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  • Human Rights Frameworks, budget updates, and some exciting plans for next year

    Dear members of the UM Community,

    The end of the academic year is always a busy period; on the one hand, projects that have been in the works for a long time must be completed, while, on the other hand, preparations for future years need to be made. And all of this is happening in a volatile...

    University Council
    Teun Dekker
  • European Union Withdraws from Controversial Energy Charter Treaty

    On 30 May 2024, the Council of the European Union announced its final approval of the Union’s long anticipated withdrawal from what can fairly be labelled as the most controversial international treaty ever, the Energy Charter Treaty (ECT).

    Law
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  • June, Pride Month and EU Elections

    Every year in June, several cities in Europe (and in the world) come alive with rainbow colours to celebrate Pride month.  In addition, we vote for new Members of the European Parliament.

    Law
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  • The rights of invisible children

    My dissertation was about the applicability of international children’s (human) rights to children living in Somaliland, an unrecognised state. Moreover, I studied how national laws protect children’s rights in Somaliland.

    Law
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  • Codification: Utopia or Dystopia in Legal Science?

    Codification of different areas of law took the stage in the nineteenth-century.[1] The process of scientific revolution – which had started with the Enlightenment and Humanist Movement and was followed by Rationalistic Natural Law Theorizing – led the way to codification.[2] Several jurisdictions...

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  • How Germany Almost Legalized Cannabis

    The 1st of April 2024 marks the day when Germany adopted the most progressive legal approach to cannabis in Europe. While for the Dutch, this may sound like an April’s fool prank, it is far from it: The new German CanG (Cannabis Law) regulates the consumption, possession, and supply of the soft drug...

    Law
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  • Are consumers well protected in cloud computing contracts?

    Every time consumers use online email, stream music or videos or archive pictures on the internet, it is quite likely that they are using cloud computing. Those online pictures, videos or emails are not stored on consumer’s computers. Instead, they are processed and stored on a group of remotely...

    Law
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