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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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Call for papers 'Safeguarding children’s rights in immigration law' 24 May 2018
On Friday 23 November 2018 the Institute of Immigration Law and the Department of Child Law (both Leiden University) will organize an international co...
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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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Professor Mariëlle Bruning elected Member of the Expert Group Violence Against Children of the Council of Europe (2018-2019) 26 February 2018
Mariëlle Bruning, Professor of Child Law, is elected Member of the Expert Group on Responses to violence against children (CAHENF-VAC), which is estab...
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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...
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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...