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Yvonne Donders Elected to the UN Human Rights Committee
5 July 2022 By Kaya van der HorstThe NNHRR is proud to announce that Prof. Yvonne Donders, Chair of the NNHRR Steering Committee, has been elected to the UN Human Rights Committee (HRC) for the 2023-2026 term. Yvonne was nominated in her personal capacity by the Kingdom of The Netherlands and...
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[Watch Now] Dunja Mijatović Delivers Keynote at our Fifth Annual Conference
29 June 2022On 22 and 23 June 2022, the Fifth Annual NNHRR Conference titled ‘Human Rights in (Times of) Crisis’ took place at Leiden Law School. By bringing together over 100 NNHRR members and human rights experts, the conference explored the role of human rights-based a...
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[Out now] Video on Mexico v Smith & Wesson discussion of transnational civil litigation and corporate liability for gun violence
8 June 2022On 2 May, the Mexican Embassy in The Hague—in collaboration with the Asser Institute and the University of Amsterdam—organised an in-depth discussion on the ground-breaking case of Mexico v. Smith & Wesson filed last August in the District Court of Massach...
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[Programme & registration] Fifth Annual NNHRR Conference: Human Rights in (Times of) Crisis
12 May 2022 by NNHRRHosted in-person by Leiden University, our fifth annual Toogdag conference will address the topic of 'Human rights in (times of) crisis' on 23 June 2022. A dedicated workshop and social event for PhD members of the NNHRR will be held before the conference on 2...
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[Interview] 'Interdisciplinary research in international migration law isn't being done enough'
25 April 2022 By Kaya van der HorstIn anticipation of their upcoming workshop on 19 May 2022, Kaya van der Horst sat down with the workshop’s co-organizers Kris van der Pas (Radbound University), Lynn Hillary (University of Amsterdam) and Jordan Dez (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam) for a conversa...
