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Creating the Asian Infrastructure and Investment Bank: a chance for Human Rights?

1 April 2015
Last week Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte went on an economic mission to China, accompanied by a delegation of business people representing Dutch corporations. China’s presence as an economic and political power is increasing steadily. Its economic and financial potential is huge, not only in China...
by:
- A.P.M. Coomans
in Law
The EU Justice Scoreboard: more effective justice in the EU?

19 March 2015
On March 9, the European Commission has presented the 2015 Justice Scoreboard, an information tool that monitors national justice systems developed and managed by DG Justice. This year marked the third edition of the Scoreboard, which was created in 2013 with the aim to assist EU institutions and...
by:
- M. Bonelli
in Law
With a social loan system we lose more than we gain

26 January 2015
A few days ago the first chamber of the Dutch parliament finally agreed to amend the Law on study finance (Wet studiefinanciering 2000) so as to introduce a ‘social loan system’. In essence, the amendment implies that future students will no longer receive basic support (basisbeurs) in the form of a...
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in Law