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🌍Departement Rechtsgeleerdheid van de Universiteit Utrecht | Utrecht University School of Law.

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Als gemeente, provincie of waterschap wil je misschien wel jongeren betrekken in je beleid, maar hoe doe je dat? En wat doe je vervolgens met hun input? Kom 5 november naar onze middag "Aan de slag met jongeren en toekomstige generaties" #participatie Meld je aan op: www.uu.nl/agenda/aan-d...
Aan de slag met jongeren en toekomstige generaties
Op 5 november 2025 lanceert het Montaigne Centrum voor Rechtsstaat en Rechtspleging met trots het boek "Aan de slag met jongeren en toekomstige generaties".
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October 16, 2025 at 2:36 PM
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📢 New blog post ✒️ on a legislative proposal adopted by the Commission just before summer: a ban on Russian gas imports into the EU.

What’s striking? The legal basis: trade, not CFSP.

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Commission Proposal to Ban Russian Gas Further Blurs Trade and Security Competences — Thomas Verellen
On 17 June 2025, the European Commision adopted a legislative proposal to ban Russian gas imports into the EU. The proposal had a dual legal basis: Article 207 TFEU, concerning trade policy, and Artic...
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September 9, 2025 at 6:14 AM
De democratische rechtsstaat staat volop ter discussie. Maar wat is eigenlijk een rechtsstaat? En hoe beschermen we hem? Rond deze vragen organiseren we de Rechtsstaat Parade in de Neude Bibliotheek in Utrecht. Gratis toegankelijk, voor iedereen! Kom ook 😊https://www.uu.nl/agenda/rechtsstaat-parade
September 8, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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📣📣 Very excited to share that my new book, Transitional Justice in the United States of America: Justice for All? (Routledge, Transitional Justice Series, edited by Kieran McEvoy), is now out! 🎉🎉
September 2, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Op 15 september organiseren we de Rechtsstaat Parade! Gratis van 15.00 - 19.00 in de Bibliotheek Neude (Bibliotheek Utrecht) Met schrijvers, dichters, wetenschappers, en mensen uit de praktijk! Kom ook! 😊 en bouw mee aan het huis van de rechtsstaat. Programma en aanmelden: www.uu.nl/agenda/recht...
August 11, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Op 26 september is het Betweter festival in @tivolivredenburg.bsky.social Met ook bijdrages vanuit Rechtsgeleerdheid. Janneke Gerards gaat in gesprek over de macht van de rechter en politiek gevoelige kwesties. www.betweterfestival.nl/programma/20...
Wat is de macht van de rechter?
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July 31, 2025 at 12:49 PM
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📣 Call for Papers: Legal Advisory Opinions Shaping Climate Action and Human Rights

Topics: climate change & human rights, right to a healthy environment, future generations, rights of nature, accountability & reparations 🌏

🚨 Deadline: 15 September 2025

Learn more: www.asser.nl/nnhrr/news/c...
[Call for Papers] Legal Advisory Opinions Shaping Climate Action and Human Rights
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July 31, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Prof @bmcg-leyh.bsky.social l leads the Open-Source Global Justice Investigations Lab at Utrecht University where researchers, students, journalists, open-source investigators, and activists work together on the pursuit of human rights, truth and transparency. 2/2 www.uu.nl/en/research/...
Open-Source Global Justice Investigations Lab
Working together with societal partners across disciplines and levels, this project combines digital innovation with new media literacy in order to train students to identify, document, verify, analys...
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July 10, 2025 at 8:59 AM
We are very happy to have a new chair "Global Justice Studies" and very proud of the professor leading it, @bmcg-leyh.bsky.social She sees an important role for universities and societal partners to work together to strengthen and protect justice worldwide! 1/2 www.uu.nl/en/news/bria...
Brianne McGonigle Leyh appointed Professor of Global Justice Studies
As of 1 July 2025, Brianne McGonigle Leyh has been appointed Professor of Global Justice Studies at the Utrecht University School of Law.
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July 10, 2025 at 8:54 AM
In de moderne oorlog kiest AI wie er zal sterven, schrijft collega @jessicadorsey.bsky.social en Marta Bo van @tmcasser.bsky.social In tegenstelling tot autonome wapensystemen blijven AI-DSS grotendeels buiten het publieke debat en de internationale regelgeving. www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...
Opinie | In de moderne oorlog kiest AI wie er zal sterven
Oorlog: Vergeet killer robots, schrijven Jessica Dorsey en Marta Bo: systemen die helpen met doelselectie zijn het échte AI-risico bij oorlogsvoering – en ze worden al volop ingezet.
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May 27, 2025 at 7:37 AM
On 18 and 19 June actors, artists, and students from Utrecht University will stage a fictional trial on #ecocide and you can be the jury. 🌴 🦜 How can trees, birds, entire ecosystems be heard in a court of law? Can we bring justice? Get your tickets via ZIMIHC theatre www.zimihc.nl/agenda/this-...
May 20, 2025 at 2:39 PM
The @tmcasser.bsky.social, the Centre for the Law of EU External Relations (CLEER), ourselves, and @groningeneulaw.bsky.social are organising a PhD and early-career scholars workshop on the legal dimensions of the EU’s role in reviving multilateralism. Submit your abstract✏️ www.uu.nl/en/news/call...
Call for Papers: Early career workshop: EU external relations law: reviving multilateralism - what role for the EU?
The T.M.C. Asser Instituut, CLEER, Utrecht University, and the University of Groningen organise a two-day workshop for PhD and early-career scholars.
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May 20, 2025 at 1:08 PM
🌱💦🌳🌇🪴For every professional, researcher, student (master-level above) working on Nature Based Solutions: consider to join our 5 day Summerschool! Deadline for registration= 31 May 2025. utrechtsummerschool.nl/courses/scie...
A Multidisciplinary Approach to Nature-based Solutions in Deltas | Utrecht Summer School
From Concepts to Real-World Applications
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May 14, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Our colleague @jessicadorsey.bsky.social "The Israelis seem to have eroded all recognisable understandings within the law of who constitutes a civilian, narrowing that category, almost to an unrecognisable level and therefore broadening the people that they see fit to be targeted."
"This idea of a precision strike with such a large munition is just a myth."

Human rights lawyer Jessica Dorsey speaks to Matt Frei about the legality of Israel's attacks in Gaza.

Read and watch here:
‘Devastating’ amounts of civilian harm in Gaza says lawyer
Jessica Dorsey is an international human rights lawyer based in the Netherlands who specialises in the legitimacy and legality of military targeting operations.
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May 14, 2025 at 12:11 PM
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▶️Join us for a multi-disciplinary #workshop discussing the human elements in developing and using military AI. Experts from various disciplines will critically examine how the term 'human' is defined politically, socially, and ethically.
🔗Learn more and register: bit.ly/4jLYwpU

#MilitaryAI #IntLaw
May 7, 2025 at 10:51 AM
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Dear academic network, on 12 May at 16:15 I deliver my inaugural lecture on the tensions between how law understands information and the realities of algorithmic processes. You are warmly invited to join in person or online www.linkedin.com/posts/nadezh...
Invitation | Nadezhda Purtova
Dear academic network, On 12 May in the Aula of Utrecht University, I will hold my inaugural lecture “Law, Humans and Information Machines” to formally assume my Chair in Law, Innovation, and Technol...
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April 23, 2025 at 9:10 AM
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Today (Tuesday 15 April) is the deadline for the submission of abstracts for our conference on “Conceptualizing ecocide” (2-3 October 2025, Utrecht University) @uurechten.bsky.social @utrechtuniversity.bsky.social www.uu.nl/en/news/call...
Call for Abstracts
Submit your abstracts that focus on conceptual, theoretical, practical and experiential dimensions of ecocide.
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April 15, 2025 at 7:19 AM
De Vereniging voor Gezondheidsrecht heeft de Goudsmitprijs 2025 toegekend aan Lisette ten Haaf, voor haar proefschrift Regulating Non-Existence: the legal conceptualisation of the future child in the regulation of reproduction. www.uu.nl/nieuws/prijs...
April 14, 2025 at 12:41 PM
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We have made a starter pack for people working on/ interested in armed groups, civil war scholarship, armed groups and international law and non-international armed conflicts. Please join! go.bsky.app/24KvoKz
April 10, 2025 at 11:44 AM
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Ola Al Khatib reviews "Algorithmic Rule By Law" by Nathalie A. Smuha.

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April 8, 2025 at 10:03 AM
On April 9, we're hosting an interdisciplinary discussion on the role of regulation in shaping digital innovation and innovative markets, as well as other questions raised in Nikita Divissekno's new book "Regulating Innovation in the Digital Age" Please register to join: www.uu.nl/en/events/bo...
Book launch: Regulating Innovation in the Digital Age
On April 9, Utrecht University is hosting a book launch for "Regulating Innovation in the Digital Age" by Nikita Divissenko.
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April 3, 2025 at 8:03 AM
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In de Tweede Kamer is net het nieuwe Wetboek van Strafvordering aangenomen!
April 1, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Op 9 mei 2025 organiseren @utrechtuniversity.bsky.social en de @vuamsterdam.bsky.social Een Evaluatie Wet vergoeding affectieschade: Vooruitdenk-bijeenkomst. Toegang is gratis, maar aanmelden is verplicht. Het aantal plekken is beperkt, dus meldt u snel aan. www.uu.nl/agenda/evalu...
Evaluatie Wet vergoeding affectieschade: Vooruitdenk-bijeenkomst
Hoe komen we tot nog betere afwikkeling van affectieschade, zowel denkend vanuit het juridisch kader als vanuit de praktijk van letselschadeafwikkeling?
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April 1, 2025 at 8:03 AM
The Danish Ambassador to the Netherlands, Ulf Melgaard, will give a guest lecure on ‘The Kingdom of Denmark – Greenland in a Constitutional Law and Public International Law Perspective’, on 8 April. Please register to join!✍️ www.uu.nl/en/events/gr...
Greenland and International Law - guest lecture by Danish Ambassador
Ulf Melgaard, the Danish Ambassador to the Netherlands will give a guest lecture on Greenland
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March 26, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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We have a vacancy at the Willem Pompe Institute (@uurechten.bsky.social @utrechtuniversity.bsky.social)!
We’re looking for an Assistant Prof to teach criminal law and/or procedure in Dutch Bachelor&LLM programmes (so fluency in Dutch is a requirement). Please share! www.uu.nl/organisatie/...
Universitair Docent Straf(proces)recht
Ben jij gepromoveerd op het terrein van het straf(proces)recht en ben je een bevlogen docent en onderzoeker? Word universitair docent!
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March 24, 2025 at 8:54 AM