law wins Erasmus+ grant News - 19 September 2022

  Dr Robert Heinsch and his team of IHL Clinic researchers at the Kalshoven-Gieskes Forum on International Humanitarian Law have won a prestigious Erasmus+ grant for cooperation partnerships in higher education in cooperation with the IHL Clinics at Ruhr-University Bochum (Germany) and Roma Tre University…

• The wisdom of the Nahua News - 10 June 2021

  Indigenous philosophies have been ignored for too long. This prompted Osiris González Romero to study the wisdom of the Nahua in Mexico. Their philosophy has an important message for the consumption society: see the earth and nature as living beings and not just as resources. PhD defence 22 June.

• Outbreak of an infectious disease? Mathematics helps in making quick, informed decisions News - 15 October 2024

  A job thanks to COVID—something not many people can claim. But PhD candidate Vera Arntzen can. Over the past four years, she has mapped two crucial characteristics of SARS-CoV-2 infections. Thanks to her research, experts can now make well-informed decisions on matters like quarantine duration, which…

• Intergenerational Justice and Human Rights in a time of Planetary Crises in Africa Event - 27 October 2023

  Conference

• Children's rights under pressure in a changing world: Need for a new research agenda? Event - 16 October 2025

  Conference

• New report on age assurance by Simone van der Hof and Mohammed Raiz Shaffique News - 25 April 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 report on age assurance for the European Commission.

• 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…

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  Alies Jansen PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  e.jansen@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646

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  Shiming Yang University lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  s.yang@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5276040

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  Elke Klein Holkenborg PhD candidate

  Faculty of Science

  e.m.klein.holkenborg@biology.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5275110

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  Mark Dechesne Associate professor

  Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs

  m.dechesne@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009589

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  Willemijn Heeren Senior University Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  w.f.l.heeren@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5277068

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

  Lecture

• authoritarianism"? The case of the Instituto de Capacitación e Investigación en Reforma Agraria ICIRA in Chile 1960- 1979 Event - 5 October 2023

  Lecture

• 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.

• 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.

• 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…

• From Modern Marvel to Environmental Tragedy: Grant for Research into Polluted Mines in Africa News - 2 October 2024

  At one time, the railway from Kimberley to Kambove in Southern Africa symbolised prosperity and progress. Today, the exhausted mining towns along its route are marked by decay and pollution. Professor Jan-Bart Gewald has been awarded an NWO L grant to investigate the long-term global consequences.

• Honours Class makes cultural heritage tangible: ‘You are dealing with people’ News - 22 April 2022

  An Honours Class about the ostensibly unrecognisable worlds of insular Southeast Asia teaches students a fundamental piece of wisdom: "We do not differ much from the people at the other end of the world."

• 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?’

• 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.

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  Hans Mol Professor emeritus by special appointment of Medieval Frisian History

  Faculty of Humanities

  h.mol@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646

• Poetry Translation Competition: Fun and Games with Language News - 31 January 2025

  In November, Leiden organized a book presentation to celebrate the first Dutch translation of the collected works of the twentieth-century poet W.H. Auden. A poetry translation contest added lustre to the occasion. There were no fewer than three winners.

• International children’s rights in polycrisis: Interconnected pathways to social justice and a sustainable future Event - 12 April 2024

  Inaugural lecture

• Graduation ceremony: European and International Human Rights Law (Advanced LL.M.) Event - 24 August 2020

  Graduation ceremony

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  Hanna Swaab Professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  hswaab@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5274060

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  Nienke Beets PhD Candidate / Guest

  Faculty of Science

  n.beets@hortus.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5275082

• Space for Academic Dialogue: on the concept of genocide, the right to protest and academic boycotts Event - 14 June 2024

  Debate

• 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

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  Thijs Vos PhD candidate

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  t.j.vos@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Annelies Schulte Nordholt University Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  a.e.schulte@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272170

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  Maria Gabriela Palacio Ludeña University Lecturer Development Studies

  Faculty of Humanities

  m.g.palacio.ludena@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272189

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  Hester Ruigendijk Assistant Professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  h.a.h.ruigendijk@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271361

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  Peter van Bodegom Professor

  Faculty of Science

  p.m.van.bodegom@cml.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5277486

• How 'Big Tech' Undermines Our Democracy News - 25 March 2025

  Tech giants such as Google, Apple, and Microsoft are increasingly shaping the digital world we live in. Reijer Passchier cautions: 'Urgent measures are needed to curb this influence.'

• 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.

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  Annelies van Vark PhD candidate / guest

  Faculty of Law

  a.van.vark@law.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Robert Okello PhD candidate

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

  r.okello@law.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Skylar Joseph PhD candidate / self funded

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

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

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  Dona Sanduni Wickramasinghe PhD candidate / self funded

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

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

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  Bilal Dewansyah Contract PhD candidate

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

  b.dewansyah@law.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5277260

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  Faiz Rahman PhD candidate / contract

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

  f.rahman@law.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Kimia Heidary Guest

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

  k.heidary@law.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Inga van Doornmalen External PhD candidate

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

  i.t.e.h.van.doornmalen@law.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Maria-Lucia Rebrean PhD candidate

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

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

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  Danny Mekic External PhD candidate

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

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

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  Hanneke Lankveld External PhD candidate

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

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

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  Shamin Asghari External PhD candidate

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

  s.asghari@law.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5277260