Elderly prisoners: doubly punished? Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Until now,the group of elderly prisoners has received little attention in Belgian research. This raises specific challenges for the prison life of elderly prisoners.
Introduction and background
This first part of the title of the thesis ‘By the public, for the public?’, refers first to the evolution to co-production of public services, where public services are delivered for the public, with and by the public. In co-production citizen co-producers (users and/or citizens as part of the community) actively and voluntarily collaborate with professionals in producing public services, ...
The number of devices being connected to the internet is growing rapidly. This trend—referred to as the Internet of Things (IoT)—illustrates how everyday objects are gradually turned into smart devices. These smart devices are capable of collecting data from their surroundings and sharing those data over the internet.
The development of the IoT raises several legal questions from a consumer protection perspective. First, the ...
The freedom to decide where we want to be in the world is what makes us human, but this freedom is not uncontested. Over the course of the past century, the right to freedom of movement was gradually incorporated in international law. Human rights law was supposed to guarantee mobility across borders, and international conventions to protect refugees and stateless persons. As a result a large variety of legal statuses emerged, separating ...