Past events

We invite leading Critical International Law scholars to Maastricht and discuss and debate cutting-edge questions in the theory of international law.

The New Product Liability Directive: Doctrinal, Comparative and Interdisciplinary Approaches

On 14 October, our speaker is Dr Diego Acosta, Professor of European and Migration Law, University of Bristol (UK). Director Global Migration Chair, Nebrija University, Madrid (Spain).

Are you smarter than a robot? How cold is -200°C roughly? And what does a laboratory look like on the inside? Find the answers to these questions – and more – during the Weekend of Science at UM’s Faculty of Science and Engineering.

The Conference "The Right to Social Security: a new dawn!" brings together the MoveS seminar on EU Fundamental Rights for cross-border workers, Prof. Vonk's inaugural lecture, and the annual EISS conference on Contemporary Challenges for the Fundamental Right of Social Security.

The MCEL Opening Event on Evolution in EU Migration Law and Policy is the first event of MCEL in the academic year 2024-2025.  Click here to register.

On 25 June, our speaker is Lieneke Slingenberg, Professor of Migrants and the Rule of Law at the Amsterdam Centre for Migration and Refugee Law of the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.

9th CLEER Summer School on the Law of EU External Relations which will take place in Brussels

We invite you to submit an abstract of a paper to present at the conference on the topic of " Between narratives and reality: The EU at the gates of a new mandate" which will be held at our Faculty of Law on 20 & 21 June 2024 in Maastricht.

The global landscape has seen an uptick in the utilization of international and regional courts, with a broader set of norms and circumstances now subject to adjudication. This pattern raises questions about the reasons behind such recharacterization, the appropriate methods for judicial bodies to...