Private Law 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 • 02-06-2022
Public Law 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 • 31-05-2022
Private Law 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 • 30-05-2022
Public Law 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 + 1 other • 19-05-2022
Public Law 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 + 1 other • 17-05-2022
Private Law 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 • 16-05-2022