The legal protection of parents and children in cases involving placement in care must improve. That is the opinion of Mariëlle Bruning, Professor of ...
It is not possible for juvenile courts to properly assess whether it is necessary to place a child in care. This is evident from a fact sheet that has...
In Europe, the Netherlands is in middle position when it comes to the placement of children in care. The consequences of such a placement in care are ...
At the request of the Dutch Parliament, Professor Marielle Bruning, Dr Kartica van der Zon (Dept. of Child Law), Professor Lenneke Alink and Dr Sabine...
On 21 and 22 April 2022, Vanessa Mak participated in the conference 'Transformation of Consumer Law' at the University of Warwick, organised by Christ...
It is becoming increasingly common to collect data from children and young people through digital means. The impact of this so-called ‘dataveillance’ ...
To get important topics such as climate and human rights higher on the agenda of listed companies, stakeholders other than shareholders and employees ...
Mirjam Sombroek, Aart Hendriks and Martine de Vries (LUMC) will work on mapping the ethical and legal aspects of gene therapy. The aim is to establish...
Did you know that PhD candidates are also alumni of your alma mater? High time to put a PhD alumna and her research in the spotlight. Besides, this mo...
On 10 March students of the advanced master's in International Children’s Rights and the Dutch Child Law master's watched the documentary Shadow Game ...
Mirjam Sombroek-van Doorm has been awarded contract funding for research conducted for the intervention programme ‘Nu Niet Zwanger’ (Not Pregnant Now)...
Quite a lot went wrong during the virtual hearings that courts held during the coronavirus crisis. Researchers from three universities, including Leid...
On Valentine’s day, the ELS lab @Leiden launched the ELS Atelier, where a group of scholars met to see if they could find their match with a particula...
On 27 January 2022, fifteen dedicated lecturers at Leiden University received the Senior Teaching Qualification (SKO). They included Bart Krans, Profe...
Practice and science show that secure residential youth care in the Netherlands should no longer be used as a catch-all solution. This is the conclusi...
