Past News

News in 2011

• HiiL amongst the first organisations to sign letter of endorsement regarding the Global Forum on Law, Justice and Development
• HiiL joining roundtable at World Bank Law, Justice and Development Week in Washington D.C.
• Law of the Future at the 2011 Annual Meeting of the International Bar Association in Dubai
• Multi-Stakeholder Committee initiated: connecting knowledge to the practical needs of private regulators
• Solving the challenges of privacy law: protecting personal data
• HiiL participates in Rwanda’s Regional Conference on the Abolition or Moratorium on the Execution of the Death Penalty
• In Memoriam: Morris Tabaksblat, Chair of the HiiL Supervisory Board
• International Criminal Procedure Expert Framework presents its findings during two day Conference
• International Chamber of Commerce applies HiiL knowledge
• Experience of Dutch and German judges on applying EU-law presented by HiiL
• HiiL director attending Summit on the Global Agenda 2011 of the World Economic Forum, Abu Dhabi
• First ever scenarios for the future of law presented by HiiL in The Hague
• Welcome Lunch with Professor Leonard Besselink, the new Henry G. Schermers fellow 2011-2012
• Fred Teeven, Dutch State Secretary for Security and Justice, will open the IEF Concluding Conference
• Presentations 2nd Annual Conference Private Transnational Regulation now available
• Hon. Justice O-Gon Kwon third high-level keynote speaker at IEF Concluding Conference
• HiiL participating in the 5th Annual Conference on the Globalization of Class Actions and Mass Litigation
• HiiL Financial Report 2010 approved
• HiiL network responds to World Bank questionnaire
• HiiL founding partner of recently launched The Hague Institute for Global Justice
• HiiL - ACRLI delegation meets with Foreign Affairs Committee, Dutch Parliament
• Winner Innovating Justice Award 2011: Facilitadores Judiciales
• First Annual Conference of the South American Unit of the HiiL research project Private Transnational Regulation held at 11-12 August
• HiiL launches a new initiative to promote rule of law in the MENA region after the Arab Spring
• Innovating Justice Awards 2011
• Gearing-up for Hague Rule of Law Network 2.0
• New issue of the Hague Journal on the Rule of Law is out!
• Creation of Multi-Stakeholders Committee on Private Transnational Regulation
• HiiL's Hague Rule of Law Network held 6th Annual Meeting
• Experts on Rule of Law and Security Sector Reform met at the Annual Meeting of HiiL’s Hague Rule of Law Network
• HiiL participated in conference on World Development Report 2011
• HiiL Visiting Professor Maurits Barendrecht held Inaugural Lecture
• HiiL will continue to receive funding of € 3 million until 2014
• Peter Wakkie: “The wicked ways of enforcing business law and private codes in a globalising world"
• HiiL organises Hague consolidated response to justice strategy of the World Bank
• HiiL meets Venice Commission in respect to Highest Courts
• Papers of the HiiL Private Actors Researchers for the Special issue of Journal of Law and Society
• Judges’ views on the use of foreign law
• HiiL contributes to the newly established Hague Institute for Global Justice
• Prof. Miller addressed one of the major causes of the world-wide financial crisis during his lecture at Tilburg University
• HiiL congratulates the European Law Institute with its official launch
• New insights into accountability mechanisms for Informal International Law-Making
• Presenting General Rules and Principles for international legal procedures
• Vision on changing role of national highest courts
• Leading practitioners meet HiiL-fellows in Private Transnational Regulation project
• Law of the Future Conference 2011: Registration open!
• Maurits Barendrecht: new Hague Visiting Professor on the Rule of Law for 2011
• Highest Courts Research Group meets in Utrecht
• HiiL, European University Institute & the Fundaçao Getulio Vargas signed memorandum on Transnational Private Regulatory Regime project
• Veronica Taylor in discussion with 15 Dutch policy-makers on the Security and Rule of Law Policy
• Prof H. Patrick Glenn, the 2010-2011 Henry G. Schermers Fellow
• HiiL Visiting Professor on Private Actors and Globalisation delivered Public Lecture
• Call for Papers: The Legal Dimension of Global Governance: What Role for the EU?
• HiiL theme coordinator Private Actors took part in the roundtable meeting of the Dutch parliaments
• HiiL contributes to the launch of World Development Report 2011 at Dutch MFA
• Milestone in case study report for the three University partners of Transnational Private Regulatory Regimes Research Project
• Publication of inaugural lecture by Prof. Jan M. Smits for the UM - HiiL Chair on the Internationalisation of Law

News in 2010

• Abiola Makinwa announced as the winner of the first HiiL Law of the Future Young Talent Essay Competition
• Short-listed essays - Law of the Future Young Talent Essay Competition
• New international HiiL research project: Private Transnational Regulation led by Fabrizio Cafaggi
• New Members HiiL Supervisory Board and Programmatic Steering Board
• HiiL welcomes Deirdre Curtin on its Programmatic Steering Board
• Report fourth Annual Meeting Hague Rule of Law Network available
• Institute for Global Justice gets the green light
• HiiL Law of the Future Young Talent Essay Competition
• HiiL Dinner Debate – Getting closer to the launch of a much needed international research project on financial regulation
• Fruitful Judicial dialogue on the selection of cases
• Expert meeting on national constitutions and globalisation a success
• New methodology to measure Access to Justice and Legal Empowerment presented in an international conference in The Hague
• Professor H. Patrick Glenn: the 2010-2011 Henry G. Schermers Fellow
• Veronica Taylor: Inaugural The Hague Visiting Professor on the Rule of Law
• HiiL celebrated its 5th anniversary during its Annual Institute Dinner
• Successful Diner Debate on Extension of Jurisdiction
• Public Lecture on How Conceptual Biases in Complex Institutions Contributed to the Financial Crisis (and Continue to Pose a Threat to Global Stability)
• The Hague Journal on the Rule of Law – Volume 2 is now available
• Professor Maarten Kroeze succeeds Professor Aalt Willem Heringa in HiiL Supervisory Board
• HiiL will promote Legal Tools project at the ICC Review Conference in Kampala
• Internship for the Legal Tools project
• Call for papers Ius Commune workshop 2010: Informal International Public Policy Mechanisms
• HiiL Co-organised Seminar on the Use of Indicators in the field of Rule of Law
• HiiL presented at the International Law Association Conference 2010
• Call for Proposals: Mapping good dispute resolution practices & Measurement of paths to justice
• Research day of the Center for Transboundary Legal Developments
• Fruitful brainstorm session on Public-Private Governance
• Former Henry G. Schermers Fellow Prof. Chaihark Hahm co-organised successful seminar comparing the constitutional traditions of various Asian nations
• The Dynamics of the Rule of Law: The 2nd authors' seminar
• HiiL's INLAW project held a successful workshop under the auspices of the 15th IUS COMMUNE Conference
• Law of the Future: 2nd Scenario Building Workshop
• HiiL-sponsored research project on informal law held a valuable workshop during the 15th IUS COMMUNE Conference
• Fruitful brainstorm session on Public-Private Governance
• Introducing the 4th HiiL Law of the Future Conference 2011
• 'Measuring Access to Justice’ put to use in Burmese refugee camps

News in 2009

• First Author Seminar successfully held in Berlin on HiiL Rule of Law Research Project
• HiiL Director and Visiting Professor speak at a conference on judicial globalisation in Beijing
• HiiL submits request for funding to Minister Plasterk
• HiiL Vision for 2010 - 2013 Available in Dutch
• HiiL and ACIL Launch the Website of Their Joint Research Project on International Criminal Procedure.
• Judge Kimberly Prost Joins HiiL’s Programmatic Steering Board (PSB)
• 1st Meeting of International Expert Framework on International Criminal Procedure
• Hague Farewell Seminar in Honour of ICC President Philipp Kirsch
• Sam Muller Speaks at 21st Forum on Global Issues on Promotion of the Rule of Law
• First Issue of the Hague Journal on the Rule of Law Published
• Brainstorm Meeting on HiiL’s Annual Law of the Future Conference 2009
• Fourth Dag van de Wetgeving (Day of Legislation)
• Interview with the Chair of the Programmatic Steering Board Professor Michiel Scheltema in PM!
• HiiL Honorary Patron Ambassador Hans Corell Receives Award from American Society of International Law
• HiiL's Programmatic Steering Board Member and Vice-Chair Dieter Grimm Cited in an Article on Germany's Constitutional Court in The Economist.
• Announcement: Launch Event of the Report of the Commission on Legal Empowerment of the Poor
• The 4th Meeting of the Hague Rule of Law Meeting (Brief Report)
• Sam Muller speaks at UN Conference
• The European Launch of the Report of the Commission on Legal Empowerment Poor, Making the Law Work for Everyone.
• Maurits Barendrecht in Newspaper "De Pers"
• HiiL Selects Subsidy Recipient for 2008 Transnational Constitutionality Tender
• HiiL Selects Subsidy Recipient for 2008 Private Actors and Self-regulation Tender
• HiiL Awards Subsidy for a New research Project on the Rule of Law
• Prof. Pierre Larouche (TILEC, Tilburg University) to spend a sabbatical in Northwestern University in 2009/2010 to complete his HiiL-sponsored project
• Two new edited volumes on Highest Courts and Self-Defence
• 6 October, 2009: Inaugural lecture of the new University Maastricht – HiiL Visiting Professor on the Internationalisation of Law Professor Gunther Teubner
• Dr. Chaihark Hahm new Henry G. Schermers Fellow
• HiiL publishes the 2008 Annual Report
• HiiL issues HiiL Highlights
• Hague Journal on the Rule of Law (HJRL) – new issue now available!
• Law of the Future Conference 2009 - a successful event
• HiiL is sponsoring the World Justice Forum II, 11 - 14 November 2009, Vienna, Austria
• HiiL presenting at World Legal Forum Conference, 7-8 December 2009, Peace Palace, The Hague
• HiiL speaks at TISCO conference on dispute settlement
• HiiL participates in the first workshop of the Highest Courts Research group in Bologna
• HiiL addresses the launching conference of the European Academy on Law and Legislation on Styles of Legislation
• Director chairs plenary session of World Justice Forum on the Rule of Law Index