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Children’s Rights Newsletter October 2020 28 October 2020
The latest newsletter of the Master of Laws Programme: Advanced Studies in International Children’s Rights and the UNICEF Chair in Children’s Rights o...
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Leiden Children’s Rights Observatory: New Report on Admissibility under CRC-OP3 27 October 2020
A new report on admissibility under the Optional Protocol to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) on a Communications Procedure (OP3) ha...
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Global citizenship research launched in cooperation with NCDO 22 October 2020
At the initiative of the National Commission for International Cooperation and Sustainable Development (NCDO), Leiden University has commenced researc...
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Mr. Online on joint research into impact of coronavirus crisis on the judicial system 15 October 2020
In the research project, Leiden University, Utrecht University and Radboud University will together analyse the issues facing the judicial system in t...
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Don't give foster children foster rights, give them children's rights 06 October 2020
All children have rights, and so foster children also have rights. But when these rights are not observed, there are not many options available to fos...
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Ann Skelton first holder of Rotating Honorary Chair Enforcement of Children's Rights 22 September 2020
This new rotating professorship has been established to offer renowned academics the opportunity to teach and conduct research on international childr...
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The right to information for refugee children 16 September 2020
For refugee children, the right to information is of great importance to make their voice heard. Stephanie Rap is studying the child’s right to partic...
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Leiden University conducts research into impact of coronavirus crisis on judicial system 14 September 2020
Leiden University, together with Utrecht University and Radboud University in Nijmegen, has received a research grant from the Covid-19 programme of Z...
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Master’s thesis about Children’s Rights? Win the Jaap Doek Children’s Rights Thesis Award 2020 09 September 2020
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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Students LL.M. Advanced Studies in International Children’s Rights received their master degrees 25 August 2020
On Monday 24 August 2020 a small, intimate gathering of graduating students and staff took place in the Leiden University Academy Building’s Groot Aud...
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New website Leiden Children’s Rights Observatory 03 July 2020
A new website has been designed to make the Leiden Children’s Rights Observatory, which started in 2018, more accessible.
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Mariëlle Bruning Expert Council of Europe 24 June 2020
The Council of Europe is currently implementing its Strategy for the Rights of the Child (2016-2021), one of the priority areas of which is “a life fr...
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Third Party Intervention to UN Committee on the Rights of the Child 15 June 2020
Upon invitation by the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child, a large group of academics have submitted a third party intervention in a case against...
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PhD Defence Sabine Witting 08 June 2020
Sabine Witting, PhD student at Child Law and eLaw - Center for Law and Digital Technologies, will defend her thesis on Thursday, June 11.
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Prof. Liefaard addresses legal professionals in India about COVID-responses and children’s rights 04 June 2020
Prof. Ton Liefaard connected to around 150 legal professionals in India and beyond to reflect upon the COVID-response of governments from a children’s...