Recognition without regulation: The protection of ‘climate refugees’

As climate-induced displacement increases, legal protection lags behind. This post explores how current legal frameworks fail to safeguard millions of displaced people – despite growing international recognition.

Sjoukje Kraak • May 28, 2025

It's bananas! The historic ruling against Chiquita for financing paramilitaries in Colombia

A US court recently found banana giant Chiquita guilty of financing a death squad in Colombia. It ordered the brand to pay 38 million dollars in compensation. Should we stop buying Chiquita bananas?

María Manuela Márquez Velásquez • July 12, 2024 • 1 comment

Embracing a new paradigm: A corporate shift towards (social) sustainability

The 21st century marks an era of global challenges forcing companies towards more inclusion of social and environmental considerations. What is behind this development and what challenges does it bring?

Sarah Vandenbroucke, Tim Verdoes and Reinout Vriesendorp • November 24, 2023

Continuing the 'All Souls' conversation: first thoughts on Israel/Gaza from a criminal justice scholar's perspective

What stories to tell from a criminal law perspective, when justice seems so far away?

Marloes van Noorloos • November 06, 2023 • 1 comment

Urgenda case affects private companies

The judgment in the Shell case suggests that companies should comply with the targets in the Paris Climate Agreement. The case possibly sets a new, climate-friendly precedent in corporate law

Ivana Mlikota • January 17, 2023

When Corporations Disrespect Women's Human Rights: Access to Good Quality Remediation

Women experience the impacts of corporate activities – including the flexibilization of labour and the privatisation of public services – differently and disproportionally.

Aleydis Nissen • January 10, 2023

Workshop on Human Rights and Contested Agency

There is a lack of understanding of how agency is currently conceptualised and what it actually constitutes in the operationalisation of international human rights instruments. A recent Workshop addressed this issue.

Hoko Horii • October 31, 2022

No perspective for unaccompanied minors: The wrong implementation of T.Q.

The CJEU ruled in T.Q. that the Dutch policy on unaccompanied minors who do not qualify for international protection is in breach of the EU Returns Directive. New Dutch policy has not corrected this situation.

Mark Klaassen • January 14, 2022

Non-state actors and the fight for a sustainable future in a ‘neo-colonial’ investment system?

There is a need for a wholesale change to tackle the inherent imbalance, which harmfully impacts the environment and human rights.

Bernadette Fidler and Tong Li • June 18, 2021

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