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Citizens felt less heard in virtual court hearings during coronavirus crisis 18 February 2022
Quite a lot went wrong during the virtual hearings that courts held during the coronavirus crisis. Researchers from three universities, including Leid...
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Leiden University supports the Caribbean Center for Children’s Rights 11 January 2022
Prof. Ton Liefaard and Chrisje Sandelowsky-Bosman visited Curaçao to launch de Caribbean Center for Children’s Rights and present research.
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Meghan Ingram wins the Jaap Doek Children’s Rights Thesis Award 2021 14 December 2021
On 7 December, Meghan Ingram won the Jaap Doek Children’s Rights Thesis Award 2021 for her thesis on the rights of children of foreign terrorist fight...
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Launch of Spanish version of the Leiden Children’s Rights Observatory website 23 November 2021
The Leiden Children’s Rights Observatory is pleased to launch the Spanish version of the website. This new feature of the website is a result of the p...
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Invitation: award ceremony Jaap Doek Children's Rights Thesis Award 2021 23 November 2021
The Department of Child Law of Leiden University and Defence for Children invite you to the ninth Jaap Doek Children’s Rights Thesis Award ceremony, w...
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Department of Child Law welcomes back alumna Lucy Opoka 09 November 2021
In the summer of 2021, Lucy Opoka was awarded one of the coveted Meijers PhD positions. In October, she arrived back in Leiden, where she obtained her...
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Online Webinar Series: Children’s Access to Justice in Practice 12 October 2021
From Wednesday 20 October 2021 to Thursday 21 April 2022, Leiden Children’s Rights Observatory and the Centre for Constitutional Studies of the Suprem...
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Combatting violence against children: what are the lessons learnt? 16 September 2021
In the context of the 2021 Day of General Discussion of the UN Committee on Rights of the Child, this time dedicated to alternative care, Defence for ...
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Master’s thesis about Children’s Rights? Win the Jaap Doek Children’s Rights Thesis Award 2021 08 September 2021
The Jaap Doek Children’s Rights Thesis Award is an annual award for the best thesis in the field of Children’s Rights granted by Defence for Children ...
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Graduation ceremony students LL.M. Advanced Studies in International Children’s Rights 30 August 2021
On Monday 23 August 2021 the graduation ceremony took place in the Leiden University Academy Building’s Groot Auditorium. Graduates and staff abroad p...
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Ton Liefaard presents at the Francophone association of ombudspersons platform 10 August 2021
On 8 July 2021, The Francophone Association of Ombudspersons (L’Association des Ombudsmans et des Médiateurs de la Francophonie (AOMF)) launched their...
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Rights of undocumented children in Curaçao severely under threat 23 June 2021
Research conducted by the University of Leiden and the University of Curaçao found that the rights of undocumented children in Curaçao, mostly from Ve...
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Students from Colombia win Children’s Rights Moot Court 2021 17 June 2021
The team from Universidad de los Andes (Bogotá, Colombia) came out on top at the international online Moot Court organised by Leiden University and la...
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Children’s Rights Moot Court 2021: 7 to 16 June 2021 03 June 2021
48 student teams from all over the world will be taking part in the international online moot court competition. The event is organised by Leiden Univ...
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Children and young adults in contact with the law: Systemic vulnerabilities and institutional responses 26 May 2021
On 16 April 2021 the webinar ‘Children and young adults in contact with the law: Systemic vulnerabilities and institutional responses’ took place. In ...