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Yannick van den Brink presents in Brussels about EU Directive on children in criminal proceedings 26 September 2018
On 25 September 2018, Dr. Yannick van den Brink, gave a presentation during an expert meeting on the EU Directive on procedural safeguards for childre...
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First open access online database on international children's rights jurisprudence 13 September 2018
Recently the Department of Child Law of Leiden Law School (Leiden University) launched the Leiden Children’s Rights Observatory.
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Master of Laws: Advanced Studies in International Children’s Rights holds Third Graduation Ceremony 30 August 2018
The third generation of students of the Master of Laws: Advanced Studies in International Children’s Rights 2017-2018 received their much-coveted mas...
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Master thesis about Children’s Rights? Win the Jaap Doek Children’s rights thesis award 2018! 29 August 2018
The Jaap Doek Children’s rights thesis award is an annual award for the best thesis in the field of Children’s Rights granted by Defence for Children ...
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Child Abuse & Violence Congres ‘Broken 2018’ Aruba 27 August 2018
From 23-25 August the Child Abuse & Violence Congres ‘ Broken 2018’ took place. Mariëlle Bruning was one of the keynote speakers and talked about the ...
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Research Talent grant NWO awarded to Eva Schmidt 09 July 2018
Together with prof. Ton Liefaard, Eva Schmidt was granted a prestigious scholarship from the Research Talent programme of the Dutch Organization for S...
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Children’s Rights in International Commercial Surrogacy 26 June 2018
On 26 June 2018 Claire Achmad will defend her PhD thesis Children’s Rights in International Commercial Surrogacy.
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Too little attention for children’s rights in international commercial surrogacy 25 June 2018
The rights of children born through international commercial surrogacy are at risk of being overlooked or even violated. Lawmakers, judges and commiss...
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Part 2 of the study on the participation of children in youth care is published 23 May 2018
Dr. Stephanie Rap, Denise Verkroost, LL.M. and prof. Mariëlle Bruning conducted a research on the participation of children in youth care in the Nethe...
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Ton Liefaard Elected Member Steering Committee Children’s Rights European Academic Network 09 May 2018
Professor Dr. Ton Liefaard, UNICEF Chair in Children’s Rights, has been elected as member of the Steering Committee of the Children’s Rights European ...
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Department of Child Law hosts successful international symposium on children deprived of liberty 18 April 2018
On Friday 13 April 2018, the Department of Child Law of Leiden University was proud to host the international symposium 'Deprivation of Liberty of Chi...
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Training on Human Rights and Children organised by Department of Child Law 16 April 2018
From 9-12 April 2018, the Department of Child and the Grotius Centre for International Legal Studies have organised in cooperation with the Asia-Europ...
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Dutch Minister for Legal Protection responds to dissertation on pre-trial detention of juveniles 13 March 2018
On 6 March 2018, the Dutch Minister for Legal Protection, Mr. Dekker, responded to the Ph.D. dissertation ‘Voorlopige hechtenis in het Nederlandse jeu...
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Successful Frontiers of Children’s Rights in the Caribbean Region Spring School 08 March 2018
From 5 to 9 March 2018, the Child Law Department and the Grotius Centre for International Legal Studies of Leiden Law School and the School of Law of ...
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In retrospect: The successful February edition of the ILS Lunch Seminars 15 February 2018
On Thursday 15 February, the second ILS Lunch Seminar of 2018 took place. Prof. Jean-Pierre van der Rest and Maria Berghuis gave two excellent present...