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Children in court proceedings should be heard at much younger age02 March 2020On 2 March 2020 the report Kind in proces: van communicatie naar effectieve participatie (Children in proceedings: from communication towards effectiv...
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Conference in Sarajevo on Children’s Access to Justice26 February 2020Organised in collaboration with the Bosnia and Herzegovina State Ministry of Justice, UNICEF’s Europe and Central Asia Regional Office and UNICEF’s Bo...
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Council of Europe protects children’s rights through action plan in biomedicine19 February 2020The action plan focuses on addressing key challenges posed by technological developments and trends in biomedical practices
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Legal Business Game nominated for 'Gouden Zandloper'14 February 2020A project in which students get to learn about professional practice in company law by competing in teams, has been nominated for a prestigious legal ...
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Farewell Symposium John Cartwright and Inaugural Lecture Ewan McKendrick13 February 2020On Monday 16 March, Ewan McKendrick will give his inaugural lecture in the Academy Building at 16:00 hrs, on Commercial Contract Law: How Important is...
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New volume on ‘Safeguarding Children’s Rights in Immigration Law’06 February 2020At the start of 2020, the book ‘Safeguarding Children’s Rights in Immigration Law’ was published by Intersentia.
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Stephanie Rap receives KNAW Young Career Award05 February 2020On Tuesday 4 February, Stephanie Rap, lecturer in children’s rights, was presented with the KNAW Early Career Award 2019. She receives the award for h...
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Leiden University supports amici curiae brief in U.S. case about detention of immigrant children03 February 2020
The amici curiae brief was filed with the United States District Court for the Central District of California, on 28 January 2020.
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Situation analysis of children and adolescents in the Caribbean Netherlands published by UNICEF03 February 2020In 2019 UNICEF published the situation analysis of children and adolescents in the Caribbean Netherlands, commissioned by the Dutch Ministry of Interi...
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Yannick van den Brink participates in live webinar ‘Pre-Trial Detention of Children in India’03 February 2020On 27 January 2020, Dr Yannick van den Brink, Assistant Professor at the Department of Child Law, participated in a live webinar titled ‘Pre-Trial Det...
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Successful interdisciplinary course on children’s rights in Chile22 January 2020From 2 to 17 January, Leiden University co-organised an interdisciplinary course on children’s rights, that took place at the Centre for Studies on Ju...
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New legislation on surrogacy desperately needed17 January 2020Professor of Family Law, Lies Punselie, welcomes the new legislation on surrogacy. The law as it currently stands is ill equipped to deal with the iss...
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Meijers Prizes, Van Wersch Springplank prizes and Thesis Prizes awarded at New Years’ reception10 January 2020On Thursday 10 January a number of prizes were presented to researchers and students.
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New book out: Monitoring Children’s Rights in the Netherlands23 December 2019Ton Liefaard, Stephanie Rap and Peter Rodrigues have edited the book 'Monitoring Children’s Rights in the Netherlands. 30 Years of the UN Convention o...
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Yannick van den Brink gives key note speech in Valencia about children’s rights and youth justice17 December 2019On 12 December 2019, Dr Yannick van den Brink, assistant professor at the Department of Child Law and Rubicon Research Fellow at the University of Cam...