Europe

Transnational ne bis in idem for corporate involvement in international crimes: the Lafarge proceedings in the U.S. and France
The criminal justice response to the war in Ukraine one year later - the arrest warrant against Putin from the ICC and the discussion of a special 'aggression tribunal'
Possible implications of the Dutch MH17 Judgment for the Netherlands' Inter-State Case before the ECTHR
Civil liability in the EU proposal for a Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive: a leap forward or stifling progress?
Almost 25 years after its creation, the Russia-Ukraine conflict sadly shows the increasing irrelevance of the International Criminal Court
A clear risk of what? The Egyptian navy, the Dutch arms export policy and linguistic inconsistencies in the EU Common Position
Recasting the Dual-Use Regulation – Digital Surveillance Technology, Human Rights, Due Diligence and Transparency
Access to supply chain information: stopped at the border by customs?
News
20.06.2025
Ava Schuster

19 June: Nicky Touw's PhD defense

In December 2019, Nicky Touw joined the Rethinking SLIC project as a PhD candidate. On Thursday, the 19th of June, she publicly defended her PhD dissertation entitled "Access to Evidence and the
Criminal law
02.06.2024
Guusje van der Vorst and Ava Schuster

Reflections on the final Rethinking SLIC* conference

On 30 and 31 May 2024, we hosted the final Rethinking SLIC* conference at the University of Amsterdam. In this blog, we reflect on some key discussions during this conference.
Criminal law
27.05.2024
Göran Sluiter

The application for ICC arrest warrants against Netanyahu, Gallant and three Hamas leaders - a victory for justice?

On 20 May 2024, the prosecutor of the ICC, Karim Khan, announced that he has applied for arrest warrants against three Hamas leaders and Israeli Prime Minister, Netanyahu, and Defence Minister,
Criminal law
23.11.2023
Göran Sluiter

Are Dutch government officials complicit in war crimes committed by Israel?

Recent coverage by the NRC Handelsblad reveals that the Netherlands supplies spare parts for Israel's F35s – a type of combat aircraft. Despite warnings from legal advisers that through this supply
Criminal law
19.10.2023
Marc Tiernan

Are Social Media Algorithms “Passive Nonfeasance”? What Twitter v. Taamneh Got Wrong

On 18 May 2023, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed claims that Facebook, Twitter, and Google knowingly assisted an ISIS attack on the Reina nightclub in Istanbul, Turkey in 2017. In the case Twitter,