The IAK (Integraal Afwegingskader beleid en regelgeving) is a Dutch impact analysis tool. This tool has been developed by the Dutch government to provide structure for civil servants in formulating sound policy and legislation. Using the IAK highlights all relevant...
On 19 February 2018, Willem van Nieuwkerk and Julie Trappe (IRZ) visited the Prosecutor’s Office attached to the High Court of Cassation and Justice and met with Prosecutor General Mr Augustin Lazar, First Deputy Prosecutor General Ms Laura Oprean, Deputy Chief...
by Manon Tiessink Transitioning ‘from the rule of law to a culture of law’’ is what Indonesia needs according to Yenni Wahid, Director of the Wahid Institute and daughter of late president Wahid. She and some 300 participants gathered for the annual conference...
by Manon Tiessink On 15 and 16 January 2018, CILC’s Indonesian partner organisation the Institute for Research and Advocacy for Independent Courts (LeIP) organised a two-day multi-stakeholder conference; the Indonesian Judicial Reform Forum (IJRF). The conference...
Dowload the call for applications here. The Center for International Legal Cooperation (CILC) has been shortlisted for the project “Support to the Court of Cassation” in Serbia. The project aims to strengthen the capacities of the Supreme Court of Cassation (SCC) and...
By Willem van Nieuwkerk On 16 June 2017 the Legal Education Centre at the University of Nottingham hosted a conference on “Legal Education, Legal Practice and Technology”. The conference included and awarded a prize to the paper “Legal education and...
by Eva Erren A 3-year project to enforce the rule of law in Serbia officially started last week when a needs assessment has been conducted in Belgrade and Novi Sad. The project aims to decrease overcrowding in correctional institutions through a more proper use of...
By Manon Tiessink “CILC is a miracle” according to Jan van Olden, co-founder and former director of CILC. Despite the uncertain financial basis and constant changes in the field, the Center for International Legal Cooperation has managed to survive, reinvent itself...
The Journal Vreemdelingenrecht published an article in which the statistics show that in 2017 Germany registered the highest number of asylum applications, followed by Italy and France. In practice the authors conclude that the legal rules from the Dublin...
The twinning project “Renforcement des capacités du Conseil National des Droits de l’Homme” has come to an end. Initially foreseen to last until May 2017, it was extended until the end of November. The closing ceremony took place on 29 November in Rabat....
by Eva Erren The 2017-2018 Shiraka Training Programme on Legislation took place in The Hague between 9-17 November 2017. In comparison to the previous training years, 12 countries were represented among the 25 participants. This diversity facilitated a comparative...
by Elger Vermeer Last week, an exchange visit was organised in the context of the project “Capacity Development in Higher Legal Education”. The project invited 10 Palestinian law professors from the partner universities of An Najah, Hebron, Al Quds and Birzeit to...
The peer-reviewed journal Global Politics Review published a special issue on rising populism and its influence on foreign policy in October 2017. In her article titled Influencing the EU’s Foreign Policy on Asylum and Migration: Populist Political Dynamics and...
