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Ann Skelton re-elected member UN Children's Rights Committee07 December 2020Professor Ann Skelton, Rotating Honorary Chair of Enforcement of Children's Rights 2020/2021 at the Department of Child Law, has been re-elected as me...
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Invitation Jaap Doek Children’s Rights Thesis Award Ceremony 202024 November 2020The department of Child Law of Leiden University and Defence for Children invite you to the eighth Jaap Doek Children’s Rights Thesis Award ceremony. ...
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UN Committee on the Rights of the Child follows third party intervention13 November 2020
Upon invitation by the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child, a large group of academics submitted a third party intervention in a case against Fran...
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New international platform campaigns for children’s rights03 November 2020From the rights of refugee children to the right to a sustainable Earth. The online platform Leiden Children's Rights Observatory makes information on...
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Children’s Rights Newsletter October 202028 October 2020The latest newsletter of the Master of Laws Programme: Advanced Studies in International Children’s Rights and the UNICEF Chair in Children’s Rights o...
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Leiden Children’s Rights Observatory: New Report on Admissibility under CRC-OP327 October 2020A new report on admissibility under the Optional Protocol to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) on a Communications Procedure (OP3) ha...
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Global citizenship research launched in cooperation with NCDO22 October 2020At the initiative of the National Commission for International Cooperation and Sustainable Development (NCDO), Leiden University has commenced researc...
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Book launch: Legal Pluralism in European Contract Law16 October 2020The Institute of Private Law at Leiden University kindly invites you to an online book launch of the book Legal Pluralism in European Contract Law. Th...
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Mr. Online on joint research into impact of coronavirus crisis on the judicial system15 October 2020
In the research project, Leiden University, Utrecht University and Radboud University will together analyse the issues facing the judicial system in t...
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European Law Institute Launches Book on Rescue of Business in Europe13 October 2020On 10 September 2020 the European Law Institute (ELI) launched the book Rescue of Business in Europe. The volume presents the results of a study led b...
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Don't give foster children foster rights, give them children's rights06 October 2020All children have rights, and so foster children also have rights. But when these rights are not observed, there are not many options available to fos...
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Prof. Haentjens, prof. Vriesendorp and prof. Wessels included in the 2020 Lawdragon Leading Global Restructuring & Insolvency Lists28 September 2020Prof. Vriesendorp and prof. Wessels have been recognized in the 2020 Lawdragon list of 500 Leading Global Restructuring & Insolvency Lawyers. Prof. Ha...
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Just published: European Banking and Financial Law (Second Edition)28 September 2020Authors: Matthias Haentjens, Pierre de Gioia Carabellese
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Ann Skelton first holder of Rotating Honorary Chair Enforcement of Children's Rights22 September 2020This new rotating professorship has been established to offer renowned academics the opportunity to teach and conduct research on international childr...
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The right to information for refugee children16 September 2020For refugee children, the right to information is of great importance to make their voice heard. Stephanie Rap is studying the child’s right to partic...