Leveraging technology to enhance access to justice for children in Africa Based on a presentation given by the author at the Continental Conference on Access to Justice for Children in Africa in May 2018, this blog post explores how African countries have leveraged technology to enhance access to justice for children. Sabine Katharina Witting • June 15, 2018
Interpretation of contracts under Canadian law Under Canadian law, in interpreting a contract so-called post-contractual (or subsequent) conduct only plays a role when the contract is ambiguous. Cees de Groot • June 14, 2018
Why feminism is good for men as well The Dutch author Jens van Tricht pleads for men’s emancipation. This is needed to help us reduce violence and improve the relational world of men on several levels, which in turn enables us to better deal with the global crises that face us. Wim Bonis • June 06, 2018 • 3 comments
GDPR: the risks of empowering lawyers, not citizens While the General Data Protection Regulation constitutes a remarkable example of what the European Union can achieve for EU citizens, the implementation reveals some failures for their data protection. Nathan de Arriba-Sellier • June 05, 2018
Dublin IV: Violating Unaccompanied Minor’s Best Interests in the Allocation of Responsibility The proposed Dublin IV Regulation contradicts the Court’s case law on Member State responsibility for asylum claims of unaccompanied minors and fails to properly protect the child’s best interests. Lisa van Zelm • May 22, 2018
‘Who breaks a butterfly on a wheel?’: fingerprinting migrant children under the Eurodac Regulation Under the recast EURODAC Regulation it is proposed to lower the minimum age of data subjects from to 14 to 6 years of age. This raises issues of compatibility with the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union. Merve Kaya • May 08, 2018
Evolving capacities of children: teenagers lead anti-gun law protests in America Teenagers who survived a high school shooting in Florida have sparked a national movement and changed the debate on gun law in America. March for Our Lives remind us how children’s capacities are often underestimated or overlooked. Sheila Varadan • May 07, 2018
Traffic jams and smoking bans When we compare the latest Dutch measures to deal with traffic jams and smoking, we see that we are actually facilitating the rise of traffic pollution while tightening the smoking bans. This shows that we are still not truly environmentally aware. Wim Bonis • May 02, 2018 • 1 comment
Unaccompanied children becoming young adults and the right to family reunion The CJEU held in A.S. that family reunification of the parents of an unaccompanied asylum-seeking child should be allowed if the applicant was a minor when the asylum application was lodged. This affects the family reunification policies of Member States. Mark Klaassen • April 24, 2018 • 1 comment
