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Advancing the Defence Rights of Children: Fair Trials Regional Training Event for Lawyers 02 February 2018
From 26 until 28 January Leiden Law School hosted the regional training for lawyers as part of the EU funded project Advancing the Defence Rights of C...
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Looking back on the successful inaugural ILS PhD Workshop 23 January 2018
On 18 January 2018, the inaugural ILS PhD Workshop took place, featuring two Interaction Between Legal Systems lectures by the invited academics Prof....
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Prof. Ton Liefaard speaks on children’s rights at the University of Curaçao 23 January 2018
On Friday 12 January 2018, the University of Curaçao celebrated its 39 years of existence. Prof. Ton Liefaard , Professor of Children’s Rights and UN...
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ILS Lunch Seminar with Prof. Jean-Pierre van der Rest and Maria Berghuis 22 January 2018
The monthly ILS Lunch Seminars unite the several Institutes situated within Leiden Law School. On Thursday 15 February 2018 from 12:00 hrs until 13:00...
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Pre-Trial Detention in the Dutch Juvenile Justice System 12 January 2018
On 25 January 2018, at 16:15 hrs, Yannick van den Brink will defend his doctoral thesis titled ‘Voorlopige hechtenis in het Nederlands jeugdstrafrecht...
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Charlotte Mol wins fifth Jaap Doek Child Law Thesis Prize 15 December 2017
On 14 December 2017 Charlotte Mol was awarded the fifth Jaap Doek Child Law Thesis Prize for her thesis: ‘The Child's Right to Representation of Artic...
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Research report on pre-trial detention of juveniles published 28 November 2017
On Monday, 27 November 2017 the report 'Pre-trial detention of juveniles in practice' has been published. The report is compiled by researchers from t...
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Stephanie Rap and Yannick van den Brink presented at the EU Forum on the Rights of the Child in Brussels 14 November 2017
Stephanie Rap and Yannick van den Brink, both assistant professor at the Department of Child Law, presented their research at the 11th EU Forum on the...
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Frontiers of Children’s Rights in the Caribbean Region Spring School: Open for Applications 09 November 2017
The Department of Child Law and the Grotius Centre for International Legal Studies of Leiden University are now accepting applications for the Frontie...
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Students advanced LL.M. programme International Children’s Rights visit International Criminal Court 02 November 2017
On 30 October 2017, the current class of students of the advanced LL.M. programme International Children’s Rights visited the International Criminal ...
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Prof. Ton Liefaard speaks in Strasbourg about children’s rights in the field of biomedicine 27 October 2017
On 24-25 October 2017, the Council of Europe organized an international conference to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Convention on Human Rights...
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Students advanced LL.M. programme International Children’s Rights visit Dutch juvenile detention center De Hunnerberg 26 October 2017
On 25 October 2017, the current class of students of the advanced LL.M. programme International Children’s Rights visited juvenile detention center ‘D...
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Stephanie Rap visiting lecturer at Renmin University of China Law School 23 October 2017
From 9 until 20 October 2017 Stephanie Rap has visited the Renmin University of China Law School in Beijing to teach a course titled Juvenile delinque...
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Group of experts in the field of international child abduction visits the Child Law Department 20 October 2017
On 18 October 2017, Leiden Law School was honored to welcome a group of experts upon invitation of Prof. M.R. Bruning, professor of Child Law and head...
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Prof. Ton Liefaard to speak about access to justice for children in The Hague 12 October 2017
On 3 November 2017 in The Hague Institute for Global Justice in The Hague, Prof. Ton Liefaard (Professor of Children's Rights at Leiden University and...