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… Zoekresultaten 9 april 2020 door: in Corona Law It is a tough time for everyone during this current pandemic, but increasing reports worldwide indicate that marginalised groups, including people with disabilities, are suffering even more due to structural discrimination. When governments fail to secure the survival and dignity of people with disabilities, civil society organisations need to take a stand. In her recent … access to ventilators, based on factors such as age and disability. Many persons with disabilities have conveyed their anger, frustration and disappointment over this climate of ableism and ageism through various media channels: ‘taken together, the stark message to chronically sick, disabled people and elders is that we are “acceptable losses” or disposable.’ Today, 15% of the world’s population lives with a disability. Individuals with disabilities often lack equal opportunities in life, such as … Heath, Medicine and Life Sciences Law Maastricht Students Psychology and Neuroscience Science and Engineering Universiteitsraad … It is a tough time for everyone during this current pandemic, but increasing reports worldwide indicate that marginalised groups, including people with disabilities, are suffering even more due to structural discrimination. When governments fail to secure the survival and dignity of people with disabilities, civil society organisations need to take a stand. … The global …
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… can make you believe absurdities; can make you commit atrocities” (Voltaire). When reading about the Holocaust or the Rwandan genocide it is difficult to understand how such events could ever have taken place. How can a society turn on a particular group and send them to death camps? How can neighbours kill each other after living in harmony for years? Radio broadcasts played a significant role in dehumanising the Tutsi prior to, and during, the 1994 genocide in Rwanda; and the Nazis used … can make you believe absurdities; can make you commit atrocities” (Voltaire). When reading about the Holocaust or the Rwandan genocide it is difficult to understand how such events could ever have taken place. How can a society turn on a particular group and send them to death camps? How can neighbours kill each other after living in harmony for years? … The hidden dangers of conspiracy theories …
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… Zoekresultaten 22 september 2014 door: M.A. Paul in General Recently, I received an offer to write a regular, five weekly column in Dagblad De Limburger. The newspaper was looking for a new group of columnists and thought I might be a suitable candidate. I don’t think this blog was the reason; a journalist who then came to interview me for an article in the paper just before my first column had apparently read little of my writings. He … and Life Sciences Law Maastricht Students Psychology and Neuroscience Science and Engineering Universiteitsraad … Recently, I received an offer to write a regular, five weekly column in Dagblad De Limburger. The newspaper was looking for a new group of columnists and thought I might be a suitable candidate. I don’t think this blog was the reason; a journalist who then came to interview me for an article in the paper just before my first column had apparently read little of my writings. He …
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… email, stream music or videos or archive pictures on the internet, it is quite likely that they are using cloud computing. Those online pictures, videos or emails are not stored on consumer’s computers. Instead, they are processed and stored on a group of remotely located computers accessed over the internet, referred to as “the cloud”. While cloud computing can offer consumers a similar, or even better, experience compared to the situation when videos, music or pictures are stored locally on … increase consumer trust in cloud computing, and foster the development of an EU single digital market. Tomasz provides an overview of the legal framework applicable to consumers’ cloud contracts by following the “life cycle” of the contract starting from the pre-contractual information obligations and ending with the conclusion of the contract. Tomasz argues that despite some remaining gaps, EU law already responds to the challenges of cloud computing and regulates it in an appropriate … email, stream music or videos or archive pictures on the internet, it is quite likely that they are using cloud computing. Those online pictures, videos or emails are not stored on consumer’s computers. Instead, they are processed and stored on a group of remotely located computers accessed over the internet, referred to as “the cloud”. While cloud computing can offer consumers a similar, or even better, experience compared to the situation when videos, music or pictures are stored locally on …
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… Zoekresultaten 21 februari 2017 door: J.M. Smits in Law On 9 April 2011 a gunman killed 6 people in a shopping mall in the Dutch town of Alphen aan den Rijn. A group of victims now claims damages from the gunman’s parents, claiming that they should have prevented their son from this horrendous act. The claim will fail: on the facts of the case, there is no basis for liability of the parents. (Dutch only) Deze … is de claim gebaseerd op het feit dat de moeder van de 24-jarige Van der Vlis niet ingreep hoewel ze vermoedde dat Tristan depressief was en zich er over verbaasde dat hij een wapenvergunning kreeg. Dit is evenwel evident onvoldoende om de ouders onrechtmatig handelen aan te wrijven. Naar Nederlands recht bestaat een uitgebreid stelsel van regels over de aansprakelijkheid van ouders voor hun minderjarige kinderen, maar zodra het kind meerderjarig is, is het nog slechts aansprakelijk voor zijn eigen … Economics Corona Heath, Medicine and Life Sciences Law Maastricht Students Psychology and Neuroscience Science and Engineering Universiteitsraad … On 9 April 2011 a gunman killed 6 people in a shopping mall in the Dutch town of Alphen aan den Rijn. A group of victims now claims damages from the gunman’s parents, claiming that they should have prevented their son from this horrendous act. The claim will fail: on the facts of the case, there is no basis for liability of the parents. (Dutch only) … …
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… Zoekresultaten 6 maart 2024 door: S. Jongste in Law Efforts to improve the working conditions of platform workers within the European Union faced a major setback as a group of Member States declined to support the latest deal on the Platform Work Directive last month. As discussions continue, the timing of the impasse raises concerns about the future of the Directive, given the looming European Parliament elections … work performed on demand and for remuneration by people working through digital labour platforms. It has become an important element of the social and economic landscape globally. During the COVID-19 pandemic, labour platform work gathered pace and started to go mainstream, partly thanks to an increase in food and grocery deliveries. Employed or self-employed? While the growth of labour platforms has brought advantages to both businesses and consumers, it has led to the development of a ‘grey … Corona Heath, Medicine and Life Sciences Law Maastricht Students Psychology and Neuroscience Science and Engineering Universiteitsraad … Efforts to improve the working conditions of platform workers within the European Union faced a major setback as a group of Member States declined to support the latest deal on the Platform Work Directive last month. As discussions continue, the timing of the impasse raises concerns about the future of the Directive, given the looming European Parliament elections …
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… role of humans in ensuring the security of our systems. A recent study by IBM found that human error is the main cause of 95% of cybersecurity breaches. This begs the question of why humans are responsible for such breaches and what makes them the key targets for attackers. A recent webinar by Lorrie Cranor , a professor of computer science and Engineering & public Policy at Carnegie Mellon University, on the topic of the ‘Human side of Cybersecurity’ went into depth on the human element in cybersecurity, specifically in reference … 2: Adding ‘!’ to your password makes it more secure (e.g., ‘password!’, ‘iloveoyou1’) Adding an ‘!’ to your password is a common strategy that users adopt to create strong passwords. The reason behind such attraction to this symbol has to do with website feedback, especially when websites tell users (during the creation of their password) to try and add a symbol. The same reasoning applies to numbers, where generally we will add the number ‘1’ at the end of our password. The same could be said …
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… in Law This blog is only in Dutch. Op 27 februari jl. deed het US Supreme Court een interessante uitspraak over de immuniteit van een internationale organisatie. Het gaat om de International Finance Corporation (IFC), een onderdeel van de World Bank Group. 184 staten, waaronder India en de VS zijn aangesloten. Deze organisatie financierde de ontwikkeling van een kolencentrale (de Tata Mundra Power Plant) in India (Gujarat) met $ 450 miljoen. De totale kosten ervan werden geraamd op $ 4,14 miljard. … acht standaarden (1: Assessment and Management of Environmental and Social Risks and Impacts; 2: Labor and Working Conditions, 3: Resource Efficiency and Pollution Prevention, 4: Community Health, Safety and Security, 5: Land Acquisition and Involuntary Resettlement, 6: Biodiversity Conversation and Sustainable Management of Living Natural Resources, 7: Indigenous Peoples en 8: Cultural Heritage). Daarnaast zijn beleidsregels gepubliceerd in een document van 251 pagina’s van dezelfde datum, … neergelegd in de Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act (FSIA).( 28 U.S. Code § 1602-1611). Het D.C. District Court of Appeals stelde vast dat het de bedoeling van de wetgever moet zijn geweest om aan te sluiten bij het (vrijwel) absolute immuniteitsbegrip van destijds. De poging van Janet Atkinson om twee rechterlijke uitspraken ten uitvoer te leggen en de hand te leggen op de inkomsten van haar ex bij diens werkgever strandde hier. (Ze vroeg hier overigens om een declaratoire uitspraak. Met ‘de …
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… Zoekresultaten 13 oktober 2014 door: in Algemeen Dit jaar is een nieuw EU Kaderprogramma voor Onderzoek en Innovatie, Horizon 2020 genaamd, van gestart gegaan. Dat was voor de Nederlandse overheid een reden om de deelname aan het vorige Kaderprogramma te evalueren. In juni jl. meldde de Nederlandse regering trots dat Nederland in het Zevende Kaderprogramma 2007-2014 relatief het beste van alle EU lidstaten heeft gescoord. Dat vindt de regering heel belangrijk of zoals Staatssecretaris Dekker van Onderwijs, Cultuur en Wetenschap dat zegt: “Dankzij de samenwerking met internationale partners in KP7-projecten hebben Nederlandse kennisinstellingen en bedrijven hoogstaand internationaal onderzoek kunnen verrichten. De netwerken … Het Europese gemiddelde van alle voorstellen ligt op 17%. Voor meer informatie zie de brief van de regering aan het parlement over Nederlandse deelname aan Zevende Kaderprogramma voor Onderzoek en Technologische Ontwikkeling (KP7) en de persberichten van de betreffende ministeries. Ook de UM heeft zijn deelname aan KP7 geëvalueerd. In een begeleidende brief bij de notitie “Analyse Zevende Kaderprogramma EU 2007-2014” aan de decanen zegt het CvB o.a.: “Uit het Zevende Kaderprogramma (KP7) …
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… Zoekresultaten 5 januari 2018 door: S. Renssen in Rechtsgeleerdheid Faillissementsfraude is een hardnekkig probleem, blijkt uit onderzoek en dit brengt enorme schade toe aan de Nederlandse maatschappij. Het strafrechtelijk instrumentarium bleek tekort te schieten, voornamelijk door de verouderde en onnodig complex geformuleerde bankbreukdelicten. Drie nieuwe wetten maakten hun intrede. De pijler fraudebestrijding Moderniseren en versterken Uit verschillende onderzoeken blijkt dat … het civiele recht reeds decennia verschillende rechtsfiguren kent om faillissementsfraude aan banden proberen te leggen - zoals de faillissementspauliana en de mogelijkheden tot bestuurdersaansprakelijkheid - schiet dit civielrechtelijk instrumentarium vaak tekort. Ook het strafrechtelijk instrumentarium bleek tekort te schieten, voornamelijk door de verouderde en onnodig complex geformuleerde bankbreukdelicten. De wetgever heeft daarom op beide terreinen ingegrepen. Drie nieuwe wetten In de strijd tegen faillissementsfraude maakten drie nieuwe …