Events
Upcoming events
Past events
- Doctoral Defense Jorg Sladič: 14 May 2025
- Consumer ADR Conference - 5-6 December 2024
- Doctoral Defense Marike Lefevre - 4 October 2024
- Doctoral Defence Kyra Wigard - 22 June 2024
- ED-AFFICHE: Navigating the European Degree Label Journey | CHARM-EU
- 8-9 February 2024: Constitutional communities conference
- 2 February 2024: the Senate’s Commission on Institutional Affairs organized a hearing
- Doctoral defence Simon Vanhove
- Multilevel, Multiparty and Multisector Cross-Border Litigation in Europe, 3rd Edition
- Seminar on federalism and state reform
- Doctoral defence Angelina Atanasova
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CASE4EU Book Launch and continuing education
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International conference "Digitalization of the enforcement procedures"
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ADR seminar in collaboration with the Oxford University
- Doctoral defence Christopher Borucki
- Informative videos : A clear overview of the key aspects of the Constitutional Court.
- Interview with Stefan Sottiaux on the occation of 2 years VMRI.
- Article in the magazine Knack on the occasion of 600 years KU Leuven
- International Women's Day – Interview with Pieter Cannoot, Elise Goossens and Marie Spinoy: Feminist and queer research methods in law.
- Prof. Dr. Stefan Sottiaux: Chamber can be dissolved, regional parliaments cannot: why is that? Click here:
- KU Leuven will be 600 years old this year and during the weekend of 15 and 16 February, this will be celebrated with KU Leuven "Inside/Insight".
During this festive weekend, you can meet the researchers of the Public Law department in two stops in De Valk.
The state of our democratic constitutional state:
This stop takes a closer look at the rule of law, the separation of powers and the protection of fundamental rights. Come and listen to Martien Schotsmans, Bart Willockx and Hugo Lamon on the separation of powers on Saturday at 2 p.m., and on Sunday at the same time to Eva Brems, Koen Lemmens and Frank Judo on the protection of fundamental rights. On the basis of stimulating statements throughout the rest of the day, you can join the debate on these themes!
This stop will be provided by colleagues Paul Lemmens, David D'Hooghe, Koen Lemmens, Emma De Clercq, Arvid Rochtus, Charlotte Teuwens, Eva Albers, Thibaut Lesseliers, and Stien Dethier.
This stop takes a closer look at the rule of law, the separation of powers and the protection of fundamental rights. Come and listen to Martien Schotsmans, Bart Willockx and Hugo Lamon on the separation of powers on Saturday at 2 p.m., and on Sunday at the same time to Eva Brems, Koen Lemmens and Frank Judo on the protection of fundamental rights. On the basis of stimulating statements throughout the rest of the day, you can join the debate on these themes!
This stop will be provided by colleagues Paul Lemmens, David D'Hooghe, Koen Lemmens, Emma De Clercq, Arvid Rochtus, Charlotte Teuwens, Eva Albers, Thibaut Lesseliers, and Stien Dethier.
Law and climate: can the law save our planet in time?
This stop reflects on the relationship between law on the one hand and climate and sustainability on the other, and how the former can promote the latter two. On both Saturday and Sunday, you can spend the whole day learning about the research on this subject at our faculty, and join the debate on these themes. Duty of Care, Nic Balthazar's documentary about the climate case against Shell, will be shown continuously and will be followed on Saturday at 1 pm by a debate with the director and climate activist. On Sunday (11 am and 1 pm) you can follow "mini-climate cases" through moot court competitions of students.
This stop will be provided by colleagues Dorothy Gruyaert, Gleider Hernández, Christopher Borucki, Elias Van Gool, Jakob Kesteloot, Karel Brackeniers, Jing Wu, Kato De Schepper, Françoise Auvray, Simon Van Eekert, Pedro Rogerio Borges de Carvalho, Myrto Kourouni, Triantafyllos Kouloufakos, and Stien Dethier.
More information, also about the other stops of the Faculty of Law and Criminology:
https://www.kuleuven.be/600years/schedule/law-and-criminology?lang=en
- We are pleased to share the webpage dedicated to the European Degree Workshop, published in the International section of the University of Pavia’s website.
In addition to a brief summary article on the event, you will find a link to the full recording of the Workshop (hosted on the EC2U Alliance YouTube channel) and a link to download the materials shared during the various sessions. As previously mentioned, this collection will not only serve as a "record" of the event but also as an important open resource on the European Degree. Feel free to share these links to all interested parties. At this link, you can find the pictures taken during the event.
Your contribution was essential to the success of the Workshop, which was attended by over 500 participants (both in person and remotely via live streaming) from Italian and European universities, European Alliances, institutions, and associations.
- A survey of ten pilot projects finds significant obstacles to the introduction of joint
European degrees. Read the article by Martin Greenacre, Technology Reporter at
Science Business here. - Karel Reybrouck is the laureate of the 2024 Fernand Collin Prize for Law. The jury decided to award this biennial prize to his dissertation, "A Modern Division of Powers for Federal Belgium: Toward a Balance Between Dual and Cooperative Federalism" (Intersentia, 2023). Karel completed his doctorate at Leuven Centre for Public Law under the supervision of Professor Stefan Sottiaux.
- Two vacant PhD positions in constitutional law (under the supervision of Prof. Stefan Sottiaux) and civil procedure (under the supervision of Prof. Stefaan Voet and Prof. Benoît Allemeersch)
- Stien Dethier received a FWO fellowship for her doctoral research titled "Simple solutions for complex problems? Multi-party proceedings in Belgian procedural law"
- Emma De Clercq received a FWO fellowship for her doctoral research titled "Rethinking property through environmental duties: towards a further integration of environmental, constitutional and property law?"
- Join the Leuven Centre for Public Law December 5th and 6th for the 2024 edition of the EU Consumer ADR Conference. This conference will bring together consumer ADR experts and enthusiasts, discussing the most recent legal challenges in the field. The conference is co-organized by prof. Stefaan Voet (KU Leuven) and prof. Christopher Hodges (University of Oxford). Registration can be done here.
- Christophe Maes' report on the notion of constitutional identity and the role of this concept in the context of EU integration was recently published for the European Parliament.
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HE leaders want strong drive to implement European Degree
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CASE4EU wins the Pioneer & Society Award 2024
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European Degree label eases legal path to joint programmes
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Lecture by Prof. Koen Lemmens on the contemporary interpretation and meaning of human rights on 6 December 2023 in the Leuven Townhall.
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ED-AFFICHE Mid-Term Event: Syncing Achievements for a Collaborative Journey Towards the European Degree Label.
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Eva Sevrin receives FWO fellowship.
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Rani Van de Gaer wins the Jura Falconis Master Prize with her research on federalism in emergency situations. She is also a laureate in the OCAD thesis competition
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Arvid Rochtus and Karel Reybrouck speak at seminar 'La Belgique fédérale: forces et faiblesses d'un fédéralisme atypique' in the Brussels Parliament (8/11), see
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Laureate of the EU@school@kuleuven 2023 Prize: Alexander Janssens. Congratulations! He elaborated aspects of his master's thesis into a fascinating lesson for secondary school students: 'Press freedom and diversity in the European Union: democratic values to cherish'.
Entries for the EU@school@kuleuven 2024 Prize are expected by Sept. 15, 2024. View the call for entries here. -
Koen Lemmens on Conner Rousseau's unilateral publication request
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Koen Lemmens on Preventive censorship
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Paul Van Orshoven on the Black Box of Justice
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"A group of constitutional specialists, including Koen Lemmens and Karel Reybrouck, calls on the government to respect the rule of law."
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Juliette McIntyre, Ori Pomson and Kyra Wigard conducted an empirical analysis of the interventions in Ukraine v Russia
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Stefan Sottiaux about Flemish Human Rights Institute
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Arthur Dyevre on Ramadan making Muslim judges more lenient
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Kurt Deketelaere on the new 'concept note' on nitrogen
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Kurt Deketelaere on the nitrogen agreement
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Lecture Stefaan Voet during conference Informal Justice as an Effective Mechanism in Dispute Resolution
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Stefan Sottiaux on the constitution for all
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Stefan Sottiaux on a confederal Belgium
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The new Flemish Human Rights Institute is getting a face: among others also Koen Lemmens, Marie Spinoy and Marike Lefevre
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Book by Jan Velaers, with personal testimony by André Alen, on the 1990 mini-King issue has been published
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New website: The Constitution for all
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Quinten Jacobs won the APR Prize 2021-2022 with his master's thesis
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Kurt Willems is coordinator of a European project "Overcoming the hurdles for joint degrees in Europe"
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Stefan Sottiaux on Radio 1 on the recent amendment of Article 1 of the constitutional law in the Netherlands
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Leuven Centre for Public Law welcomed visiting scholar Laura Kadile under the supervision of Steven Lierman
Staff
The large team of the Leuven Centre for Public Law consists of professors, teaching and research assistants, as well as several affiliated researchers.
Research
The research of the Leuven Centre for Public Law focuses on Civil Procedure, Environmental and Energy Law, Human Rights Law, Administrative Law and Constitutional Law.
Education
The comprehensive teaching assignments of our professors all relate to topics within the broad field of public law.
