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
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
Revival of the Dutch pre-pack by the CJEU The CJEU has surprisingly ruled in Heiploeg that the Dutch pre-pack can fall under the exception of Article 5(1) of the Transfer of Undertakings Directive. This may well bring about the revival of the pre-pack. Jiahui Plomp • May 16, 2022
Between a rock and a hard place: Going back to the Minsk II system is not an option for an independent Ukraine. The war in Ukraine is costing the lives of innocent civilians on a daily basis and a quick end to the war via negotiations or a peace deal would be a saving grace for the millions of Ukrainians. Deniz Nikolay Dirisu • May 06, 2022
