On Wednesday 16 June 2021, Karim Khan was sworn in at the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague. Experts say this is no easy time to join the ICC.

Conference

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.

Esther van Ginneken is Associate Professor at the Institute of Criminal Law and Criminology at Leiden University.

Juan Masullo J., Assistant Professor at Leiden University’s Institute of Political Science, has been named a 2025 Harry Frank Guggenheim Distinguished Scholar. His research with Nicholas Barnes on public security policy preferences in Rio de Janeiro's favelas has been recognized for its innovative approach…

Sacha Ruepert is affiliated to the Institute for Criminal Law & Criminology as a tutor since 2025.

Suzanne Beckman Lapré does secretarial work for the Institute of Criminal Law and Criminology. She works on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.

Nina Tobsch has been working as a PhD Candidate since September 2022, jointly at the Department of Jurisprudence at the University of Amsterdam and the Institute of Criminal Law and Criminology at Leiden University.

Anouk den Besten is a lecturer in criminology at the Institute of Criminal Law and Criminology at Leiden University.

Jakub Drápal is a Postdoc criminology at the Institute of Criminal Law and Criminology.

Thijs van Beek is affiliated to the Institute of Criminal Law and Criminology at Leiden University as a PhD candidate since September 2025.

Irina Zudina works as a Contract PhD in the Institute for Criminal Law and Criminology. Her doctoral dissertation's working title is:

Joyce Schot is affiliated to the Institute of Criminal Law and Criminology as a PhD-candidate since February 2025. Her doctoral research focuses on the role of victim impact statements in legal decisions.

Ieke de Vries is an Assistant Professor of Criminology at the Institute of Criminal Law and Criminology.

Joanne van der Leun is Professor of Criminology.

Title research: Criminal Liability of Aircraft Pilots in Aviation Accident Cases.

In one in four criminal cases in the Netherlands, the court receives a report on the state of the defendant’s mental health. How is that information used exactly and what are the consequences? Scientific research has been lacking in this area. The PhD research of Roosmarijn van Es is a first step in…

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.

PhD defence

International prosecutors, for instance at the International Criminal Court in The Hague, investigate particularly serious crimes such as genocide. They decide, among other things, whether or not to prosecute. PhD candidate Cale Davis investigated how prosecutors come to such decisions and will defend…

Lecture

Nina Eggens has been associated with the Institute of Criminal Law and Criminology (Criminology Department) and the Institute of Private Law (Child Law Department) as a PhD candidate since June 2022.

The bachelor's programmes at the Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs, based in the city of international cooperation and politics – The Hague – prepare you for a future in governance, leadership, and diplomacy. In the administrative heart of the Netherlands, you will learn to tackle the challenges…

Lecture, Roundtable Forum

Benthe van Delft has been a PhD candidate at Leiden University's Department of Child and Health Law (Institute of Private Law) since September 2023. She conducts research into how the Halt intervention programme functions and relates to compliance with child rights in practice.

Title research: The social work of crafting resilient communities: Resolving Care and Control Dilemmas.

If you have a guest or visitor who needs access to the network drives or a ULCN account, you can have him or her registered in the guest management system (GMS) via your GMS contact person.

If you notice something you think may be unethical or illegal, you can discuss this in confidence with the confidential counsellor.

De gerenommeerde Moddermanprijs over de jaren 2022-2023 is toegekend aan Elco Nab.

Dr. Nina van Capelleveen has been appointed as an assistant professor at the Department of Child Law and Health Law since 1 Augustus 2024.

Professor B.H.M. (Bart) Custers PhD MSc LLM is full Professor of Law and Data Science and head of eLaw, Center for Law and Digital Technologies at Leiden University.

The steady decline in lethal gun violence in the EU came to halt in 2012 and some countries, such as Sweden, have even noticed an increase since then. An arms race among drug criminals and an increase in the availability of illegal firearms could lead to more criminal and gun violence. This is one of…

Extremist users of Telegram are moving en masse to other chat apps, such as the anonymous SimpleX. In this way, they hope to avoid detection, now that Telegram founder Pavel Durov is going to share personal data of criminal users with authorities.