News
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Leiden University conducts research into impact of coronavirus crisis on judicial system 14 September 2020
Leiden University, together with Utrecht University and Radboud University in Nijmegen, has received a research grant from the Covid-19 programme of Z...
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Students LL.M. Advanced Studies in International Children’s Rights received their master degrees 25 August 2020
On Monday 24 August 2020 a small, intimate gathering of graduating students and staff took place in the Leiden University Academy Building’s Groot Aud...
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New website Leiden Children’s Rights Observatory 03 July 2020
A new website has been designed to make the Leiden Children’s Rights Observatory, which started in 2018, more accessible.
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Mariëlle Bruning Expert Council of Europe 24 June 2020
The Council of Europe is currently implementing its Strategy for the Rights of the Child (2016-2021), one of the priority areas of which is “a life fr...
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Third Party Intervention to UN Committee on the Rights of the Child 15 June 2020
Upon invitation by the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child, a large group of academics have submitted a third party intervention in a case against...
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PhD Defence Sabine Witting 08 June 2020
Sabine Witting, PhD student at Child Law and eLaw - Center for Law and Digital Technologies, will defend her thesis on Thursday, June 11.
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Prof. Liefaard addresses legal professionals in India about COVID-responses and children’s rights 04 June 2020
Prof. Ton Liefaard connected to around 150 legal professionals in India and beyond to reflect upon the COVID-response of governments from a children’s...
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First live session Meeting Children's Rights Leaders @ Leiden Law 18 May 2020
'The impact of the outbreak of COVID-19 may be even greater and long-lasting. This is an exciting time for you as students to be setting out into the ...
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‘I'm really grateful to my fellow lecturers for their help’ 08 April 2020
Our lecturers had just a week to convert their subjects into online formats. It was an enormous challenge because by no means everyone was involved in...
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Anna van Duijvenvoorde and Stephanie Rap receive 444 Interdisciplinary Activity Grant 06 April 2020
The Young Academy Leiden (YAL) has awarded an 444 Interdisciplinary Activity Grant to Anna van Duijvenvoorde and Stephanie Rap to organise a half-day ...
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Children in court proceedings should be heard at much younger age 02 March 2020
On 2 March 2020 the report Kind in proces: van communicatie naar effectieve participatie (Children in proceedings: from communication towards effectiv...
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Council of Europe protects children’s rights through action plan in biomedicine 19 February 2020
The 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’ 06 February 2020
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 Award 05 February 2020
On 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 03 February 2020
The amici curiae brief was filed with the United States District Court for the Central District of California, on 28 January 2020.