632 search results for “legal violence” in the Student website
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Santy KouwagamFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Emma VinčarFaculteit Governance and Global Affairs
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Mischa DekkerFaculteit Governance and Global Affairs
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Onderzoek naar de inzet van reviews na moord en doodslag in huiselijke kring
Huiselijk geweld is een ingrijpend probleem in Nederland, met jaarlijkse fatale gevolgen. De impact gaat verder dan alleen de slachtoffers zelf en raakt ook nabestaanden en de samenleving als geheel. Tot nu toe/Momenteel ontbreekt het echter aan een gestructureerde manier om fatale gevallen systematisch…
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Legal Tech Challenge: Students harness technology to improve access to justice
On 20 March, the final of the Legal Tech Challenge 2025 took place at Leiden University. After weeks of collaboration, brainstorming sessions and workshops on legal accessibility, five student teams presented their innovative legal apps to a jury.
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Legal Tech Challenge: ‘With a clear idea, what first felt daunting became surprisingly feasible’
The Legal Tech Challenge 2026 kicks off on 5 February. Ishana Bhadai, Lizzy Streng and Jonathan Scholten van den Belt were last year’s winners. Here, they share their experiences stepping up to the challenge.
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Jessie PoolFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Human Rights and Food Security – Legal Training for Professionals at LUC
Food security is increasingly under pressure due to rising inequality, climate change, and armed conflict. From 28 October, Leiden University College (LUC) in The Hague offers a seven-week course
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Joost AugusteijnFaculty of Humanities
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Student for a Day - MSc Crisis and Security Management, spec. Violence, Interventions, and Policing
Study information, Student for a Day
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Government publishes legal document on MSC Zoe disaster at LAPP's insistence
The cargo lost at sea as a result of the MSC Zoe disaster should be considered environmental pollution and information about it should be made public. This was the case made by Leiden Law School’s Leiden Advocacy Project on Plastic (LAPP). Following their investigation, the government has finally decided…
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Alumnus Jeroen Zwemmer: ‘The legal component is the core of my work’
Jeroen Zwemmer’s student days in Leiden ended in 2023, after completing two bachelor’s degrees, a master’s, a student board year, and an exchange semester. Now, he’s a legal policy advisor at a Dutch government ministry.
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Student for a Day - MSc Crisis and Security Management, spec. Violence, Interventions, and Policing
Study information, Student for a Day
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Student for a Day - MSc Crisis and Security Management, spec. Violence, Interventions, and Policing
Study information, Student for a Day
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Alumnus Bart Jansen: ‘It’s up to us legal philosophers to make sense of these times’
Legal philosopher Bart Jansen teaches at universities around the world. In an interview two years ago, he spoke about his professional fascination for dictators and wars. Since then, the world has undergone major changes. High time for a follow-up interview.
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From Zuidas intern to legal-aid lawyer | Leiden Lawcast S02E03
Nicolette Heijkant is our guest on the latest episode of Leiden Lawcast. Heijkant is an experienced lawyer who won her spurs working in the legal profession in Amsterdam’s business district, the Zuidas, and is now working for a legal-aid practice in Brabant. In this episode, we speak to her about her…
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Legal professionals do not have a better understanding of the constitution
Do people actually understand the constitution? This is what Jelle But, PhD candidate at Constitutional and administrative law, wondered. To find out, he conducted a survey among 1333 respondents. His research shows that lawyers and other legal professionals actually do not have a better understanding…
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New LL.M. in Governance of Migration and Diversity (GMD-Legal) starting September 2024
Starting in September 2024, the Europa Institute will host a new LL.M. on the Governance of Migration and Diversity [GMD].
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Róisín DownesFaculteit Governance and Global Affairs
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Leopold MeinertFaculteit Governance and Global Affairs
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Laura van Gunst
Faculteit Governance and Global Affairs
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Edy Chouity
Faculteit Governance and Global Affairs
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Noemi CasatiFaculteit Governance and Global Affairs
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Amina Op de Weegh
Faculteit Governance and Global Affairs
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Terry Au-Yeung
Faculteit Governance and Global Affairs
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Katia Ait Ziane
Faculteit Governance and Global Affairs
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René Tuma
Faculteit Governance and Global Affairs
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What does Islamist rule look like?
Joana Cook talks about the Islamist parties increasingly taking power in the last four decades on ABC News.
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No legal career but a food truck on Bonaire instead
If you study law, you won’t necessarily end up striding round a law firm in tailor-made suits. Alumnus Harrie Schoffelen certainly hasn’t: he made the conscious decision to follow another path in life. Together with his fiancée he runs a successful food truck on the tropical island of Bonaire. ‘Return…
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Fieldwork in the Favela's: Political scientist Juan Masullo Receives Award
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…
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Mid-term review: An open discussion about strategy for the legal programmes
On Wednesday 19 January 2022, the online mid-term review of the legal programmes took place on the platform Let’s Get Digital. It was an interactive afternoon in which 130 participants openly and critically discussed the educational strategy for the legal programmes and the faculty.
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Advice to EU on looted art claims: ‘An agency could bring order to the legal chaos’
What practical steps can we take to resolve cross-border claims to looted art and prevent illicit trafficking in cultural goods? That's what the European Parliament asked Leiden legal scholar Evelien Campfens. Her advice: develop a registration system, issue art with a ‘passport’ and set up a European…
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Ruhama Yilma AbebeFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Katrien KlepFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Camille LefebvreFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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appointed as Associate Professor at the Grotius Centre for International Legal Studies
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.
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Bareez MajidFaculty of Humanities
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Babak Rezaeedaryakenari
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Raafat Shamieh
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Havar SolheimFaculty of Humanities
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Ton LiefaardFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Carlotta RigottiFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
- Terrorism and Political Violence Lecture Series
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Saniye ÇelikFaculteit Governance and Global Affairs
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Floor van DalenFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Elena BacchiniFaculteit Governance and Global Affairs
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Emma KorpershoekFaculteit Governance and Global Affairs
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Monica den BoerFaculteit Governance and Global Affairs
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Claudia Ernstsen
Faculteit Governance and Global Affairs
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Natasha WoodFaculteit Governance and Global Affairs