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Leiden Law hosted the Netherlands Network for Human Rights Toogdag 20 September 2022The Effective Protection of Fundamental Rights Research Programme at Leiden Law School had the honor to organise the Netherlands Network for Human Rig...
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Mariëlle Bruning in Trouw about extra money for youth protection 16 September 2022The Dutch cabinet will allocate a total of 40 million euros extra for institutions providing youth protection and youth rehabilitation over the next f...
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Professor Ann Skelton appointed as Children’s Rights Chair at Leiden University 13 September 2022Leiden University’s Executive Board has appointed South African Professor Ann Skelton as the new Chair of Children’s Rights in a Sustainable World as ...
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Ursula Kilkelly to hold 2022/2023 Rotating Honorary Chair 'Enforcement of Children’s Rights' at Leiden University 29 August 2022Leiden Law School is pleased to announce that Professor Ursula Kilkelly, School of Law, University College Cork, Ireland, will visit Leiden in academi...
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Mariëlle Bruning on Inspectorate’s inquiry into placement in care 28 June 2022Many parents whose children have been placed in care do not understand the basis on which the decision was taken. Dutch youth protection organisations...
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Leiden students advise the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child 02 June 2022On Wednesday 18 May, the students of the LL.M. Advanced Studies in International Children’s Rights presented their work to the UN Committee on the Rig...
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Mariëlle Bruning: ‘Juvenile courts’ role in placement in care cases relatively small’ 13 May 2022
The legal protection of parents and children in cases involving placement in care must improve. That is the opinion of Mariëlle Bruning, Professor of ...
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‘The child protection system really isn’t in good order’ 13 May 2022Last Thursday the Dutch House of Representatives held a debate on children being put into care when the childcare benefits scandal (toeslagenaffaire) ...
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Mariëlle Bruning in the media on fact sheet about placement in care 10 May 2022
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...
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Mariëlle Bruning in Trouw: 'Placement in care is always harmful' 09 May 2022
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 ...
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Fact sheet on placement of children in care 06 May 2022At the request of the Dutch Parliament, Professor Marielle Bruning, Dr Kartica van der Zon (Dept. of Child Law), Professor Lenneke Alink and Dr Sabine...
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Vanessa Mak at conference 'Transformation of Consumer Law' 26 April 2022On 21 and 22 April 2022, Vanessa Mak participated in the conference 'Transformation of Consumer Law' at the University of Warwick, organised by Christ...
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Prevent children becoming victims of a data-driven world 21 April 2022It is becoming increasingly common to collect data from children and young people through digital means. The impact of this so-called ‘dataveillance’ ...
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Flash interview with alumna Kartica van der Zon 15 March 2022Did 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...
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Shadow Game Screening with film maker Els van Driel 15 March 2022On 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 ...