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...

Today, Yousra Benfquih (University of Antwerp) received the Max van der Stoel Human Rights Award 2021 for her PhD thesis in the field of international human rights. Katie Pentney (Leiden University) was awarded the prize for her Master thesis.     The Max v...

The NNHRR has the pleasure to invite you to a online Lecture with Prof Tom Ginsburg on his recent book Democracies and International Law (Cambridge University Press, 2021) followed by a discussion on Monday, 6 December 2021 at 17:00 CET with introductory remar...