In a new blog post on Just Security, NNHRR academic coordinator León Castellanos-Jankiewicz and research intern Kaya van der Horst build the case for repealing the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act (PLCAA) in the United States. The authors demonstrate ...

The 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...

On 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...

On 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...

Hosted 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...

In 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...

The NNHRR had the pleasure to invite you to an online event on 1 March 2022 with Professor Kim Rubenstein (University of Canberra) and Dr Julie Fraser (University of Utrecht) and with introductory remarks by NNHRR Academic Coordinator Dr León Castellanos-Janki...

Last week, constitutional law blog Verfassungsblog hosted an online symposium titled ‘Decolonisation and Human Rights—the Dutch case’ edited by Asser Researcher León Castellanos-Jankiewicz, who serves as NNHRR Academic Coordinator, and PhD researcher Wiebe Hom...

2021 in Review: Looking back, moving forwardThe beginning of 2022 presents the perfect opportunity to reflect on the wonderful and vibrant year for the NNHRR that was 2021. Despite the challenges, the Network continued its work organizing and supporting a numb...