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Vanessa Mak and Herman Paul new KNAW members16 May 2024The KNAW has appointed 17 new members, including Leiden University's Vanessa Mak, Professor of Private Law, and Herman Paul, Professor of History. The...
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‘Children’s healthcare rights deserve more attention’19 April 2024‘Children’s rights are somewhat of a poor relation’, says Professor of Law and Health Mirjam Sombroek-van Doorm. In her inaugural lecture, she will em...
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Symposium on ten years of progress for children's rights: OPIC18 April 2024In a collaborative effort between the Leiden Children’s Rights Observatory, the Leiden Law Academy, UNICEF and the Petitions Section of the Office of ...
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MOU Signed Between the Child Friendly Justice European Network and Leiden Law School - Child Law Department09 April 2024The Child Friendly Justice European Network (CFJ-EN) and the Leiden Law School’s Department of Child Law are pleased to announce the signing of a sign...
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Child rights expert sounds the alarm: ‘Global crises are hitting children hardest’08 April 2024Wars, climate change and the effects of covid have caused a global decline in children’s well-being. In her inaugural lecture Ann Skelton, Professor o...
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‘The battle for sustainability won’t be won in the civil courts’18 March 2024Fossil Free against KLM on greenwashing, municipalities against Chemours on PFAS discharge, climate cases against Shell and ING Bank… There are many e...
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New special chair in Educational Theory and Law05 March 2024Following a special donation, the Stichting Pro Juventute foundation is facilitating a new special chair in Educational Theory and Law. Through the ch...
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Simone van der Hof and Ton Liefaard collaborate on UNICEF Safer Internet Day symposium07 February 2024On Safer Internet Day (Tuesday 6 February), UNICEF Netherlands organised a symposium on the theme of 'Children's rights in the digital world' in colla...
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Department of Child Law to become Department of Child Law and Health Law05 February 2024The Faculty Board and the Institute of Private Law have agreed to combine the disciplines of child law, international children’s rights and health law...
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New Programme Director for master’s programmes in Law01 February 2024After more than five years, Professor Armin Cuyvers has handed over the position of Programme Director for the master’s programmes in Law to Marije Sc...
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Introducing the new Faculty Board31 January 2024On 15 February 2024, Leiden Law School's Faculty Board will enter a new phase.
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Child LGBTQIA+ asylum seekers not adequately protected17 January 2024Queer youths seeking asylum in the Netherlands are not adequately protected. The system that assesses asylum claims lacks child-specific processes and...
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Kim Schuurman wins 2023 Jaap Doek Children’s Rights Thesis Award22 December 2023Each year, the Jaap Doek Children’s Rights Thesis Award is presented to the student who has written the best master’s thesis in the Netherlands or Bel...
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Top award for master’s programme Child Law12 December 2023The master’s programme 'Jeugdrecht' (Child Law) at Leiden Law School has been awarded the gold medal by EW Beste Studies. It is the only degree progra...
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Council of Ministers of Curaçao invites Leiden University to present children’s rights research15 November 2023On 1 November 2023, Professor Ton Liefaard presented research on the rights of undocumented children to the Council of Ministers of Curaçao.