Safety at work The objective of the project Safety at Work is to increase safety at the workplace by applying and combining state of the art artefacts from personal protective equipment and ambient intelligence technology. In this state of the art document we focus on the developments with respect to …

This article explains how considering the systemic character of influencemarket corruption can help the Council of Europe and its Member States in their fightagainst trading in influence. By applying article 12 of the Council of Europe’s CriminalConvention on Corruption on two recent cases in the Netherlands …

Digital books are often being heralded in the media. After all, the sales figures of digital books and e-readers are rising. It is inevitable that the book industry will keep on digitizing, since it facilitates life. However, what will be the long term effect of the digital books on authors, publicists, …

The rise of populist movements in Europe is partly explained by the power of mass media. The press, public and politicians keep each other prisoner. The media increases incidents and looks for personal stories while politicians respond to those stories in order to be noticed by the public. Therefore …

Roma are a transnational nomadic population. For centuries, they have traveled around the world due to persecutions or in search of economic prosperity. Roma are a heterogeneous minority. They are not one group. There are many different groups of Roma. Nowadays, an estimated 12 million Roma live in Europe …

Within the Netherlands gay emancipation is almost fully legalised. In April 2001, Article 1:30 of the Dutch Civil Code regarding the legalisation of same-sex marriages entered into force. Moreover, according to Article 1:227 of the Dutch Civil Code gay couples have the right to adopt children. In theory …

Female genital mutilation (FGM) is a traditional practice, which comprises all procedures that involve partial or total removal of the female genitalia, for non-medical reasons. This harmful practice is mostly prevalent in African countries. It is estimated that 100 to 140 million females worldwide …

Piracy off the Horn of Africa has become an increasingly salient international issue. The phenomenon of piracy has been forbidden by (international) law since centuries and has taken different forms throughout history. Nowadays piracy is still present in every corner of the world, especially in poor, …

Established in 1993, Transparency International (TI) defines itself as “the global civil society organization leading the fight against corruption, that brings people together in a powerful worldwide coalition to end the devastating impact of corruption on men, women and children around the world”. Its …

The author focuses on the complex phenomenon of Hezbollah and its supporters. Although concluding it is unique in its combination of strategic objectives, military capabilities, the weak state of Lebanon, Iranian and Syrian military and political support, and the religious theocratic ideology, this is …