Who owns my amputated leg?

An amputated leg is neither a corpse nor a tradable ‘item’. What, then, is its legal status? And how does that status affect the way amputated limbs are treated once they leave the operating table?

Bart Jansen and Rogier I.C. Baart • January 06, 2026

The governance illusion

We trust companies to tackle climate change and inequality through governance codes, yet these often block real change. True progress starts with politics, not rules.

Bart Jansen and Constantijn van Aartsen • December 11, 2025

Erasing personal data in an AI era

Can inaccurate personal data produced by AI be deleted? As the right of erasure evolves in the AI era, legal and technical challenges are growing.

Helena Vrabec • October 02, 2025

Trump targets law firms aiding the disfavoured

The Executive Orders of President Trump, targeting American law firms, clash with the professional ethical duties of lawyers and threaten the very foundation of the rule of law.

Alberto Buffa, Bingbing Yan and Valentina Castañeda • July 10, 2025

NATO: total defence 2.0

NATO’s bold call to boost both military muscle and civil resilience sets the new standard for 21st-century defence.

Annelies van Vark • June 23, 2025

Hoe ver reikt screening?

Screenen is niet meer weg te denken uit onze samenleving, maar is lang niet altijd weldoordacht. Wat zijn de gevolgen? En hoe voorkomen we dat dit preventie-instrument verkeerd uitpakt?

Elina van 't Zand-Kurtovic and Risha Jagarnathsingh • June 11, 2025

Gaza’s loss, our loss: Dignity at risk

The legal principle to treat the dead with dignity is being violated in war-torn Gaza. This is not just a breach of law: denying Gazans this final dignity endangers human values everywhere.

Nadia Sonneveld and Akram Jamee • May 13, 2025 • 2 comments

Can women build the peace that men keep breaking?

If war has always been a man's game, should peace be a woman's game? Studies show that peace lasts longer when women are involved. Yet, they are still excluded from the negotiating table.

Zeynep Günler • March 27, 2025

The lived consequences of conflict

The security situation in eastern Congo is once again rapidly deteriorating and even attracting Western media attention. This blog sheds light on the lived consequences of three decades of conflict.

Carolien Jacobs • February 20, 2025

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