809 search results for “civil right” in the Student website
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Alex Geert CastermansFaculty of Law
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Titia LoenenFaculty of Law
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Kristof GombeerFaculty of Law
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Bart KransFaculty of Law
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Matthias Haentjens appointed as Professor of Civil Law
Starting 1 January 2023, Matthias Haentjens has been appointed as Professor of Civil Law at Leiden University. His expertise lies in the field of property law, insolvency law, and private international law.
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Not in my name: former civil servants on resigning over Israel-Palestine policy
Western civil servants openly struggle with their government’s policies on the war in Gaza. During a meeting at Campus The Hague, three former civil servants told their stories.
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Nina van CapelleveenFaculty of Law
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Winners announced of 2025 Children’s Rights Moot Court Competition
How can we safeguard children’s rights in conflict zones? The winners of the 2025 Children’s Rights Moot Court Competition, team 19 from O.P. Jindal Global University in India, show unique potential to bring about positive change in this area.
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Allard de GraafFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Jet LieskerFaculty of Law
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Peter RodriguesFaculty of Law
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Interviews with over 100 civil servants under Trump reveal worrying picture
It was challenging to get civil servants from the first Trump administration to speak about their work experiences, but sociologist Jaime Lee Kucinskas succeeded. The picture that emerged from her findings, she says, is far from positive. 'The more I spoke with them, the more emotions I saw. They were…
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Floor VeldhuisFaculty of Law
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Dissertation: The strategic role of ceasefires in civil wars
The impact of a ceasefire shifts over the course of a conflict, as conflict party leaders learn more about each other’s military and political aspirations and adapt their use of ceasefires accordingly. That’s the key message of the dissertation of Valerie Sticher, PhD-candidate at the Faculty of Governance…
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‘The battle for sustainability won’t be won in the civil courts’
Fossil Free against KLM on greenwashing, municipalities against Chemours on PFAS discharge, climate cases against Shell and ING Bank… There are many examples of recent civil lawsuits on sustainability. But does climate litigation in the civil courts actually have an effect?
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Katrien KlepFaculty of Law
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Ellen van Beukering-RosmullerFaculty of Law
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Keuzegids Masters 2025: History and Classics and Ancient Civilizations score well above average
Two Humanities research masters and one master’s programme score well above average in the Keuzegids Masters: the research master History, the master and research master Classics and Ancient Civilizations.
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Simone van der HofFaculty of Law
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Alain WijffelsFaculty of Law
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Sophie StarrenburgFaculty of Law
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'Civil servants seem to have relatively more power than the minister'
Marlinde Kapteijn studied Public Administration at Leiden University and decided to apply for an internship after her bachelor. While she enjoyed the internship and was able to learn a lot, she also had to get used to it: 'I had not expected the ministry to be so hierarchical.'
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Giulia PinzautiFaculty of Law
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Wouter HinsFaculty of Law
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Christopher DugardFaculty of Law
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Bill SchabasFaculty of Law
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Horst FischerFaculty of Law
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Simona DemkovaFaculty of Law
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Carolina Lisboa PintoFaculty of Law
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Paul van TrigtFaculty of Humanities
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Marleen Waaijer-LindersFaculty of Law
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Jelle NijlandFaculty of Law
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Silvia D'AmatoFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Ann SkeltonFaculty of Law
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Lucy OpokaFaculty of Law
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Jan-peter LoofFaculty of Law
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Civility, not opinions, was the real surprise in student debate
The student debate in Leiden’s Stadsgehoorzaal promised to be ‘the key to your vote’. That may sound hyperbolic, but what this well-attended debate did achieve was increased trust in politics. ‘They even let each other finish their sentences’, the flabbergasted students concluded at the end.
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Gelijn MolierFaculty of Law
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Joe PowderlyFaculty of Law
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Willemien den OudenFaculty of Law
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Thea CoventryFaculty of Law
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Alan SearsFaculty of Law
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Criminal Justice Public Lecture: Maarten Kunst on victim rights
On 1 June 2022, Maarten Kunst, Professor of Criminology at Leiden Law School, gave a lecture on his research into the effects of the right to be heard on both the defendant and the victim. Victims have certain rights in the Dutch criminal process, including the right to be heard in criminal proceedings.…
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Eva BaudichauFaculty of Law
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Anna SmuldersFaculty of Law
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Caroline ArchambaultFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Jolein HoltzFaculty of Law
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Lenneke AlinkSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Kate BrackneyFaculty of Humanities