Nieuws https://www.uu.nl/en en Tue, 23 Apr 2024 16:19:17 +0200 Wed, 17 Apr 2024 10:00:00 +0200 André Verburg appointed as professor of Legal Protection against the Government https://www.uu.nl/en/news/andre-verburg-appointed-as-professor-of-legal-protection-against-the-government André Verburg was appointed professor of Legal Protection against the Government at Utrecht University on April 15, 2024. 139700 Wed, 17 Apr 2024 10:00:00 +0200 Nieuws Work-life Balance in EU Member States: considerable work still to be done https://www.uu.nl/en/news/work-life-balance-in-eu-member-states-considerable-work-still-to-be-done On International Women’s day, the European Equality Law Network publishes its second report on the transposition of the Work-life Balance Directive in EU Member States. 138404 Fri, 08 Mar 2024 10:07:00 +0100 Nieuws Looking back at the VSR conference 2024 “Building Bridges” https://www.uu.nl/en/news/looking-back-at-the-vsr-conference-2024-building-bridges UCERF researcher Jet Tigchelaar spoke at the annual VSR conference, organised by the Montaigne Centre for Rule of Law and Administration of Justice 137780 Sat, 10 Feb 2024 10:00:00 +0100 Nieuws Hanneke van Eijken first holder of the Alex Brenninkmeijer chair https://www.uu.nl/en/news/hanneke-van-eijken-first-holder-of-the-alex-brenninkmeijer-chair Hanneke van Eijken is the first researcher to hold the new Alex Brenninkmeijer chair in Rule of Law & Democracy at Utrecht University. 137179 Wed, 24 Jan 2024 09:17:00 +0100 Nieuws New SIM fellow: Karin de Vries https://www.uu.nl/en/news/new-sim-fellow-karin-de-vries The Netherlands Institute of Human Rights (SIM) at Utrecht University welcomes its new fellow, Karin de Vries 136517 Tue, 19 Dec 2023 16:05:00 +0100 Nieuws Human rights are for everyone, everywhere https://www.uu.nl/en/news/human-rights-are-for-everyone-everywhere Researchers, students and societal partners from Utrecht University reflect on 75 years of human rights. 136463 Thu, 14 Dec 2023 09:54:00 +0100 Nieuws Presentations by family law researchers at the Institutions for Conflict Resolution (COI) Conference 2023 https://www.uu.nl/en/news/presentations-by-family-law-researchers-at-the-institutions-for-conflict-resolution-coi-conference On 28 and 29 September 2023, the Institutions for Conflict Resolution (COI) Conference took place, around the theme 'Towards institutional approaches to conflict prevention and resolution'. 136638 Fri, 08 Dec 2023 10:00:00 +0100 Nieuws £5 million to research ways to prevent and reduce civilian suffering in armed conflicts https://www.uu.nl/en/news/ps5-million-to-research-ways-to-prevent-and-reduce-civilian-suffering-in-armed-conflicts Katharine Fortin (Utrecht University) is Co-Investigator in the Beyond Compliance Consortium, led by the University of York. 135932 Thu, 30 Nov 2023 13:25:00 +0100 Nieuws Call for paper abstracts and panel proposals: Public Governance and Emerging Technologies https://www.uu.nl/en/news/call-for-paper-abstracts-and-panel-proposals-public-governance-and-emerging-technologies Call for contributions to the conference ‘Public Governance and Emerging Technologies: Values, Trust, and Compliance by Design’ (11-12 January 2024, Utrecht) 132030 Mon, 10 Jul 2023 15:04:00 +0200 Nieuws New SIM fellows: Anneloes Kuiper en Caia Vlieks https://www.uu.nl/en/news/new-sim-fellows-anneloes-kuiper-en-caia-vlieks The Netherlands Institute of Human Rights (SIM) at Utrecht University welcomes two new fellows: Caia Vlieks en Anneloes Kuiper 130621 Mon, 15 May 2023 13:27:00 +0200 Nieuws Call for abstracts: Workshop 'How to Find the Brakes on A Slippery Slope?' https://www.uu.nl/en/news/call-for-abstracts-workshop-how-to-find-the-brakes-on-a-slippery-slope Send in your abstracts before 15 May for the workshop organised by Utrecht University's Montaigne Centre for Rule of Law and Netherlands Institute of Human Rights 129220 Mon, 03 Apr 2023 15:57:00 +0200 Nieuws Women's role in fostering water security in the South Caucasus https://www.uu.nl/en/news/womens-role-in-fostering-water-security-in-the-south-caucasus NWO has awarded a grant to Róisín Burke, affiliated to the Netherlands Institute of Human Rights (SIM) at Utrecht University, for her research into environmental peacebuilding 128008 Wed, 22 Feb 2023 12:00:00 +0100 Nieuws Expats, asylum seekers and foreign students in biometric police database https://www.uu.nl/en/in-the-media/expats-asylum-seekers-and-foreign-students-in-biometric-police-database The broadcaster RTL Nieuws interviewed Evelien Brouwer, expert in Public Law, Migration and Technology at Utrecht University, about a contested police database 127706 Thu, 16 Feb 2023 17:00:00 +0100 Nieuws Call for Abstracts for ECHR Workshop https://www.uu.nl/en/news/call-for-abstracts-for-echr-workshop Call for abstracts: how do recent changes in formal rules and working processes at the ECHR impact on the objectives and nature of the ECHR system? 126151 Thu, 15 Dec 2022 09:43:00 +0100 Nieuws Call for Papers: Equality Law in Context: Illuminating Intersections in Search for Global Justice https://www.uu.nl/en/news/call-for-papers-equality-law-in-context-illuminating-intersections-in-search-for-global-justice The 10th annual conference of the Berkeley Center on Comparative Equality & Anti-Discrimination Law will be held at Utrecht University. We welcome paper proposals. 123664 Wed, 28 Sep 2022 10:53:00 +0200 Nieuws Kushtrim Istrefi appointed individual member of the Venice Commission https://www.uu.nl/en/news/kushtrim-istrefi-appointed-individual-member-of-the-venice-commission Dr Kushtrim is Assistant Professor of Human Rights Law and Public International Law at Utrecht University. The Venice Commission provides legal advice in the EU. 123325 Fri, 16 Sep 2022 11:12:00 +0200 Nieuws Jurgen Goossens appointed full professor of Constitutional Law at Utrecht University https://www.uu.nl/en/news/jurgen-goossens-appointed-full-professor-of-constitutional-law-at-utrecht-university As of August 1, 2022, Jurgen Goossens will be full Professor of Constitutional Law at Utrecht University. A field that is strongly linked to citizens, politics and society. 120839 Mon, 04 Jul 2022 11:18:00 +0200 Nieuws Courts had to improvise during the corona crisis https://www.uu.nl/en/news/courts-had-to-improvise-during-the-corona-crisis Publication of research report "Consequences of COVID-19 for the judiciary and vulnerable litigants" by Utrecht University, Leiden University and Radboud University 115177 Wed, 30 Mar 2022 09:18:00 +0200 Nieuws Utrecht students win Frits Kalshoven International Humanitarian Law Competition https://www.uu.nl/en/news/utrecht-students-win-frits-kalshoven-international-humanitarian-law-competition Master students Public International Law at Utrecht University, Khanyi Mabeni, Giacomo Romis and Anandi Sweere, win Frits Kalshoven competition 114884 Mon, 21 Mar 2022 10:21:00 +0100 Nieuws Intervention on Academic Freedom at the European Court of Human Rights https://www.uu.nl/en/news/intervention-on-academic-freedom-at-the-european-court-of-human-rights A coalition of academics, including Utrecht Law School researchers, filed a brief on academic freedom at the European Court of Human Rights in the “Academics for Peace” case. 112594 Tue, 21 Dec 2021 15:54:00 +0100 Nieuws