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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...
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Leiden University conducts research into impact of coronavirus crisis on judicial system14 September 2020Leiden University, together with Utrecht University and Radboud University in Nijmegen, has received a research grant from the Covid-19 programme of Z...
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Master’s thesis about Children’s Rights? Win the Jaap Doek Children’s Rights Thesis Award 202009 September 2020
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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Students LL.M. Advanced Studies in International Children’s Rights received their master degrees25 August 2020On Monday 24 August 2020 a small, intimate gathering of graduating students and staff took place in the Leiden University Academy Building’s Groot Aud...
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Sierd Schaafsma appointed justice in the Supreme Court of the Netherlands24 August 2020The Dutch Council of Ministers has approved the appointment of a Vice President and of three justices, including Professor Sierd Schaafsma, in the Sup...
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New website Leiden Children’s Rights Observatory03 July 2020A new website has been designed to make the Leiden Children’s Rights Observatory, which started in 2018, more accessible.
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Two new assistant professors for Empirical Legal Studies03 July 2020Niek Strohmaier and Gitta Veldt will start as assistant professors within the project Empirical Legal Studies (ELS). Their appointments are part of th...
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Vanessa Mak appointed Chair of Civil Law01 July 2020Vanessa Mak is appointed Professor of Civil Law at Leiden University as of 1 October 2020. She will succeed Professor Jac. Hijma who is retiring.
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Mariëlle Bruning Expert Council of Europe24 June 2020The Council of Europe is currently implementing its Strategy for the Rights of the Child (2016-2021), one of the priority areas of which is “a life fr...
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Third Party Intervention to UN Committee on the Rights of the Child15 June 2020Upon invitation by the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child, a large group of academics have submitted a third party intervention in a case against...
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PhD Defence Sabine Witting08 June 2020Sabine Witting, PhD student at Child Law and eLaw - Center for Law and Digital Technologies, will defend her thesis on Thursday, June 11.