Marine spatial planning (MSP) was developed as a place-based, integrated marine governance approach to address sectoral and fragmented management issues and has seen significant evolvement over the past two decades. MSP has rapidly become the most commonly endorsed management regime for sustainable development …

Drinking water utilities are responsible for providing safe drinking water. As water directly impacts public health, water utilities follow stringent water treatment standards and processes. However to keep pace with the dynamic environment and tackle challenges such as water stress, water pollution, …

Over the past decades, various types of permeable pavements have been implemented in different municipalities in the Netherlands in order to improve infiltration capacity in urban areas and therewith being able to better treat stormwater runoff. With initial promising results, this adaptation measure …

What is true, or counts as a fact, for whom, under what circumstances, and what are the consequences? This article argues for the need for a reflexive attitude, as the object and subject of knowledge cannot be separated entirely. Intelligence is discussed in terms of a knowledge regime, with various …

Data collected from fitness trackers worn by employees could be very useful for businesses. The sharing of this data with employers is already a well-established practice in the United States, and companies in Europe are showing an interest in the introduction of such devices among their workforces. …

Over the past decades, laws and regulations have been incorporating obligations for major organisations in almost all sectors of society to integrate risk management in their governance. Against this background, this study focused on the degree and the way in which legal departments of Dutch organisations …

The system of export control regimes is an important instrument to prevent the proliferation of both weapons of mass destruction and conventional weapons. However, this system faces several structural and recent challenges. The regimes are informal, and consequently, their measures are non-binding upon …

In de redactionele beschouwing ‘Ik kijk geen nieuws meer’ riep de Militaire Spectator in september op om bijdragen aan te leveren voor een feitelijke en gevalideerde wetenschappelijke analyse van de bijna 20-jarige interventie (2001-2021) in Afghanistan.1 Afgelopen zomer eindigde die in een ogenschijnlijke …

Aanleiding, doel en opzet onderzoek Dit state-of-the-art onderzoek Statelijke Dreigingen is door de Nationaal Coördinator Terrorismebestrijding en Veiligheid (NCTV) aangevraagd bij het Wetenschappelijk Onderzoeks- en Documentatiecentrum (WODC) van het Ministerie van Justitie en Veiligheid in het …

This article analyses how international criminal courts and tribunals have pronounced on the contextual elements of their respective war crimes provisions. A comprehensive overview of the way these institutions treated the material scope of application of ihl shows that the ad hoc tribunals tended to …