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Professor Christa Tobler is Professor of European Law at Leiden Law School and Academic director of the Leiden Adv. LLM Programme in European and International Business Law (EIBL) at Leiden Law School

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Reception of people from Ukraine: Discrimination in international protection?

The granting of temporary protection to migrants from Ukraine, with better rights than for regular asylum seekers, has raised the question of whether this amounts to discrimination.

Peter Rodrigues and Christa Tobler • May 17, 2022

EU corona law: Restrictions on the export of protective equipment

Faced with the Corona crisis, the EU has adopted an authorisation requirement for the export of protective equipment out of the EU, exempting, however, certain States. Is this legally acceptable? And what about restrictions inside the internal market?

Christa Tobler • March 31, 2020

The Islamic headscarf and EU employment law: an uneasy fit?

Employers may order their employees not to wear religious apparel when interacting with customers, the European Court of Justice just ruled. Does the freedom to conduct a business outweigh the right not to be discriminated against on grounds of religion?

Rick Lawson and Christa Tobler • March 24, 2017 • 1 comment

Do EU citizens have a right to welfare tourism?

In its recent Dano decision, the Court has sent a strong signal that EU citizenship does not open the door to unlimited social welfare tourism.

Christa Tobler • November 18, 2014