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New book out: Monitoring Children’s Rights in the NetherlandsTon Liefaard, Stephanie Rap and Peter Rodrigues have edited the book 'Monitoring Children’s Rights in the Netherlands. 30 Years of the UN Convention o...
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Yannick van den Brink gives key note speech in Valencia about children’s rights and youth justiceOn 12 December 2019, Dr Yannick van den Brink, assistant professor at the Department of Child Law and Rubicon Research Fellow at the University of Cam...
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Sarah-Devorah Poot wins the Jaap Doek Children’s Rights Thesis Award 2019On 10 December Sarah-Devorah Poot won the Jaap Doek Children’s Rights Thesis Award 2019 for her thesis on child-friendly judgments.
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How do national courts engage with the Convention on the Rights of the Child?This year marks the 30th anniversary of the adoption of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) by the UN General Assembly. How do countries i...
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Celebrating 30 years of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child at the (Y)our Rights FestivalIt is 30 years ago this month that the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child was ratified. UNICEF is celebrating this on 20 November in collaborati...
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Symposium on 'Constitutional children’s rights and the role of courts as a tool for domestication of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child after 30 years'The symposium is organised by the Department of Child Law at Leiden Law School, on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the UN Convention on the Ri...
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Stephanie Rap wins KNAW Early Career Award 2019The KNAW Early Career Award 2019 has been awarded to lecturer in children’s rights Stephanie Rap. She receives the award for her research into interna...
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KNAW Early Career Awards for three Leiden researchersThree young researchers from Leiden have received an Early Career Award from KNAW for their innovative research. The award consists of the sum of 15,0...
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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.