456 search results for “rights of indigenous people” in the Student website
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and entrepreneur: ‘PLNT The Hague is the place to find like-minded people’
Taking a Bachelor’s in Security Studies while starting and running two businesses: student Mohamed Sulaiman never stops. But he wouldn’t have it any other way. PLNT The Hague entrepreneurs’ hub is a source of help and inspiration.
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COIL: virtual exchange between Leiden and Santiago (Chili)
From the first semester of 2026, Leiden University and Universidad Diego Portales (Santiago, Chile) will launch three online virtual exchange programmes. The themes are: political analysis, tensions surrounding Indigenous peoples in Latin America, and the securitisation of borders.
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Mensenrechten overal anders geïnterpreteerd. Hoe kan dat?
Hoe kan het dat universele mensenrechten wereldwijd niet hetzelfde in de praktijk worden gebracht?
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Alumna Mojan Samadi: ‘Femicide is not about the perpetrator’s motive’
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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'Public authorities insufficiently aware of obligations arising from freedom of choice of healthcare provider’
Is the right to choose your healthcare provider protected in the Dutch Constitution? What are the consequences then for the Dutch healthcare system? PhD defence on 5 July 2022.
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Sanne van LuenenFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Emma ter MorsFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Wilco van DijkFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Eric van Dijk
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Erik de KwaadstenietFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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These were Leiden University’s interdisciplinary milestones of 2023
Connecting worlds, enhancing research and teaching, and providing innovative solutions to complex social issues: that is the idea behind interdisciplinary research. In that respect, a huge amount happened at Leiden University in 2023.
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Elias Tissandier-NasomFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Rebecca NaousFaculteit Governance and Global Affairs
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Claire AchmadFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Matthew CanfieldFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Esther UiterweerdFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Kartica van der ZonFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Marijana Saraf
Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Theo Tsomidis
Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Lisa HarmsFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Endri Mykaj
Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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The Future of Human Rights
Roundtable
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Niels van DoesumFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Shekinah DareFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Mirre StallenFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Rik de RuiterFaculteit Governance and Global Affairs
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Leon HilbertFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Ruud Koole
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Kutsal YesilkagitFaculteit Governance and Global Affairs
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Dirk AlkemadeFaculty of Humanities
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Leiden student team in the final of Helga Pederson Moot Court Competition
A team of four Leiden master's students has qualified for the final of the prestigious Helga Pederson Moot Court Competition 2022. This final will take place in May at the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg.
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Remco BreukerFaculty of Humanities
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Interview with Professor Dr. Carsten Stahn
Professor Dr. Carsten Stahn LLM., Professor of International Criminal Law and Global Justice at the University of Leiden, completed his habilitation in July 2020 at the Humboldt-University zu Berlin and acquired the Venia for Constitutional Law, International Law and International Criminal Law. The…
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Roeland Böcker: 'Problems of multilateralism are a never-ending debate'
On 8 December, in honour of Human Rights Week, Roeland Böcker gave a public lecture about his experiences as ambassador to the Council of Europe. Between 2017 and 2021, Roeland Böcker was the representative of the Netherlands in the Council of Europe.
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Willem AdelaarFaculty of Humanities
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Csilla ArieseFaculty of Humanities
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Debate on World Cup Qatar: Boycott it or seize opportunity for attention?
The FIFA World Cup will get underway in Qatar this November – an event that has attracted much discussion in recent years. This discussion is not only centred on sport. Human rights are in the spotlights in Qatar. On Friday 30 September, Leiden University organised a debate in which experts from various…
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Sara BrandelleroFaculty of Humanities
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The right to demonstrate under scrutiny
Debate
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Contribute to the Leiden Law Blog in 2025!
Research
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While doing research on victimhood, Criminology student Sara suffered a serious injury and became a victim herself
In the middle of doing research for her master’s thesis, Sara Kalf (24) was hit by a car and got seriously injured. After a long period of rehabilitation and hard work, this week she can finally add her signature to the wall of the Academy Building’s ‘Sweat Room’.
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Simone van der Hof joins the Supervisory Board of the Foundation for Mass Claims and Consumers
Simone van der Hof joined the Supervisory Board of the Foundation for Mass Claims and Consumers in connection with the Foundation's claim against TikTok.
- Forgotten heroes
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Q&A session European and International Human Rights Law
Study information
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Q&A session European and International Human Rights Law
Study information
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Daniel Carter, PhD – ‘There's “money law” and there's “people law” and I've always been more interested in the latter.’
Not everyone benefits from the increased flexibility in the labour market. EU migrant workers engaged at the lower end of the employment spectrum are falling behind. According to Daniel Carter, the legal system is at fault and in his PhD thesis he explains the reasons why.
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UNICEF Student Team Leiden: ‘We all have our own role to play here at Leiden University’
20 November 2024 is World Children's Day. To mark this occasion, the UNICEF Student Team Leiden is organising a lecture on children's rights. We spoke to board members Rewina Teferi Hagos and Tugwell Chadyiwanembwa to find out what motivates them.
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Flash interview with alumna Kartica van der Zon
Did you know that PhD candidates are also alumni of your alma mater? High time to put a PhD alumna and her research in the spotlight. Besides, this month our UNICEF Chair in Children’s Rights is celebrating its tenth anniversary.
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Peter van der Putten