Agenda

17 juni 2021 - 18 juni 2021

Expert workshop on “Energy investments tangled in the EU Bermuda Triangle: The ETC at crossroads”

An online expert workshop on the Energy Charter Treaty, environmental and climate change law, hosted by Utrecht University will take place on 17 and 18 June 2021. This workshop, spread across two evenings is entitled: “Energy investments tangled in the EU Bermuda Triangle: The ECT at crossroads between investment protection, environmental protection and climate change […]

18 juni 2021

Nederlandse Vereniging voor Criminologie – Online congres 2021

Georganiseerde misdaad – Ontwikkelingen en uitdagingen

Vanwege het nog onzekere verloop van de pandemie en de vaccinaties, krijgt het jaarlijkse congres van de Nederlandse Vereniging voor Criminologie dit jaar de vorm van een eendaags online congres met live-sessies. Het NVC online congres vindt op vrijdag 18 juni plaats. Dit jaar willen we de aandacht richten op het thema: Georganiseerde misdaad – […]

18 juni 2021

Secondary liability and accountability for crimes committed within the Syrian conflict

Rethinking SLIC lecture

The armed conflict in the Syrian Arab Republic, one of the most severe humanitarian crises in the world, has been ongoing for a decade. Many parties have committed atrocities and continue to do so with virtual impunity. Human rights violations of such a large scale can only take place with a great network of support. […]

22 juni 2021

Zorgvuldigheid voor mens en milieu bij internationaal ondernemen

Van vrijwilligheid naar bindende regels (VMR webinar)

Internationaal Maatschappelijk Verantwoord Ondernemen, staat momenteel hoog op de politieke agenda, zowel in Nederland, de Europese Unie als binnen de Verenigde Naties. Het is van belang dat bedrijven met gepaste zorgvuldigheid (due diligence) omgaan met de risico’s die ze in hun handelsketens veroorzaken voor mens en milieu. Dergelijke due diligence regels zijn meestal niet bindend, […]

22 juni 2021 - 24 juni 2021

Annual Research Day Netherlands Network for Human Rights Research

Human Rights and Vulnerability

Registration now open for the Annual Research Day Netherlands Network for Human Rights Research: Human Rights and Vulnerability. The event will be hosted online by the University of Amsterdam and VU Amsterdam jointly with TMC Asser Institute on 22-24 June. Registration: https://www.asser.academy/register/NNHRRToogdag2021 Additional information: https://www.asser.nl/nnhrr/events/annual-toogdag-2021/

23 juni 2021

Online lezing door Sir Robin Jacob over Brexit en Intellectueel Eigendomsrecht

CIER lezing (Centrum voor Intellectueel Eigendomsrecht)

Op de eerste CIER-lezing door Rianne van Rooden over het IP Action Plan, volgt snel een tweede. Op woensdag 23 juni 2021 tussen 15:00 en 17:00 spreekt Sir Robin Jacob over de gevolgen van de Brexit voor het IE-recht in het Verenigd Koninkrijk en de Europese Unie. Het besluit van het VK om uit de EU te stappen […]

24 juni 2021 - 25 juni 2021

Conference on extradition and surrender

Leiden University, Utrecht University and Maastricht University are organizing a two day conference on extradition and surrender, offering a venue for practitioners and young scholars to exchange experiences and ideas on these subject matters. We aim to: Identify current trends and issues in both extradition law and the European arrest warrant mechanism (EAW); Identify the […]

24 juni 2021

International workshop ‘Urban climate resilience: the role of law’

De IUCN Academy of Environmental Law organiseert samen met het Tilburg Sustainability Center op 24 juni 2021 een workshop waarbij we kritisch kijken naar wat er nodig is vanuit wettelijke kaders om de gemeente in staat te stellen de klimaatbestendigheid te bevorderen of te vergroten. Meer informatie: https://www.tilburguniversity.edu/nl/over/schools/law/departementen/plg/workshop

25 juni 2021

SAILS Summer Conference on Law & AI

Artificial Intelligence (AI) represents the progress of science. It offers possibilities until recently unimaginable and can solve problems faster, better, and more innovative than ever before. Yet, while such new technologies may provide hope and change, they inevitably disrupt how we conceive reality, leading us to question and challenge existing norms and push us towards […]

28 juni 2021 - 2 juli 2021

IUCNAEL 2021 Colloquium

The future of Environmental Law: Ambition and Reality

The Law Faculty of the University of Groningen is honored to host the 18th Annual Colloquium of the IUCN Academy of Environmental Law in 2021. We hope to welcome the international environmental law scholarly community to the first ever Annual Colloquium to be held exclusively online. It might even be the most sustainable colloquium to […]

28 juni 2021

Hard (EU) Law through Soft Courts?

Seminar

Chair Paul Minderhoud (professor, Utrecht University & Radboud University Nijmegen) Speakers Cathryn Costello (professor, Hertie School, Berlin) Marieke van Eik (lawyer, Prakken d’Oliveira, Human Rights Lawyers Amsterdam) Elspeth Guild, (professor, Queen Mary University London & Radboud University Nijmegen) Karin Zwaan (associate professor, Radboud University Nijmegen) Programme 15.30-15.35 Welcome by Paul Minderhoud 3.35-4.15 Part I Non-Refoulement Protection and the UN-committees Cathryn […]

29 juni 2021

Open Minded #6 “Duties of Care for Explanation Practices”

Universiteit Leiden eLaw

Tijdens de 6e Open Minded-sessie van dit academiejaar presenteert Aviva de Groot, promovendus aan de Universiteit Tilburg, haar onderzoek. Vanuit het multidisciplinaire discours wordt gewaarschuwd dat de gebrekkige uitlegbaarheid van beslisondersteunende AI onze fundamentele rechten kunnen schenden. Echter, zowel de analyse van het probleem, als voorgestelde oplossingen verschillen per discipline. Deze presentatie introduceert een overkoepelende […]

1 juli 2021

Grondslagen en grenzen van het risicostrafrecht

UU Congres

Op dit congres aan de Universiteit Utrecht stellen we fundamentele vragen aan de orde over schuld, recidive, detentie, strafrecht en risicostrafrecht. Bestrijding van recidiverisico speelt een steeds grotere rol in het strafrecht. Dwangmiddelen zien het licht, die al voordat een veroordeling is uitgesproken, recidive dienen te voorkomen. Nieuwe maatregelen gericht op de beteugeling van recidive, […]

12 juli 2021

APELIA Conference 2021 at British Institute of International and Comparative Law

International Conference Announcement and Call for Papers

The second annual Asia-Pacific and Europe Law Institutes Alliance (APELIA) Conference will be hosted by the British Institute of International and Comparative Law (BIICL) in London on 12 July 2021. The conference will be held as a hybrid event both virtually via Zoom and on site at the BIICL campus. Established in 2019, APELIA is a […]

23 september 2021 - 24 september 2021

22nd Global Conference on Environmental Taxation – Implementing Green Deals

Over the past 21 years, the GCET conferences have materialized as a useful and important meeting place for experts and scholars from all parts of the world taking interest in experiences and insights relating to environmental taxation in a wide sense. The fiscal perspective has also become significant following the recent economic crisis and pandemic […]

4 november 2021 - 6 november 2021

International Conference on Tobacco, Law and Human Rights: crossing borders, spaces and substances

Conference organizers: Prof. Brigit Toebes, Dr. Katerina Tsampi, Michelle Bruijn, LLM The ESNLT organizes an international conference on tobacco, law and human rights. The conference will take place on 4-6 November 2021 at the University of Groningen, the Netherlands. Hopefully by then, it will be possible to organize a physical conference. For this conference, ESNLT […]

19 mei 2022 - 20 mei 2022

Corporate Responsibility and Liability in relation to Climate Change

Ucall Conference & Call for Papers

On the 19th and 20th of May 2022 the Utrecht Centre for Accountability and Liability Law will host an international conference on the responsibility and liability of corporate actors in relation to climate change. In this conference we aim to 1) address developments in specific areas of the law within the context of corporate responsibility […]