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Leiden Law School Professor Ann Skelton awarded Honorary Doctorate from the University of Strathclyde 13 July 2023
Leiden Law School takes great pride in announcing that the University of Strathclyde has bestowed an honorary doctorate on Professor Ann Skelton, Prof...
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Students from South Africa win Children’s Rights Moot Court 2023 30 June 2023
The team from University of Pretoria won the international Children’s Rights Moot Court organised by Leiden University in partnership with Baker McKen...
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Ann Skelton elected as Chair United Nations Children’s Rights Committee 08 May 2023
Professor Ann Skelton has been elected as Chairperson of the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child.
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The future belongs to the youth, but perhaps not in Netherlands 13 April 2023
Three professors voice their concerns about a vulnerable group in our society: children who come into contact with youth care.
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‘If you know how the system works, you can stand up for your rights’ 15 March 2023
Legal protection. What do those involved in youth care and child protection understand by this concept? And what needs to change to improve legal prot...
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Photo report Bachelor’s Open Day KOG 02 March 2023
On 25 February, the KOG opened its doors once more to welcome a large crowd of people looking to find their perfect study programme during the Bachelo...
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Conference on children's rights and migration 31 January 2023
On 26 January 2023, a conference was held at Leiden Law School on children’s rights and migration. The conference, organised by Stichting Migratierech...
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Conference on final evaluation of Dutch Child Protection Act: 'Give children a voice’ 24 January 2023
‘The system is failing’, ‘the goals are only being achieved to a limited extent’, ‘we’re letting children down’. These are some of the newspaper headl...
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Presentations on Child Law master's theses to Ministry of Justice and Security 12 January 2023
On Tuesday 10 January 2023, former master’s students in Child Law – Fien Bouwmeester, Renee Muller, Imaani Stegeman, Demi Onclin and Rosa Passchier – ...
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Leiden University and Unicef extend cooperation on children’s rights 19 December 2022
Leiden University and Unicef have already been working together for ten years to increase and share information on children’s rights. They are extendi...
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Guest lecture asylum lawyer Bart Toemen 16 November 2022
As a lawyer, how can you contribute to ensuring that the best interests of the child play a greater role in immigration law? That question was the top...
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Leiden Law School receives praise during research evaluation 02 November 2022
Every six years, the research conducted at all law schools in the Netherlands is evaluated during a research evaluation. On 6 and 7 October, it was Le...
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Photo Report: Bachelor's Open Day KOG 26 October 2022
On Saturday 22 October, the KOG filled up with prospective students looking for their next course of study. The lecture halls were packed to the brim ...
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Brechtje Paijmans appointed as endowed professor at Leiden University 25 October 2022
Stichting Onderwijsgeschillen (Foundation for Educational Disputes) is pleased to announce that it has established an endowed chair ‘Conflictoplossing...
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Ministry and Leiden Law School to work together more closely 25 October 2022
The Ministry of Justice and Security and Leiden Law School are planning to collaborate on a more structural basis. This is the outcome of a meeting th...