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The rights of asylum seekers are under pressure. Nevertheless, politically this group has very little to gain.

The International Court of Justice in The Hague has been busier than ever in recent years: it has been asked to render judgments and issue advisory opinions on conflicts in Gaza, Ukraine and Myanmar, among others, and it settles border disputes all'over the world.

Our legal order and democracy must be modernized. We have to ensure that we can continue to make acceptable decisions when interests clash.

Tilburg University has appointed dr. Phillip Paiement of Tilburg Law School to Professor of Law and Governance in the Anthropocene, effective September 1st, 2023.

In the past decade, a rising number of trade measures in the interest of national security have increased insecurity in the global economy.

In an open letter addressed to Greek and EU authorities, 300 academics turn their attention to the migrant shipwreck of 14 June 2023 off the coast of Pylos, Greece, resulting in the loss of an estimated 650 lives.

Daphina Misiedjan has been elected a member of the Young Academy of the KNAW. She is a lawyer and researcher at Erasmus University Rotterdam at the International Institute for Social Studies (ISS).

Doctrine, documents, data - this is the trinity which Anna Beckers will analyse in her project CHAINLAW.

Professor Bruno de Witte is saying goodbye to Maastricht University, but not to European Law.

Market participants in the trading of energy derivatives are often unaware of the exchange of their business-sensitive information by and amongst national and European national regulatory authorities, while it is essential that they can trust their data to be kept confidential.