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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...
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Sarah-Devorah Poot wins the Jaap Doek Children’s Rights Thesis Award 201911 December 2019On 10 December Sarah-Devorah Poot won the Jaap Doek Children’s Rights Thesis Award 2019 for her thesis on child-friendly judgments.
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Less finger-wagging, more pragmatism11 December 2019Rather than finger-wagging, the Netherlands has opted for pragmatism when it comes to human rights. That is what Minister of Foreign Affairs Stef Blok...
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Morshed Mannan at The New School in New York City11 December 2019In November 2019, Morshed Mannan participated at a conference entitled Who Owns the World? The State of Platform Cooperativism, that was hosted by The...
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Looking back on the ILS Lunch Seminar of November02 December 2019The monthly ILS Lunch Seminars present the perfect opportunity to unite the different Institutes situated within Leiden Law School. On Thursday 28 Nov...
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How do national courts engage with the Convention on the Rights of the Child?27 November 2019This year marks the 30th anniversary of the adoption of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) by the UN General Assembly. How do countries i...
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ILS Lunch Seminar with Melanie Fink and Tycho de Graaf17 November 2019The monthly ILS Lunch Seminars have slowly developed into somewhat of a tradition. During this seminar series, all researchers from Leiden Law School ...
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Celebrating 30 years of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child at the (Y)our Rights Festival12 November 2019It is 30 years ago this month that the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child was ratified. UNICEF is celebrating this on 20 November in collaborati...