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• 3 October University: ‘Artificial intelligence is like young people and sex’ News - 4 October 2022

  ‘Everyone’s talking about it, everyone thinks everyone else is doing it, but the reality is disappointing,’ says biochemist Gerard van Westen in his 3 October University lecture in the Van der Werfpark. In the full marquee, he gets a laugh with this suggestion that artificial intelligence is comparable…

• ’Violence Studies’: ‘It felt like we were going to fight a group of people’ News - 27 February 2023

  The interdisciplinary, English-taught minor ‘Violence Studies’ looks at violence from very diverse scientific perspectives. What are the benefits from this approach? Students and lecturers evaluate: ‘This minor’s a goldmine’.

• Deans celebrate ten years Honours Academy: ‘We are educating people who can make a difference’ News - 25 September 2023

  The Honours Academy celebrates its tenth anniversary. How did the institute develop over time, and what are aspirations for the future? We speak with the current Dean and a predecessor who was there at the Academy's founding. A conversation about identity, inspiration, and impact ensues. ‘It is about…

• and entrepreneur: ‘PLNT The Hague is the place to find like-minded people’ News - 28 October 2024

  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.

• COIL: virtual exchange between Leiden and Santiago (Chili) News - 23 March 2026

  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.

• Mensenrechten overal anders geïnterpreteerd. Hoe kan dat? News - 8 January 2024

  Hoe kan het dat universele mensenrechten wereldwijd niet hetzelfde in de praktijk worden gebracht?

• 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.

• 'Public authorities insufficiently aware of obligations arising from freedom of choice of healthcare provider’ News - 30 June 2022

  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 Luenen Assistant professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

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  Emma ter Mors Associate Professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

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  Wilco van Dijk Professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

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  Eric van Dijk Professor emeritus

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

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  Erik de Kwaadsteniet Assistant Professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

• These were Leiden University’s interdisciplinary milestones of 2023 News - 19 December 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-Nasom PhD candidate

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

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  Rebecca Naous PhD candidate / self funded

  Faculteit Governance and Global Affairs

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  Claire Achmad Guest lecturer

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

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  Matthew Canfield Associate professor

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

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  Esther Uiterweerd Programme Coordinator International Children's Rights

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

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  Kartica van der Zon Associate professor

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

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  Marijana Saraf PhD candidate / self funded

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

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  Dominique Rocha Mattos PhD candidate / self funded

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

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  Theo Tsomidis PhD candidate

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

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  Lisa Harms Assistant professor

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

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  Endri Mykaj PhD candidate / self funded

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

• The Future of Human Rights Event - 1 July 2025

  Roundtable

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  Niels van Doesum University Lecturer

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

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  Kutsal Yesilkagit Professor

  Faculteit Governance and Global Affairs

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  Dirk Alkemade Training Secretary

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Mirre Stallen Assistant professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

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  Shekinah Dare Guest

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

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  Rik de Ruiter Associate Professor

  Faculteit Governance and Global Affairs

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  Leon Hilbert Guest

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

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  Ruud Koole Professor emeritus

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

• Leiden student team in the final of Helga Pederson Moot Court Competition News - 11 April 2022

  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 Breuker Professor

  Faculty of Humanities

• Interview with Professor Dr. Carsten Stahn News - 23 March 2021

  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…

• Roeland Böcker: 'Problems of multilateralism are a never-ending debate' News - 9 December 2022

  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.

• Debate on World Cup Qatar: Boycott it or seize opportunity for attention? News - 13 October 2022

  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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  Martin Berger Assistant professor

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  Willem Adelaar Professor emeritus

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Csilla Ariese Researcher

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Sara Brandellero University Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

• The right to demonstrate under scrutiny Event - 26 January 2026

  Debate

• Contribute to the Leiden Law Blog in 2025! Announcement - 24 February 2025

  Research

• While doing research on victimhood, Criminology student Sara suffered a serious injury and became a victim herself News - 7 September 2023

  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’.

• Simone van der Hof joins the Supervisory Board of the Foundation for Mass Claims and Consumers News - 23 September 2021

  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.

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• Q&A session European and International Human Rights Law Event - 10 November 2025

  Study information

• Q&A session European and International Human Rights Law Event - 24 February 2026

  Study information