The role of European Courts in contemporary (im)migration governance The migration domain is made of a congeries of institutional and non-institutional actors contending and negotiating their role and space in the migration governance. What is the role of courts in this complex, stratified and ever-changing context? Madalina Bianca Moraru • June 16, 2022
The delicacy of terroir: Mining, food culture, and the courts as a last resort Can fine wine, cheeses, and other culturally unique food products co-exist with mining and resource extraction? In a dispute, the courts are the wrong venue to achieve just and sustainable solutions. Ron Janjua • June 14, 2022
The Argentine Supreme Court: An environmental protection force to be reckoned with In contrast to the traditional role of judges as neutral arbiters of legal disputes, the Argentine judiciary has played an increasingly political role in recent years, taking a strong interventionist approach in environmental cases. Asmaa Khadim • June 10, 2022
The Tata saga: Another environmental issue on the court's plate? After local residents filed charges against Tata Steel, last February the Dutch Public Prosecution Service (PPS) started criminal investigations into the steel company. These events fit in a broader trend of citizens turning to the judiciary when they feel other institutions are failing them. Lisa Ansems • June 09, 2022 • 1 comment
Nuclear threats prevent South Korea from ratifying the abolition of Forced Labour Convention Last month, the International Labour Organization’s (ILO) fundamental Forced Labour Convention 29 of 1932 went into effect in the Republic of Korea, internationally known as South Korea, a year after the country completed the ratification process. Aleydis Nissen • June 08, 2022
Climate change litigation in Indonesia Following the success of the Urgenda case in the Netherlands and other cases around the world, citizens from Jakarta also turned to climate change litigation in their fight for a cleaner environment. Elise Schermers • June 03, 2022
Schiphol: all shareholders are equal, but some shareholders are more equal than others… Schiphol’s CEO came to the Dutch Parliament this week to discuss the recent problems at Schiphol Airport. According to Dutch corporate law, he is not obliged to appear and Parliament cannot issue instructions. Maarten van Buuren • June 02, 2022
The battle of interpretation between the ICC and Jordan in The Prosecutor v. Al-Bashir (2010) judgments The Prosecutor v. Al-Bashir (2010) has generated multiple clashes between the application of customary international law, treaty interpretation and the connection between immunities and territory. Leili Bohlooli Zanjani • May 31, 2022
Courts as an Arena for Societal Change Please join our conference, Courts as an Arena for Societal Change, on 8 and 9 July 2022, at Leiden Law School, Leiden University, in the Netherlands. Alex Geert Castermans • May 30, 2022
