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  • Equality in the Line of Succession
    Gender equality legislation is sweeping the world. Constitutions and laws have been recognized by women’s rights activists as important instruments through which decision-making, influence and power ... read more

  • Google in trouble?
    At 19th February Google was facing its opponents in a New York court over long-delayed plans to create the world's largest online library, under the name Google Books. The fairness hearing has been set... read more

  • European Court of Human Rights Reform
    On Friday, 19 February, at the Ministerial Conference on the future of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) in Interlaken, Switzerland, the 47 member states of the Council of Europe issued a join... read more

  • Krzysztof Skubiszewski (Poznań,1926 - Warsaw 2010)
    Krzysztof Skubiszewski (Poznań,1926 - Warsaw 2010)W MEMORIALE WIELKIEGO UCZONEGOProfessor Krzysztof Skubiszewski has died.The international legal community in The Hague knew him well and will miss hi... read more

  • Sino-US relations
    Last week the US announced a major arms sales package to Taiwan, worth $6 billion of defensive weapons. The response of the Chinese government on this very sensitive issue was unusually tough. Taiwan i... read more

  • The Highs and Lows of the Freedom of Expression and Religion (Part II)
    After finding no legal basis for the prosecution of Geert Wilders, leader of the PVV (Party for Freedom), prosecutors were forced to change course in January 2009 after the Amsterdam Appeals Court decr... read more

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