Lived gender identity in EU Law For the first time, the Court of Justice of the European Union has interpreted EU law to create an obligation for Member States to legally recognise the lived gender identity of trans persons. Elias Tissandier-Nasom • September 17, 2025
The threat of legal autocracy in the U.S. Last week, the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments in a case dealing with obscure theories of constitutional interpretation. However, the case reveals strategies that risk subverting democracy. Chase Burton • December 20, 2022
The Chagos Islands case: The vocabularies of self-determination Did the Chagossian peoples’ voice reverberate in the International Court of Justice during the course of deciding their right to self-determination? Shreya Shankar • November 17, 2022
ICC investigations in Ukraine: How Digitally Derived Evidence can make a difference Digitally Derived Evidence will likely make a great difference in the Office of the Prosecutor’s investigation in Ukraine. The Leiden Guidelines on DDE can help. Sofia Aalto-Setälä and Maria F. Jaramillo Gomez • May 19, 2022
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
Parliamentary sovereignty to the rescue? The UK government is introducing bills that could harm the rule of law and democracy. Does parliamentary sovereignty require the judiciary to apply such laws, or could it also be interpreted differently? Jorieke Manenschijn • February 15, 2022
Diversity and inclusion at Leiden University: Just ticking a box or the sincere desire to change? Almost six years ago I made the transition from a job in the judiciary to working at the law faculty of Leiden University. I soon became aware of a lack of visible diversity among the faculty staff, although the student population did seem to be reasonably diverse. Amir Ali Abadi • August 10, 2020 • 1 comment
Freedom of speech – An invokable right? Freedom of speech refers to the right to express one's opinion without fear of censorship or repercussions. When and why do courts in the Netherlands decide against it? Dimitra Stefoudi and Arthur Menschaart • July 21, 2020
Deshelving hateful, misleading, and other harmful books: Bol(d) transparency? Dutch internet marketplace Bol.com has decided to stop selling books containing hate messages. It could take on a pioneering role and be transparent on how it decides what books come off the shelves. Michael Klos • July 07, 2020
