1,051 search results for “human rights law” in the Student website
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Mélie Louys
Faculteit Archeologie
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Femke Reidsma
Faculteit Archeologie
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Ieke de Vries
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Times Higher Education: Leiden best Humanities faculty continental Europe
The Faculty of Humanities has been ranked 17th Arts and humanities faculty in the Times Higher Education world ranking 2015-16. This makes it the top non-Anglo-Saxon institution on the list. The position is 7 places up in comparison with last year's list.
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Ethical guidelines to better regulate DNA research on human remains
Rapid developments in DNA techniques allow researchers to find out more and more about human genetics. An international group of scientists has drawn up five ethical guidelines to ensure that this DNA research is better regulated. Leiden archaeologist Marie Soressi – one of the signatories - explains…
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Li-Ru Hsu
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Nina van Capelleveen
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Lenneke Alink
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Six top rated programmes at humanities
The bachelor programmes German Language and Culture, Classics, Dutch Language and Culture, Ancient Near Eastern Studies, Religious studies and Linguistics have received the predicate top rated programme from the Keuzegids.
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Invitation to presentation of Jaap Doek Children's Rights Prize on 6 December 2022
Education
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Simone van der Hof
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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‘Computers can give linguists a push in the right direction’
For decades, linguists have racked their brains over the question of precisely how the syntax of various languages is different. PhD candidate Martin Kroon has developed a computer system that brings us closer to finding an answer. His PhD defence is on 10 November.
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Hybrid Intelligence: Making the unknown visible for Humans and AI
A consortium made up of Leiden University (Institute of Public Administration/Digitalisation & Public Policy, Bram Klievink, Sarah Giest, Bart Schermer), VU (Professor Fabio Massacci), TU Delft, TNO, and Thales has been awarded a NWO grant of 1.5 million euros. This research project looks into the ‘metadata…
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‘Islam is a constant in Europe’: new Humanities podcast delves into the history of Islam
‘Islam and Muslims are not something that happened to Europe; they are part of Europe. In fact, Islam is one the biggest constants in European history,’ argues Professor Maurits Berger in the new eight-part History of Islam in Europe podcast series of the Leiden University Faculty of Humanities.
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Seven projects receive funding from Humanities' JEDI Fund
The Faculty of Humanities' Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (JEDI) Fund provides small grants to initiatives in support of diversity and inclusion, with specific emphasis on creating an inclusive learning environment.
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Read about your rights and obligations in the student charter 2022-2023
Organisation
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Archaeologist Nathalie Brusgaard investigates human-animal relations as Assistant Professor
Dr Nathalie Brusgaard both studied and finished her PhD at the Faculty of Archaeology in Leiden. After a few years spreading her wings, she is now back. As the new Assistant Professor in the World Archaeology department, she will continue her research on the relationship between prehistoric humans and…
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Child rights activist Graça Machel speaks in Leiden on justice between generations
Mozambican politician and child rights activist Graça Machel speaks October 27 at Leiden University about her work.
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Expanding Social Sciences & Humanities in African Global Health Discourse
LUNHA strives to redefine global health by prioritizing justice, fairness, and inclusion in Africa. Through collaboration with diverse stakeholders, LUNHA aims to reshape global health research and foster a broader engagement with social sciences and humanities.
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The European Commission, “a humanities-friendly work environment”
On February 29 2024, the Humanities Career Service of Leiden University organised a career day to the European Union institutions in Brussels. Natalia Papageorgiou, student of the MA History (Politics, Culture and National Identities), talks about how the day went.
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Master’s student fundraising for research into lost human sense
Can humans sense where north is, using what is known as magnetoreception? This question had master’s student Björn Keyser (Media Technology) so intrigued that he started crowdfunding to be able to study this together with the California Institute of Technology.
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1K Z1E J3 benches at Faculty of Humanities
As part of Leiden University’s aim to be a safe and healthy environment for all staff and students, several activities and lectures were organised in an action week around suicide prevention. Dedicated benches were also placed at several university buildings, including at the Faculty of Humanities.
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Educational innovation at Humanities: 'Students are great initiators’
In the academic year 2018 - 2019, the Faculty of Humanities established the Educational Innovation Programme. In this way, the faculty wants to realise the ambitions from the educational vision of Leiden University in education. How is the programme currently doing? We talked to project manager Sanne…
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Erasmus+ project Leiden Law School and University of Tirana successfully completed
Despite the covid-19 pandemic, the 2019-2022 Erasmus+ International Credit Mobility project between Leiden Law School and the University of Tirana was successfully finalized.
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Your rights and obligations as a student of Leiden University (Student Charter 2023-2024)
Education, Facility
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Jesse Wichers Schreur
Faculty of Humanities
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Herman Siemens
Faculty of Humanities
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Georgina Kuipers
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Jan Crijns
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Bo Terpstra
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Andrew Gawthorpe on ABC Radio about ‘Orbánism’ and the American right
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán addressed the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Texas last week. University lecturer Andrew Gawthorpe explains in an interview with ABC Radio what the embrace of 'Orbánism' means for the American right, and democracy more broadly.
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Alumna Nadia Kadhim: From children’s rights to Forbes 30 under 30
Alumna Nadia Kadhim started in 2017 as a corporate lawyer implementing the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) at one of the companies where she volunteered. By late 2022 she had received both a Most Inspiring Women in Cyber Award and was on the Forbes 30 under 30 list with her legal start-up…
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Bastiaan Rijpkema
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Amber Lauwers
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Andrei Poama
Faculty Governance and Global Affairs
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Julia Rootenberg
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Nada Heddane
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Emile Cammeraat
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Carolien Jacobs
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Eva Schmidt
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Cyra Akila Choudhury
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Arie-Jan Kwak
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Suliman Ibrahim
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Tim Verdoes
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Sofia de Jong
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Nick Campuzano
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Marieke Baldee
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Hilde Wermink
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Judith van Uden
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Matthijs Appelman
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid