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• The new Right-wing government of José Antonio Kast in Chile: Key Challenges and Possible Outcomes Event - 19 March 2026

  Lecture

• 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.

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  Simona Florescu Guest

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

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

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  Omer Yalcin External PhD candidate / Guest

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

  o.f.yalcin@law.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Jayne Huckerby PhD candidate / self funded

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

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  Sanjay Sethi PhD candidate / self funded

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

  s.s.sethi@law.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Emil Babayan PhD Candidate / Self Funded

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

  e.babayan@law.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Priscilla Yovia PhD candidate / contract

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

  p.yovia@law.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5277260

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  Widya Tuslian PhD candidate

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

  w.n.tuslian@law.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5277260

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  Fachrizal Afandi Guest Researcher

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

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

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  Fadhilatul Hikmah PhD candidate / contract

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

  f.h.hikmah@law.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5277260

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  Mia Dambach

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  Robert Okello

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  Laila Qhistina PhD candidate / contract

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

  l.qhistina@law.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Anton Cahyadi External PhD candidate

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

  a.cahyadi@law.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5277260

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  Vera Wheni Setijawati External PhD candidate

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

  v.w.setijawati@law.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5277260

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  Katherine Watson PhD candidate / self funded

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

  k.a.watson@law.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Hertasning Ichlas External PhD candidate

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

  h.ichlas@law.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5277260

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  Tody Utama PhD candidate / contract

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

  t.s.j.utama@law.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5277260

• Keyring in your hand when walking down the street alone? 'Many women are always on guard' News - 8 December 2022

  A cover over your drink in the pub, deodorant as pepper spray or headphones to avoid hearing catcalling: many women use everyday objects to feel safer in public spaces. Student Anne van der Linden made an online exhibition about this.

• Violations of law during armed conflicts should be investigated – also by Russia News - 12 May 2022

  The chance that it will do so is about zero, but Russia is legally obliged to investigate violations of law during the war in Ukraine. States that enter into an armed conflict often deny liability, but under international humanitarian law and human rights they are obliged to investigate their military…

• Simone van der Hof and Ton Liefaard collaborate on UNICEF Safer Internet Day symposium News - 7 February 2024

  On Safer Internet Day (Tuesday 6 February), UNICEF Netherlands organised a symposium on the theme of 'Children's rights in the digital world' in collaboration with Leiden University and Kennisnet. Simone van der Hof and Ton Liefaard contributed to the symposium.

• Honorary doctorate for Graça Machel: fund for female students from South Africa News - 9 February 2021

  On the occasion of the conferral of an honorary doctorate to children’s rights activist Graça Machel, a fund has been established that will enable two female students from South Africa to come and study in Leiden.

• Freedom: what does it mean? News - 3 May 2023

  On 5 May we celebrate freedom, a basic human right that should not be taken for granted. We asked international students and staff what it means to them.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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,…

• 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?’

• 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)

• New commission investigates Russia's crimes of aggression against Ukraine News - 11 July 2023

  Can Russia be prosecuted for war crimes against Ukraine? The International Criminal Court does not have this jurisdiction. To fill this void in jurisdiction, a new commission has been created: an International Centre for the Prosecution of Crimes of Aggression, the ICPA.

• A Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing: A Mixed-Methods Analysis of the Far- Right Alt-Tech Social Media Movement Event - 30 September 2025

  PhD defence

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  Carolien Jacobs Assistant Professor

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

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

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  Benthe van Delft PhD candidate

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

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

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  Mark Klaassen Assistant Professor

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

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

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  Eva Schmidt Guest

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

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

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  Valerie Frissen Professor by special appointment Digital Technologies and Social Change

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

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

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  Gianclaudio Malgieri Associate professor

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

  g.malgieri@law.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5278838

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  André van der Laan Professor by Special Appointment

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

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

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  Nikki Vosters PhD candidate / self funded

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

  n.d.vosters@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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  Dona Sanduni Wickramasinghe PhD candidate / self funded

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

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

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  Cushla Donaldson PhD candidate

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

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

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  Faiz Rahman PhD candidate / contract

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

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

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  Francien Dechesne Associate professor

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

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

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  Somayeh Djafari External PhD candidate

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

  somie.djafari@gmail.com | 071 5275200

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  Hanneke Lankveld External PhD candidate

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

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

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  Lianne Otten PhD candidate / self funded

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

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