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The great diversity of social, economic and ethnic backgrounds, religions, and lifestyles brings questions such as ‘how to live together?’ and ‘how to create an urban culture of respect and trust?’, as well as ‘what role can law play in the cultivation of such a culture?’</p> <p>The Global City Project explored the global city as the crucial place where citizenship and fundamental rights have been debated in the past and in the present. It also questioned the role and position of the global city on the international stage.</p> <p>The 4-year research project run from September 2016 until September 2021. P<span>roject leader was <a href="/about-the-institute/whos-who/JanneNijman" target="_blank">Prof. Dr Janne Nijman</a> who received a grant from the </span><a href="http://gieskesstrijbisfonds.nl/projecten/wereld-als-stad-stad-als-wereld/" target="_blank"><span>Gieskes-Strijbis Fonds</span></a><span><span> </span>for this research project.</span></p> </div> </div> </section> <section class="home-sliderblock container"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-lg-10 col-lg-offset-1"> <header class="home-sliderblock__heading"> <h2>News and Events</h2> </header> <div class="home-sliderblock__slider js-home-sliderblock animated" data-slick='{"autoplay": false}'> <article class="home-sliderblock__slider__item"> <div class="home-sliderblock__slider__item-wrapper js-dot"> <a href="/global-city/news-and-events/cities-and-international-law-collecting-empirical-evidence/" title="Cities and International Law: collecting empirical evidence"> <figure> <img src="/media/679649/skyscraper-14112_1280.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=387&height=190&rnd=132648749690000000" alt="News item image"> </figure> <header> <h3>Cities and International Law: collecting empirical evidence </h3> </header> <div class="home-sliderblock__slider__item__text" style="margin-top:20px;"> <p>The relation between international law and cities has been receiving more and more attention recently. Scholars provide accounts of local governments that invoke the norms of international law in their local legislation and policy. They write about city networ...</p> </div> </a> </div> </article> <article class="home-sliderblock__slider__item"> <div class="home-sliderblock__slider__item-wrapper js-dot"> <a href="/global-city/news-and-events/african-blacks-and-mulattos-in-the-17th-century-amsterdam-portuguese-jewish-community/" title="African blacks and Mulattos in the 17th-Century Amsterdam Portuguese Jewish community"> <figure> <img src="/media/679389/shutterstock_762009811.jpg?center=0.50191570881226055,0.501002004008016&mode=crop&width=387&height=190&rnd=132648749690000000" alt="News item image"> </figure> <header> <h3>African blacks and Mulattos in the 17th-Century Amsterdam Portuguese Jewish community</h3> </header> <div class="home-sliderblock__slider__item__text" style="margin-top:20px;"> <p>The seventeenth-century Portuguese Jewish community in Amsterdam was comprised of members coming from Spain, Portugal, Italy, Turkey, Greece, France, Belgium, Morocco, and West Africa. José Da Silva Horta and Peter Mark (2011) found records of Sephardic commun...</p> </div> </a> </div> </article> <article class="home-sliderblock__slider__item"> <div class="home-sliderblock__slider__item-wrapper js-dot"> <a href="/global-city/news-and-events/united-cities-and-local-governments-world-summit-and-its-meaning-for-the-interaction-of-cities-with-international-law-and-governance/" title="United Cities and Local Governments World Summit and its meaning for the interaction of cities with international law and governance"> <figure> <img src="/media/5813/shutterstock_398267713.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=387&height=190&rnd=132648749690000000" alt="News item image"> </figure> <header> <h3>United Cities and Local Governments World Summit and its meaning for the interaction of cities with international law and governance</h3> </header> <div class="home-sliderblock__slider__item__text" style="margin-top:20px;"> <p>From the 11th to 15th of November I will be visiting the United Cities and Local Governments World Congress of cities in Durban, South Africa promoted as ‘the largest gathering of mayors, presidents of associations, councillors, and local and regional practiti...</p> </div> </a> </div> </article> <article class="home-sliderblock__slider__item"> <div class="home-sliderblock__slider__item-wrapper js-dot"> <a href="/global-city/news-and-events/human-rights-cities-what-do-they-have-in-common/" title="Human Rights Cities: What do they have in common?"> <figure> <img src="/media/5773/city-and-traffic-view-in-argentina.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=387&height=190&rnd=132648749690000000" alt="News item image"> </figure> <header> <h3>Human Rights Cities: What do they have in common? </h3> </header> <div class="home-sliderblock__slider__item__text" style="margin-top:20px;"> <p>A growing number of cities profile themselves as ‘Human Rights Cities’. Rosario, Argentina, became world’s first human rights city in 1997, Gwangju, South Korea has been hosting the World Human Rights Cities Forum since 2011 and Buenos Aires has a local Secret...</p> </div> </a> </div> </article> <article class="home-sliderblock__slider__item"> <div class="home-sliderblock__slider__item-wrapper js-dot"> <a href="/global-city/news-and-events/who-does-it-belong-to-looted-art-and-cases-of-restitution/" title="Who does it belong to? Looted art and cases of restitution"> <figure> <img src="/media/5704/shutterstock_man-reading-a-book-244451953.jpg?crop=0,0.077436692506459945,0,0.1869147286821706&cropmode=percentage&width=387&height=190&rnd=132648749690000000" alt="News item image"> </figure> <header> <h3>Who does it belong to? Looted art and cases of restitution</h3> </header> <div class="home-sliderblock__slider__item__text" style="margin-top:20px;"> <p>Restitution cases around art and other objects continue to spark controversy as family members or direct victims of conflicts are stepping up. Every so often, the dubious provenance of an artwork becomes newsworthy, usually combined with a dispute over ownersh...</p> </div> </a> </div> </article> <article class="home-sliderblock__slider__item"> <div class="home-sliderblock__slider__item-wrapper js-dot"> <a href="/global-city/news-and-events/the-concept-of-liberty-and-freedom-in-the-bible-commentary-of-ishac-athias/" title="The Concept of Liberty and Freedom in the Bible Commentary of Ishac Athias"> <figure> <img src="/media/5609/shutterstock_sephardic-jew.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=387&height=190&rnd=132648749690000000" alt="News item image"> </figure> <header> <h3>The Concept of Liberty and Freedom in the Bible Commentary of Ishac Athias</h3> </header> <div class="home-sliderblock__slider__item__text" style="margin-top:20px;"> <p>The study of a 17th-century rabbinic commentary on the Hebrew Bible written by Ishac Athias, published in Amsterdam sheds light on the viewpoint of freedom within the Sephardic community. The Romans considered libertas the natural state or condition of men. I...</p> </div> </a> </div> </article> <article class="home-sliderblock__slider__item"> <div class="home-sliderblock__slider__item-wrapper js-dot"> <a href="/global-city/news-and-events/call-for-contributions-city-reports-on-international-law/" title="Call for Contributions: City reports on International Law"> <figure> <img src="/media/5576/shutterstock_den-haag.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=387&height=190&rnd=132648749690000000" alt="News item image"> </figure> <header> <h3>Call for Contributions: City reports on International Law</h3> </header> <div class="home-sliderblock__slider__item__text" style="margin-top:20px;"> <p>The International Law Association (ILA) study group on "the Role of Cities in International Law", the T.M.C. 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