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The UM team came second in the Grand Final of the 12th edition of the Helga Pedersen Moot Court Competition, which took place at the European Court of Human Rights. 

Get ready for the ultimate European election experience! On April 29th, Studio Europa and Politico are hosting the third edition of the Maastricht Debate, gearing up for the European Parliament elections (6-9 June).

How can and should the government respond to the current low participation in the national immunization programme? Can certain forms of coercion be justified? The book Inducing Immunity? Justifying Immunisation Policies in Times of Vaccine Hesitancy provides answers. 

Ahead of the European Parliamentary Elections in June, Studio Europa Maastricht and POLITICO warmly invite you for the Maastricht Debate 2024. The third edition of this large political debate will take place on Monday, April 29 in the Theater aan het Vrijthof.  

The family of Maastricht professor Mathieu Segers has been awarded the City of Maastricht's Sign of Merit by Deputy Mayor Frans Bastiaens. Segers died in December.

What is it like, being the first generation to go to university? We are talking about this topic with various UM students. Joy Osadebawem Daniel from Luxembourg is one of them. Her parents, originally from Nigeria, didn’t always have an easy time after arriving in Luxembourg. But they taught Joy an...

On Friday 17 November 2023, the ITEM annual conference was held at the county hall in The Hague, focusing on the theme of mobility and infrastructure. The joint finding was that much remains to be done to raise awareness of the necessary priority, to deploy (existing) instruments and the possibility...

In their current election campaigns, almost all political parties stress that ‘every region matters’. Party manifestos are full of plans to promote broad prosperity in all regions of the Netherlands. Broad prosperity comprises not only material wealth, but also well-being, including issues such as...

As per 1 November 2023, UM’s Executive Board has appointed Dr Maja Brkan as endowed professor of Digitalisation and EU Law.

Another great performance by our students at  Maastricht University Faculty of Law, finishing second in the IBA ICC Moot Court at the International Criminal Court in The Hague 2023. Many congratulations to the entire team, to Maraya being awarded best speaker and to coach Craig Eggett.