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  • Where I come from and how I got here

    Asylum cases are characterized by a general lack of documental evidence to support the applicant’s identity, origin, and persecution story. As such, in deciding on a claim, government officials typically have to rely on the applicant’s own testimony and general information about the country of...

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  • Substance alongside procedure - a lesson learned?

    ​On 6 June, IGIR fellow Dr. Iveta Alexovičová, Assistant Professor of International Economic Law, Faculty of Law, Maastricht University, delivered a lecture entilted "Substance alongside procedure - a lesson learned?".

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  • Myth: Brussels imposes nothing but annoying measures

    “The fact that there is a maximum number of hours in a week that you are allowed to work, that web shops are compelled to provide you with the option to return your purchase within seven days, that our tap water must meet certain requirements. This all sounds very Dutch, but it is in fact European...

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  • Integration of refugees: towards a more coordinated approach

    The increased flow of asylum applicants and migrants to the EU in recent years has not only put considerable pressure on the reception systems of Member States, but at the same time raises challenges regarding the integration of newcomers at the national and local level.

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  • Towards invention of Dworkin’s Hercules?

    How would a world look like in which judicial decisions would not be taken by judges, but by intelligent machines? Or where, at least, those machines would serve as a crucial decision support for judges – or perhaps even simply law clerks – to take judicial decision?

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  • Beyond the refugee crisis

    Anyone who thinks that all asylum seekers who are granted a residence permit in the Netherlands stay here forever, is wrong. 

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  • Patents and climate change

    The world faces the growing problem of global warming. This phenomenon leads to unprecedented social effects in human history. Consequently, it is imperative to mitigate this problem. International Organizations and countries are working together in order to better deal with this issue.

    Patents and Climate Change