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“Can anyone hear me?” Training manual for professionals to improve juvenile justice systems 18 May 2016
On the 13th of May, 2016, the International Juvenile Justice Observatory launched the training Manual “Can anyone hear me?” for the project ‘Improving...
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Lecture Ton Liefaard at the EFCAP Congress 11 May 2016
Prof. Dr. Ton Liefaard held a key note lecture at the 5th edition of the EFCAP Congress “Mental health needs of young offenders and victims: Assessmen...
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Prof. Ton Liefaard at launch of Council of Europe’s new children’s rights strategy 07 April 2016
On the occasion of the launch of the Council of Europe’s new children’s rights strategy 2016-2021, the Republic of Bulgaria hosted a high-level confer...
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Yannick van den Brink appointed Assistant Professor at the Child Law Department 01 April 2016
Y.N. (Yannick) van den Brink (LL.M, MA) will be appointed Assistant Professor at the Child Law Department of the Leiden Law School as of 1 August 2016.
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Strengthening the child protection system in Kosovo 08 March 2016
On Thursday the 3rd of March 2016, Professor Bruning welcomed a delegation from the government of the Republic of Kosovo, within the framework of the ...
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Improving juvenile justice systems in Europe: Training for professionals 05 February 2016
Prof. Ton Liefaard and dr. Stephanie Rap (together with Apollonia Bolscher LL.M.) are involved in developing a training Toolkit and Manual for the pro...
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Forum on Children in Armed Conflicts 04 February 2016
On 28 January 2015, Prof. Ton Liefaard participated in a panel discussion on "Children in Armed Conflict: Victims, Survivors, Witnesses and Perpetrato...
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Children’s rights monitor 2015 08 December 2015
To what extent are the rights of children in the Netherlands guaranteed? On 8 December 2015 the Dutch Children’s Ombudsman has published the Children’...
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Handbook on European law relating to the rights of the child 19 November 2015
On 20 November 2015, on the occasion of Universal Children’s Day, the Council of Europe and the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights launched the Handbook...
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Prof. Julia Sloth-Nielsen awarded Schim van der Loeff grant by the Leiden University Fund 07 September 2015
Prof. Julia Sloth-Nielsen has been awarded the Schim van der Loeff grant by the Leiden University Fund to conduct research on unaccompanied migrant ch...