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Meijers prizes and thesis prizes awarded at New Year’s event 14 January 2021
On Tuesday 12 January 2021, the annual Meijers prizes and thesis prizes were awarded at the online New Year’s event broadcast from the Old Observatory.
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Julia Sloth-Nielsen received A-rating from South African National Research Foundation 22 December 2020
Professor Julia Sloth-Nielsen has received an A-rating from the National Research Foundation in South Africa, where she holds a Chair in Public Law at...
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Walter Burkard wins the Jaap Doek Children’s Rights Thesis Award 2020 with thesis on climate change 22 December 2020
On 10 December Walter Burkard won the Jaap Doek Children’s Rights Thesis Award 2020 for his thesis on climate change and children’s rights. The prize ...
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Walter Burkard wins the Jaap Doek Children’s Rights Thesis Award 2020 13 December 2020
On 10 December Walter Burkard won the Jaap Doek Children’s Rights Thesis Award 2020 for his thesis on climate change and children’s rights.
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Leiden students winner and nominee BUREN Thesis Prize for Insolvency Law 11 December 2020
The BUREN Thesis Prize for Insolvency Law was awarded for the third time on 19 November 2020. Ilse van Vloten and Gijs de Koning, two Leiden students ...
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Mirjam Sombroek–van Doorm appointed Associate Professor Health Law 10 December 2020
In addition to being Director of Operational Management at Leiden Law School, Mirjam Sombroek–van Doorm will help develop Health Law at the faculty in...
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Third PhD Workshop on European/International Insolvency Law 07 December 2020
From 4-5 March 2021, the Stichting Bob Wessels Insolvency Law Collection invites PhD students from Europe and beyond to participate in a third (online...
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Ann Skelton re-elected member UN Children's Rights Committee 07 December 2020
Professor Ann Skelton, Rotating Honorary Chair of Enforcement of Children's Rights 2020/2021 at the Department of Child Law, has been re-elected as me...
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Invitation Jaap Doek Children’s Rights Thesis Award Ceremony 2020 24 November 2020
The department of Child Law of Leiden University and Defence for Children invite you to the eighth Jaap Doek Children’s Rights Thesis Award ceremony. ...
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UN Committee on the Rights of the Child follows third party intervention 13 November 2020
Upon invitation by the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child, a large group of academics submitted a third party intervention in a case against Fran...
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New international platform campaigns for children’s rights 03 November 2020
From the rights of refugee children to the right to a sustainable Earth. The online platform Leiden Children's Rights Observatory makes information on...
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Children’s Rights Newsletter October 2020 28 October 2020
The latest newsletter of the Master of Laws Programme: Advanced Studies in International Children’s Rights and the UNICEF Chair in Children’s Rights o...
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Leiden Children’s Rights Observatory: New Report on Admissibility under CRC-OP3 27 October 2020
A new report on admissibility under the Optional Protocol to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) on a Communications Procedure (OP3) ha...
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Global citizenship research launched in cooperation with NCDO 22 October 2020
At the initiative of the National Commission for International Cooperation and Sustainable Development (NCDO), Leiden University has commenced researc...
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Book launch: Legal Pluralism in European Contract Law 16 October 2020
The Institute of Private Law at Leiden University kindly invites you to an online book launch of the book Legal Pluralism in European Contract Law. Th...