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Courts use digital tools more and more often in criminal proceedings. Defendants ‘attend’ their trial online via a video connection. This sparked Christina Peristeridou’s curiosity: how can effective participation be achieved in a virtual setting?

On 11 December 2024, the Globalisation & Law Network had the pleasure to welcome Dr Aleydis Nissen, Senior Research Fellow at the Fonds de la Recherche Scientifique and the Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) and Assistant Professor at the University of Antwerp, who presented her research on global...

On 10 December, Francesco Mauri was awarded the Maastricht Consulates Prize o n EU Law 2024 for the best master’s thesis on EU law at the Maastricht University Faculty of Law. This prestigious prize, valued at €1,000, recognises academic excellence and innovation in EU law.

On 26 November 2024, the Globalisation & Law Network hosted a seminar featuring Eduardo Arenas Catalán, A ssistant Professor at the Open University in the Department of Criminal, International, and European Law.

On 29 November 2024, MCEL member Maja Brkan, Judge at the General Court of the European Union, gave her inaugural lecture on 'Digitalisation and EU fundamental rights: the good, the bad and the opaque'.

Anna Beckers contributed a chapter titled "From Corporate Personality to Corporate Governance: The Transformation of International Human Rights Through Corporate Practice" to the book Global Rights? Human Rights in Complex Governance, edited by Nehal Bhuta and Rodrigo Vallejo.

What does the recent victory of Donald Trump in the US presidential elections mean for the future of cryptocurrency? This and many other pressing issues were addressed by Dr Andrea Leiter at the Globalisation & Law Network seminar held on 13 November 2024.

PhD thesis written by Jana Nysten T his thesis sets out to examine the potentials and limitations of climate change litigation. It establishes a framework which allows for some general conclusions on how different types of climate change litigation function and how they can help address gaps in the...

On 31 October 2024, the Globalisation & Law Network hosted a seminar featuring Dr Gesa Kübek, Assistant Professor in European Law at Groningen University.

PhD thesis written by Hanxu Liu This research aims to answer the main research question: whether and if so, how have European OPDs effectively participated in the UN human rights mechanisms, with a view to monitoring the national implementation of human rights in alignment with the CRPD?