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Public Law

Climate duties across the Kingdom

When climate protection stops at Europe, what remains of equal citizenship? The Bonaire case challenges how far the Dutch State’s human rights obligations truly extend.

Private Law

Unlocking credit for Dutch SMEs

The new Act on the Abolition of Pledge Prohibitions aims to give the Dutch business sector a strong investment and innovation boost by increasing credit potential for Dutch enterprises.

Public Law

New EU rules to curb greenwashing

To fight the growing and persistent problem of greenwashing, the EU has introduced a set of directives aimed at curbing misleading green claims. Do they mark a true green turnabout?

Public Law

Undocumented children in limbo

Imagine growing up where you can be fined for playing in the hallway, are moved around all the time, and friends disappear without warning: this is the reality for children in 'gezinslocaties'.

Public Law · Interdisciplinary Study of the Law · Private Law

Who owns my amputated leg?

An amputated leg is neither a corpse nor a tradable ‘item’. What, then, is its legal status? And how does that status affect the way amputated limbs are treated once they leave the operating table?

Why Hong Kong still matters

From Gaza to Western Sahara, autonomy is seen as a solution. Hong Kong reveals the risks behind the promise.