Domestic violence and human rights

Speaker: dr. Pinar Ölçe
Language: English

Lecturer

Pınar Ölçer is an Associate Professor of Criminal and Criminal Procedural Law at Leiden Law School. Having graduated from Law School in Leiden, she obtained her PhD there in 2006 (her dissertation relating to special investigative measures in relation to procedural fairness). Both in her teaching and research duties, her main focus is on the interaction between substantive and procedural criminal law and human rights law. Member of the editorial board of a human rights journal serving a Dutch-Flemish audience, she exercises her special interest in comparative approaches to legal development in part through collaborations, teaching and speaking engagements abroad.

Summary

In her lecture, using the case law of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) as an illustration, Pınar Ölçer will discuss the possibilities offered by international human rights law to advance and invigorate efforts to combat domestic violence. In doing so, she will also reflect on challenges which may arise in the operationalization of shared human rights standards in this domain, such as issues relating to diversity and conflicts of rights.

“The Life and Times of Christiaan Snouck Hurgronje”

Speaker: Prof.dr. H.W. van den Doel
Language: English

Background

This lecture is co-organized by the Office of Leiden University in Indonesia and the Faculty of Social Science and Political Science, UIN Sunan Gunung Djati Bandung

A better world must be possible: The European Union and Global Governance in Turbulent Times

Spreker: Prof.dr. Joachim Koops
Voertaal: Engels

Voor verdere vragen en informatie kunt contact opnemen met dhr. Witte Wijsmuller via alumni.leiden.brussel@gmail.com.

Over de lezing:

“A better world must be possible: The European Union and Global Governance in Turbulent Times”

Amidst rising global geopolitical tensions, escalations of regional and international conflicts and the accelerating pace of planetary existential threats, the European and Global Multilateral System has come under more stress than ever before since the inter-war period of the 1920s and 1930s. Policymakers, concerned citizens, engaged civil society innovators and scholars of International Relations and Global Governance may be forgiven for experiencing pessimism, despair and paralysis. Yet, the case for “optimism of the will” as Antonio Gramsci has put it in his Prison Notebooks of December 1929 cannot be overstated. The current crisis in Europe and the wider world requires bold individual action and collective policy innovations to strengthen the European Union’s and United Nation’s approach to global peace, justice and governance in the context of fast-eroding rules, norms and institutions. This Cleveringa lecture will reflect on the role of the EU and global governance institutions as well as past examples of policy innovations at the individual, national and international level in a context of acutely deteriorating security challenges. Amidst and despite a period of acute turbulence and the seriousness of adversity in present times, the lecture will examine examples of progress and policy successes that give rise to hope and wilful optimism without yielding to naivety in Global Governance.

Speaker: Professor Dr. Karène Sanchez-Summerer, professor and Chair of Middle Eastern studies at Groningen University.

Title: 'Unsilencing, Rewriting and Nuancing Palestine.
Experiencing and Historicising the Visual Archives of Frank Scholten on Palestine (1921-1923)'

Questions? Please let us know via info@nvic.leidenuniv.nl

Extra information:

This talk will take the unveiling of Frank Scholten’s photographic collections in 2017, dealing with early 1920s Palestine, as a turning point in the writing of social and cultural history of Palestine, the rewriting of a modern and cosmopolitan Palestine, as well as the links between the Netherlands and the so-called Holy Land.

Prof. Sanchez-Summerer will be introduced by Geert Klein Wolterink, who is an alumnus of Leiden University.

The evening will be concluded with refreshments on the roof of our institute.

The lecture will be held in conjunction with a series of related events throughout the week starting from the 19th November, including the Unsilencing Palestine photo exhibition, curated by Sary Zananiri (opening on the 19th November) and a film screening of  Roshmia, a documentary by Salim Abu Jabal (on the 20th November)

Please look at link: https://www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/nvic/news/unsilencing-palestine

https://www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/nvic/events-nvic/unsilencing-palestine

Waar komt ons goud vandaan?

Spreker: Dr. Jeroen Stil, University of Calgary
Voertaal: Nederlands

Als u vragen heeft kunt u mailen naar comitélid mevrouw Mary Eggermont-Molenaar via memo45@shaw.ca. 

Waar komt ons goud vandaan?

De meeste materialen die we dagelijks in handen hebben bestaan uit atomen die eens gemaakt zijn in het binnenste van een ster. Door een combinatie van atoomfysica en astrofysica kunnen we afleiden dat de zwaardere scheikundige elementen, zoals goud, niet kunnen ontstaan in sterren. Van veel elementen weten we niet goed waar ze ontstaan in de kosmos. Die vraag leidt ons op een speurtocht door het heelal naar extreme gebeurtenissen die we alleen in de astrofysica kunnen bestuderen. Waar komen de chemische elementen vandaan? Hoe zijn ze uiteindelijk op aarde beland? Dit is het verhaal van afvalverwerking en recycling in de kosmos.

Vrouwelijke politici: helden of heksen

Spreker: Mw. Monique Leyenaar
Voertaal: Nederlands

Vragen over de bijeenkomst? Mail dan naar lufcariben@gmail.com

Over de lezing:
Vrouwelijke Politici: Helden of Heksen?

Centraal in deze lezing staat de rol van vrouwen in de politieke besluitvorming op het hoogste niveau: parlement en regering. De eerste vrouwen betreden het parlement respectievelijk in 1918 (Nederland) en in 1949 (Nederlandse Antillen).
Hoe verloopt voor hen de lange mars door deze twee politieke instituties? Welk stempel drukken zij op politiek en beleid? Hoe worden vrouwelijke ministers bejegend door media en door kiezers? 

Professor Monique Leyenaar, auteur van onder meer de boeken De Hoogste Tijd over het vrouwenkiesrecht en Hare Excellentie over 33 vrouwelijke, Nederlandse, ministers laat haar licht schijnen over deze en andere vragen. 

‘Licht- en schaduwzijden van het Nederlandse koloniale verleden: het verhaal van Christiaan Snouck Hurgronje’

Spreker: Prof.dr. Willem van den Doel
Voertaal: Nederlands

Als u vragen heeft over de bijeenkomst kunt u mailen naar cleveringa.geneve@gmail.com 

Democracies under Threat, Western Security post 2014

Speaker: Prof.dr. Frans Osinga
Language: English
This lecture is an online zoom meeting.

As soon as we have more information about this meeting, we will post it on this page.

For questions about the meeting, please email the Leiden University Fund: cleveringa@luf.leidenuniv.nl

Speaker: Prof.dr. J.A. Scholte
Global Transformations and Governance Challenges
Language: English

Date: 12 December

As soon as we have more information about this meeting, we will post it on this page.
For questions about the meeting, please email the Leiden University Fund: cleveringa@luf.leidenuniv.nl

Politiek, bureaucratie en samenleving in crisis?

Spreker: Professor Frits van der Meer
Voertaal: Nederlands

Heeft u vragen? Laat het ons weten via cleveringa@luf.leidenuniv.nl.

Spreker: Prof.dr. Leo Lucassen
Voertaal: Nederlands

Systemic therapy for older adults with cancer: Towards evidence-based treatment

Speaker: Joosje Baltussen
Voertaal: Engels

Zodra wij meer informatie hebben over deze bijeenkomst plaatsen we dat op deze pagina. Voor vragen over de bijeenkomst kunt u mailen naar het Leids Universiteits Fonds: cleveringa@luf.leidenuniv.nl 

Deutschlands zentrale Rolle in Europa

Spreker: Prof. Laurens Jan Brinkhorst
Voertaal: Duits

Als u vragen heeft kunt u mailen of bellen naar susanne.regehr@web.de of tel 00 49 15205 862959

Hills of Paradise. Freedom and the Female Body

Spreaker: Em. prof.dr. Mineke Schipper
Language: English

For questions about the meeting, please email the Leiden University Fund: cleveringa@luf.leidenuniv.nl

MINEKE SCHIPPER is Emeritus Professor of Intercultural Literary Studies at the University of Leiden, The Netherlands, with visiting professorships in Nigeria, Kenya, Zimbabwe, Burkina Faso and China. She is the author of several bestsellers, and in India, she has published Never Marry a Woman with Big Feet (2018), Naked or Covered: A History of Dressing and Undressing Around the World (2018) and Hills of Paradise: Power, Powerlessness and the Female Body (2023) with Speaking Tiger Books.

Crime Policies; Dare to ask the basic questions

Speaker: Dr. Monique Koemans Ma, MSc
Language: English

For further questions and information, please contact Jan Joosten via janjhjoosten@gmail.com

About our speaker and the lecture:

Alumna Monique Koemans moved from Sydney, London, via The Hague to Washington, but Leiden was there throughout. She has a degree in History and American Studies (’92) and one in Criminology (‘04). After graduating with distinction, she decided to do a PhD on crime policies (’11).

She worked as a journalist for Het Parool, taught criminology at the University of Leiden, currently works at the Dutch embassy in Washington DC and writes two crime novels per year.

Monique will discuss the recent trends in crime in the Unites States. To keep the faith of the public, politicians often take drastic actions against crime. Sometimes, the very fact of acting out is believed to be enough. 

However, repeatedly the basic questions are overlooked. Is crime indeed on the rise? And if so, why? Are there local differences? What kind of crime policies are effective? Do people in inner city areas demand a tougher approach from politicians? Or do they favor more 'community-based' policies?

In her talk Monique will tackle those questions and will leave you with a basic idea on fact and fiction around crime.

'De vergulde pil. Is veel geld hetzelfde als duur?'

Spreker: Prof.dr. Adam Cohen
Voertaal: Nederlands

Als u vragen heeft over de bijeenkomst kunt u mailen naar de heer van den Wall Bake via warmoldbake@xs4all.nl

Arts en medisch beroepsgeheim. Wanneer gaat bij vermoedens van huiselijk geweld en kindermishandeling zwijgen over in spreken?

Spreker: prof. mr. dr. drs. Mirjam Sombroek van Doorm
Studentspreker (LISF prijs winnaar 2023): Tjerk Vredebregt
Voertaal: Nederlands

Heeft u vragen? Laat het ons weten via comite-parijs@cleveringalezing.fr

Over de spreker

Prof.mr.dr.drs Mirjam Sombroek van Doorm (1968) is sinds 1 oktober 2022 benoemd tot hoogleraar Recht en Gezondheid bij het Instituut voor Privaatrecht. De brede leeropdracht recht en gezondheid geeft de ambitie aan om de samenwerking te versterken tussen de Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid, de faculteit Geneeskunde/LUMC en andere faculteiten.

Over de lezing

'Arts en medisch beroepsgeheim'
Mirjam Sombroek-van Doorm zal spreken over de spanning die er bestaat tussen de eeuwenoude waarde van het medisch beroepsgeheim en de meer recente en sterk toegenomen aandacht voor de strijd tegen huiselijk geweld en kindermishandeling.
Welke rol speelt de arts daarin? Wanneer mag – of moet? – een arts zwijgen? En wanneer mag – of moet? – hij of zij juist spreken?
Niet alleen staan kinderen die slachtoffer zijn van mishandeling sterk in de maatschappelijke en politieke belangstelling. Ook ouderen kunnen slachtoffer zijn van huiselijk geweld. Het gaat dan om fysieke of emotionele mishandeling door partners, expartners, gezinsleden, familieleden of huisvrienden. Als artsen signalen van mishandeling krijgen wanneer gaat zwijgen dan over in spreken?
En daarmee laat de lezing van Mirjam Sombroek van Doorm zien dat de rede van Cleveringa van 26 november 1940 ook in onze
tijd nog invloed heeft: Wat doe ik als het echt moeilijk wordt: zwijgen of toch spreken…?

Spreker: Yoerie Albrecht

Over de spreker
Yoeri Albrecht is een Nederlands journalist en de algemeen en artistiek directeur van cultureel centrum De Balie in Amsterdam. Ook is hij voorzitter van Vereniging Veronica. Verder is hij bestuurslid en mede-initiatiefnemer van de European Press Prize, voorzitter van de Raad van Toezicht van de Open Society Foundation Europe, van 2022-2023 lid van de Raad van Toezicht van onderzoeksjournalistiek platform Bellingcat en kernlid van de Sociaal Creatieve Raad.

Yoerie Albrecht studeerde geschiedenis, filosofie en internationaal recht aan de Universiteit Leiden en European Politics aan de Universiteit van Oxford, alwaar hij "Junior Dean" was aan The Queen's College en college gaf in geschiedenis en filosofie. Hij volgde onder meer college bij Isaiah Berlin en George Steiner. Zijn promotor was Prof. Peter Pulzer van All Souls College.

Voertaal: Engels

Overige informatie wordt op deze website gepubliceerd zodra deze bekend is. Heeft u vragen? Laat het ons weten via cleveringa@luf.leidenuniv.nl.

The Central Rif and the Western Anti-Atlas: divergent migratory margins. On social capital and the mosaic of the diaspora

Speaker: Mr Paolo De Mas
Language: English
Discussant: Dr Badiha Nahhass, Institut Universitaire de Recherche Scientifique, Université Mohammed V Rabat.

For further information please consult: https://nimarrabat.nl/en/events/cleveringa-lecture-in-rabat-3/

We look forward to welcoming you at NIMAR and would be grateful if you could confirm your attendance before by email: nimar@hum.leidenuniv.nl

'From Professor Cleveringa to the Palazzo Barberini and beyond – prospects for the rule of law in Europe'

Speaker: Prof.dr. Rick Lawson
Language: English

For further questions and information, please contact ms Inge Weustink via iweustink@gmail.com

About the lecture:

'From Professor Cleveringa to the Palazzo Barberini and beyond – prospects for the rule of law in Europe'
On 26 November 1940, at a time when his country was under Nazi occupation, Professor Cleveringa spoke out against the occupiers’ order to dismiss Jewish professors from university. His courageous protest was inspired not only by a sense of solidarity among colleagues and friends, but also by a principled belief in the values of equal treatment, freedom of religion, respect for the law - core tenets of a democracy governed by the rule of law. Ten years later, these principles were entrenched in the European Convention of Human Rights that was signed in the Palazzo Barberini in Rome. Since 1950, the Convention has had a tremendous impact on human rights across the continent. But we live in turbulent times. What are the challenges as the Convention nears its 75^th anniversary?

Refundación vs reformismo: Las dos almas del gobierno de Boric

Speaker: Prof.dr. P. Silva
Language: Spanish

For further questions and information, please contact us via felix.quartero@minbuza.nl or +56 9 39 32 38 09.

'George Maduro, Leids student en oorlogsheld'

Spreker: Prof.dr. Tom Ottervanger
Voertaal: Nederlands

Heeft u vragen? Laat het ons weten via cleveringa@luf.leidenuniv.nl.

Speakers: Inkomend ambassadeur Ardi Stoios-Braken en Associate Professor Tom van Laer

Zodra wij meer informatie hebben over deze bijeenkomst plaatsen we dat op deze pagina. Voor vragen over de bijeenkomst kunt u mailen naar het Leids Universiteits Fonds: cleveringa@luf.leidenuniv.nl 

Do you have any questions? Please let us know via cleveringa@luf.leidenuniv.nl

Mind the Gap: How to Bring Data Protection Rules into Practice?

Speaker: Prof.mr. Luc Verheij
Language: English

Date: Wednesday 29 November
Time: 17.00 hrs
Location: Tbilisi State University, RL, 1st Academic Building, Room 107

For questions about the meeting, please email the Leiden University Fund: cleveringa@luf.leidenuniv.nl

About the lecture:
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The Cleveringa Lecture in Tbilisi will discuss the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the changes it has brought about since it has entered into force in 2018. The GDPR is considered to be crucial for guaranteeing fundamental rights and freedoms in modern society but also for allowing he digital economy to develop in Europe and across the globe. The question is whether the GDPR could also be relevant for Georgia and if yes, in what way.

About the speaker:

Luc Verheij is Extraordinairy Kirchheiner Professor of Constitutional and Administrative Law at Leiden University. He obtained his PhD on 30 September 1992 at Utrecht University on a study into the horizontal effect of fundamental rights, in particular on the right to privacy. He was an assistant professor between 1986 and 1993 at Erasmus University Rotterdam and Utrecht University. Between 1993 and 2000, legal lawyer and later advisor to the Legislation Department of the Ministry of Justice. Between 2000 and 2012 Professor of Constitutional and Administrative Law at Maastricht University. From 2008 director of the Montesquie Institute Maastricht. Between 2007 and 2010, counselor in exceptional service at the Legislation Directorate of the Ministry of Justice, responsible for project management of the constitutional reform of the Netherlands Antilles. From March 1, 2011 Advisory Department of the Council of State.

A tribunal for the crime of aggression against Ukraine: moral-legal imperative or ‘science fiction’?

Spreker: Prof.dr. Niels Blokker
Voertaal: Engels

Datum: woensdag 29 november
Locatie: Justice Academy
Tijd: 14.30 uur

Heeft u vragen? Laat het ons weten via cleveringa@luf.leidenuniv.nl.

Over de lezing:

'A tribunal for the crime of aggression against Ukraine: moral-legal imperative or ‘science fiction’?'

Following WW II and the judgments of the Nuremberg and Tokyo Tribunals, it has taken many years before the time was ripe to establish the International Criminal Court. But when this happened, in 1998, the Court was still incomplete. At the time, no agreement could be reached on the crime of aggression, even though the Nuremberg Tribunal had referred to it as “the supreme international crime”. It took until 2010 to reach agreement on the crime of aggression. However, currently the ICC cannot prosecute the crime of aggression against Ukraine. Is the establishment of a special aggression tribunal a viable alternative? A more general theme of the lecture will be the role played by individuals and the relevance of international institutions.