Cairo conference
On 17th October 2016, Prof. Michael Faure presented at a workshop in Cairo on law and economics, organised by the Center for Institutions, Economics and Law in Egypt, CIELE. He gave an introduction to law and economics and presented a paper on liability and compensation as tools to reduce disaster risks.
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PhD thesis by Cécile Woudenberg-van den Broek
Recent reports on forensic medicine in the Netherlands highlight the need for significant improvements in postmortem investigations. This thesis questions the adequacy of the Dutch system, arguing that it may not meet the criteria set by the European Convention on Human Rights for an effective postmortem investigation. -
Intercountry adoption often appears to be the ultimate humanitarian deed. However, the reality is more complex. Dr. Elvira Loibl, assistant professor at the Department of Criminal Law at Maastricht University’s Law Faculty, uncovered significant weaknesses in the Dutch intercountry adoption system. Her impactful research was awarded the annual Edmond Hustinx prize.
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Paula Roldán Barraza will join METRO as a PhD researcher. She will be based both at SBE and at LAW and will be supervised by Iwan Bos (SBE), Niels Philipsen (METRO) and Kalpana Tyagi (IGIR).
