Could online dispute resolution help in the Thomas Cook bankruptcy? Online Dispute Resolution and Blockchain technology: how does ODR work? What is a smart contract? Could ODR be helpful in settling numerous potential and related legal proceedings of a relatively simple nature? And how? Endless possibilities… Maarten van Buuren • October 01, 2019
The risky aspects of our hate speech laws Recent events around the trial against Dutch politician Geert Wilders demonstrate that our laws prohibiting hate speech should be reconsidered. Not only for the sake of the right to freedom of expression in political debate, but also in order to protect independence of both parliament and judiciary. Jip Stam • September 13, 2019
The curious case of T.C.E.: The protection of Family Unity under EU and ECHR law Had T.C.E.'s claim for a residence right to stay with his daughter been adjudicated by the CJEU, not the ECtHR, the case would have ended differently. This begs the question, why does EU law treat the unity of multi-national families more favourably? Tom Boekestein • September 12, 2019
The Singapore Mediation Convention: a promising start, an uncertain future On 7 August, 46 countries signed the United Nations Convention on International Settlement Agreements Resulting from Mediation. These states have to ensure that international commercial settlement agreements are enforced. After a promising start, there are doubts as to its future implementation. Hassan Faraj Mehrabi and Hosna Sheikhattar • September 05, 2019
Do trade agreements work in an unpredictable world? Quite quickly national considerations are taking priority over collective agreements. Who would have thought the European Union would be challenged by Brexit? And who would have thought trade wars, such as the one between China and the US would re-emerge? Laura Lancée • August 30, 2019
How does cyber warfare fit in the framework of International Humanitarian Law? Gone are the days when the worst thing on the Internet to be afraid of was a pesky virus. The current highly sophisticated malware looks for software vulnerabilities which can result in fatal damage to the opponent’s entire computer network. Laura Krawczyk • August 09, 2019 • 2 comments
News from “cookie land” The use of web cookies has become increasingly diverse, enabling tracking beyond traditional cookie techniques. Social networks and website owners both get a piece of the pie, but how should legal responsibilities be split? Helena U. Vrabec • August 08, 2019 • 2 comments
‘The end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started…’ 50 years after landing on the moon the media and scientists still dream about further exploring space. Yet the images of planet earth have shifted our focus: we return to where we started, with a renewed awareness of the place we have always lived in. Wim Bonis • August 07, 2019
The Inter-American Court of Human Rights on state responsibility and climate change In November 2017, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights issued Advisory Opinion OC-23, which highlighted the relationship of interdependence and indivisibility that exists between human rights, the environment and sustainable development. Paola Tiffer • August 06, 2019
