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Children in court proceedings should be heard at much younger ageOn 2 March 2020 the report Kind in proces: van communicatie naar effectieve participatie (Children in proceedings: from communication towards effectiv...
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Conference in Sarajevo on Children’s Access to JusticeOrganised in collaboration with the Bosnia and Herzegovina State Ministry of Justice, UNICEF’s Europe and Central Asia Regional Office and UNICEF’s Bo...
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Council of Europe protects children’s rights through action plan in biomedicineThe action plan focuses on addressing key challenges posed by technological developments and trends in biomedical practices
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New volume on ‘Safeguarding Children’s Rights in Immigration Law’At the start of 2020, the book ‘Safeguarding Children’s Rights in Immigration Law’ was published by Intersentia.
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Stephanie Rap receives KNAW Young Career AwardOn Tuesday 4 February, Stephanie Rap, lecturer in children’s rights, was presented with the KNAW Early Career Award 2019. She receives the award for h...
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Leiden University supports amici curiae brief in U.S. case about detention of immigrant children
The amici curiae brief was filed with the United States District Court for the Central District of California, on 28 January 2020.
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Situation analysis of children and adolescents in the Caribbean Netherlands published by UNICEFIn 2019 UNICEF published the situation analysis of children and adolescents in the Caribbean Netherlands, commissioned by the Dutch Ministry of Interi...
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Yannick van den Brink participates in live webinar ‘Pre-Trial Detention of Children in India’On 27 January 2020, Dr Yannick van den Brink, Assistant Professor at the Department of Child Law, participated in a live webinar titled ‘Pre-Trial Det...
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Successful interdisciplinary course on children’s rights in ChileFrom 2 to 17 January, Leiden University co-organised an interdisciplinary course on children’s rights, that took place at the Centre for Studies on Ju...
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New legislation on surrogacy desperately neededProfessor of Family Law, Lies Punselie, welcomes the new legislation on surrogacy. The law as it currently stands is ill equipped to deal with the iss...
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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...