ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Sophie Adams

Sophie Adams is an LL.M. student in international criminal law in the Global Alliance Program between the University of Amsterdam and Columbia Law School. She holds an LL.M. in human rights from the London School of Economics and Political Science.

POSTS BY Sophie Adams

12 March 2025

Balancing on the Edge of Loyalty and Legality

At the end of 2024, the current Dutch government proposed new legislation in the shape of the “asylum crisis measures legislation” and a “two-status-system legislation”. Through advisory reports by the Council for the Judiciary, the broader public was properly introduced to the government’s plans. The reports strongly urge the government not to pursue these proposals for their potential consequences on the judiciary and implementation of the new EU Asylum Pact. Although some of these individual measures may be legal, a holistic approach shows that it is the sum of these parts that finds itself at odds with EU law, balancing on the edge of loyalty and legality. Continue reading >>