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Publication of the Report by the Legal Expert Group (LEG) on the Right to Demonstrate at Universities

Following the occupation of the University College Maastricht (UCM) building on Zwingelput by protestors and the subsequent eviction by the police on Tuesday, 10 June 2025, a group of concerned staff members from the Faculty of Law published a statement on the actions of the Executive Board (CvB).

In response to that statement and after a series of meetings between representatives of the Executive Board and representatives of the signatories to the statement, it was agreed that a group of legal experts from the Faculty of Law would provide advice on the exercise of the right to demonstrate at Maastricht University (UM). The initiative took place at the invitation of the then President of Maastricht University, Rianne Letschert. 

The initiative was coordinated by Belén Gracia, Rónán Riordan and Laura Visser. 

The legal expert group (LEG) consisted of:

  • Monica Claes, Professor of European and Comparative Constitutional Law, Department of European Law
  • Alexandre Skander Galand, Assistant Professor of International Law, Department of International Law
  • Šejla Imamović, Assistant Professor of European Human Rights Law, Department of Public Law
  • Laurie Ritzen, Assistant Professor of Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure, Department of Criminal Law and Criminology
  • Raymond Schlössels, Professor of Administrative Law, Department of Public Law
  • Joost Sillen, Professor of Constitutional Law, Department of Public Law

  • Eva van Vugt, Assistant Professor of Constitutional Law, Department of Public Law Department


     

The report was completed and shared with the then President’s Office on the 10th of February 2026 for the consideration of the Executive Board vis-à-vis implementation of the report’s recommendations within Maastricht University. 

The full report of the LEG can be found here.

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