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Successful 7th edition of the Frontiers of Children’s Rights Summer SchoolFrom 24 to 28 June the 7th edition of Leiden University’s annual Frontiers of Children’s Rights Summer School took place in Leiden and The Hague.
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Leiden University endorses Justice for Children Call to ActionThis Justice for Children Call to Action offers a new starting point to place children at the heart of an emerging global movement for justice. It str...
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Longer custodial sentences for child offenders?The parents of Romy, Savannah and Nick have launched a petition for tougher punishments in Dutch juvenile criminal law. Their children were killed by ...
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Final report of the De Winter Committee: inadequate protection from violence for children in youth care since 1945A significant percentage of children who have spent a period in youth care institutions or foster homes since 1945 received inadequate protection from...
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Yannick van den Brink participated in live webinar ‘Child Pre-trial Detention’On 20 May 2019, Dr Yannick van den Brink, Assistant Professor at the Department of Child Law, participated in a live webinar titled ‘Child Pre-trial D...
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'TV programme Ontvoerd not always in interest of the child'In its broadcast of 28 April 2019, TV programme Medialogica (Human) looked at television programme Ontvoerd (Abducted). Leiden professors Mariëlle Bru...
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LLM Jeugdrecht come to Leiden for careers afternoon and alumni eveningOn Tuesday 16 April 2019 study association JSV Liberi and the Department of Child Law welcomed alumni of the master’s programme Jeugdrecht to a career...
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International team of Leiden University wins award for best written memorial at Children's Rights Moot Court 2019We are proud of Chelsea Schuin, Xin Jiang, Siksanee Phollarpthawee and Lucy Opoka for their outstanding research and writing performance in the Childr...
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Ateneo de Manila University wins Children's Rights Moot Court 2019The third edition of the bi-annual Children's Rights Moot Court has come to a spectacular end in the first week of April.
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Yannick van den Brink awarded NWO Rubicon grant to conduct research at University of CambridgeDr Yannick van den Brink, Assistant Professor at the Department of Child Law, has been awarded a grant from the Rubicon programme of the Netherlands O...
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Prof. Ton Liefaard contributes to UN Global Study on Children Deprived of LibertyAs a member of the international advisory board, Prof. Dr. Ton Liefaard, participated in the final expert meeting of the United Nations Global Study o...
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Maria de Jong in Mr. Online: 'It's wonderful to mean something to people'Maria de Jong-de Kruijf was awarded a doctorate degree on 7 March for her research on children in secure residential youth care. The Dutch website for...
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Parliamentary questions following PhD research on secure youth care institutionsGroenLinks member of the Dutch House of Representatives Lisa Westerveld has put forward parliamentary questions in response to the dissertation by Mar...
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Ton Liefaard speaks about 30 Years UN CRC, in ItalyLast week, to commemorate the thirtieth anniversary of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, Prof. Dr. Ton Liefaard shone a fresh ...
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Guest lecture by prof. Corinne DettmeijerOn Tuesday 26 February 2019, Prof. Corinne Dettmeijer has given a guest lecture to students of the master programmes Child Law (Jeugdrecht) and Intern...