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UN Global Study on Children Deprived of Liberty releasedOn 8 October, the Independent Expert, Prof. Manfred Nowak, leading the UN Global Study on Children Deprived of Liberty presented his report to the UN ...
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Kenyan Governor signs declaration at Leiden UniversityOn 6 September 2019, the Governor of Murang'a County, Mwangi wa Iria, signed a declaration at Leiden University to protect the rights of children.
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Leiden University supports Child Rights Connect’s efforts to enhance access to justice for childrenAccess to justice is essential for children to be able to exercise and claim their human rights. On 30 April 2019, Chrisje Sandelowsky represented Lei...
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Ton Liefaard speaks at 7th Conference of the International Society for Child IndicatorsFrom 27-29 August, the Conference of the International Society for Child Indicators (ISCI) took place in Tartu (Estonia). Prof. Ton Liefaard was one o...
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Master thesis about Children’s Rights? Win the Jaap Doek Children’s rights thesis award 2019!
The Jaap Doek Children’s rights thesis award is an annual award for the best thesis in the field of Children’s Rights granted by Defence for Children ...
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Advanced Studies in International Children’s Rights received their master diplomasIn the presence of their families and friends, the thesis supervisors personally addressed each of the students and presented them with their well-de...
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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.