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
Development Rights & Equitable Aid Efforts to counterbalance neocolonialism have long been debated. Yet, colonial dynamics remain entrenched in the global aid system. Is human rights law the key to reform? Aidan Peter O'Callaghan and Victoria Freitas de Linhares e Riello • June 14, 2021
Covid: The touchstone of democracy? With vaccinations hopefully ending the pandemic soon, a reflection on Yuval Harari’s gloomy forecast that COVID-19 benefits authoritarian regimes at the cost of democracy. Eva Grosfeld and Michael Liu • May 17, 2021 • 2 comments
The paradox of Dutch counterterrorism measures It seems that the Dutch Counterterrorism Act has not contributed to government objectives. Does the Act limit threats to national security or does it threaten the foundations of Dutch society? Gabriëlla Thomas • February 01, 2021
The right to regularise irregular residence is a human right The regularisation of irregular migrants is a human right. Having a stable immigration status is a prerequisite for leading a normal life. Article 8 ECHR protects the right to private and family life and can oblige a state to regularise an irregular migrant. Mark Klaassen • November 16, 2020 • 1 comment
