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Celebrating 30 years of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child at the (Y)our Rights Festival 12 November 2019
It is 30 years ago this month that the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child was ratified. UNICEF is celebrating this on 20 November in collaborati...
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Symposium on 'Constitutional children’s rights and the role of courts as a tool for domestication of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child after 30 years' 07 November 2019
The symposium is organised by the Department of Child Law at Leiden Law School, on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the UN Convention on the Ri...
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Stephanie Rap wins KNAW Early Career Award 2019 05 November 2019
The KNAW Early Career Award 2019 has been awarded to lecturer in children’s rights Stephanie Rap. She receives the award for her research into interna...
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KNAW Early Career Awards for three Leiden researchers 05 November 2019
Three young researchers from Leiden have received an Early Career Award from KNAW for their innovative research. The award consists of the sum of 15,0...
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UN Global Study on Children Deprived of Liberty released 16 October 2019
On 8 October, the Independent Expert, Prof. Manfred Nowak, leading the UN Global Study on Children Deprived of Liberty presented his report to the UN ...
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Kenyan Governor signs declaration at Leiden University 30 September 2019
On 6 September 2019, the Governor of Murang'a County, Mwangi wa Iria, signed a declaration at Leiden University to protect the rights of children.
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Leiden University supports Child Rights Connect’s efforts to enhance access to justice for children 05 September 2019
Access to justice is essential for children to be able to exercise and claim their human rights. On 30 April 2019, Chrisje Sandelowsky represented Lei...
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Ton Liefaard speaks at 7th Conference of the International Society for Child Indicators 04 September 2019
From 27-29 August, the Conference of the International Society for Child Indicators (ISCI) took place in Tartu (Estonia). Prof. Ton Liefaard was one o...
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Master thesis about Children’s Rights? Win the Jaap Doek Children’s rights thesis award 2019! 04 September 2019
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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Advanced Studies in International Children’s Rights received their master diplomas 30 August 2019
In the presence of their families and friends, the thesis supervisors personally addressed each of the students and presented them with their well-de...
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Successful 7th edition of the Frontiers of Children’s Rights Summer School 16 July 2019
From 24 to 28 June the 7th edition of Leiden University’s annual Frontiers of Children’s Rights Summer School took place in Leiden and The Hague.
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Leiden University endorses Justice for Children Call to Action 16 July 2019
This Justice for Children Call to Action offers a new starting point to place children at the heart of an emerging global movement for justice. It str...
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Final report of the De Winter Committee: inadequate protection from violence for children in youth care since 1945 14 June 2019
A significant percentage of children who have spent a period in youth care institutions or foster homes since 1945 received inadequate protection from...
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Yannick van den Brink participated in live webinar ‘Child Pre-trial Detention’ 28 May 2019
On 20 May 2019, Dr Yannick van den Brink, Assistant Professor at the Department of Child Law, participated in a live webinar titled ‘Child Pre-trial D...
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LLM Jeugdrecht come to Leiden for careers afternoon and alumni evening 23 April 2019
On Tuesday 16 April 2019 study association JSV Liberi and the Department of Child Law welcomed alumni of the master’s programme Jeugdrecht to a career...