Human trafficking is too often studied only at its endpoint, namely at the peak of its most lucrative sexual exploitation, while its business model and damage to the rule of law go underexamined. A recent seemingly Tate-'influenced' Dutch criminal case shows why that needs to change.
Naturvårdsverket v UQ and Naturvårdsverket v IC (Joined Cases C-221/24 and C-222/24)
C-629/23 MTÜ Eesti Suurkiskjad v Keskkonnaamet
OPINION OF ADVOCATE GENERAL (compatibility of a national carbon tax with EU law / EU Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading System), 9 October 2025, Case C519/24.
ECtHR: Fliegenschnee e.a. t. Oostenrijk 18 November 2025, application no 40054/23
ECtHR, Greenpeace Nordic and others v Norway (Licencing petroleum exploration: breach of art 8 ECHR?) 28 October 2025, application no.34068/21
In April 2026 the world witnessed a deadly hantavirus outbreak aboard the cruise ship MV Hondius. The cruise ship carried many nature enthusiasts and during a bird-watching excursion in Argentina some of them caught the hantavirus, which is caried by infected rodents. Infection of humans happens...
Forced labour remains difficult to detect in garment supply chains, despite the increasing legal weight of companies’ responsibilities to do so. There is a need for novel ways of identifying risks of exploitation. Banks and their data could provide one such avenue.
On 16 and 17 April 2026, the 61st annual Association of Law Teachers (ALT) Conference took place at the University of Exeter under the theme: ‘Reimagining Legal Education for the Future of Law’. Attending the conference, together with Nicole Kornet, offered a valuable opportunity to engage with a...
