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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...
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International team of Leiden University wins award for best written memorial at Children's Rights Moot Court 2019 16 April 2019
We are proud of Chelsea Schuin, Xin Jiang, Siksanee Phollarpthawee and Lucy Opoka for their outstanding research and writing performance in the Childr...
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Ateneo de Manila University wins Children's Rights Moot Court 2019 15 April 2019
The third edition of the bi-annual Children's Rights Moot Court has come to a spectacular end in the first week of April.
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Yannick van den Brink awarded NWO Rubicon grant to conduct research at University of Cambridge 08 April 2019
Dr Yannick van den Brink, Assistant Professor at the Department of Child Law, has been awarded a grant from the Rubicon programme of the Netherlands O...
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Prof. Ton Liefaard contributes to UN Global Study on Children Deprived of Liberty 20 March 2019
As a member of the international advisory board, Prof. Dr. Ton Liefaard, participated in the final expert meeting of the United Nations Global Study o...
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Parliamentary questions following PhD research on secure youth care institutions 15 March 2019
GroenLinks member of the Dutch House of Representatives Lisa Westerveld has put forward parliamentary questions in response to the dissertation by Mar...
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Ton Liefaard speaks about 30 Years UN CRC, in Italy 08 March 2019
Last week, to commemorate the thirtieth anniversary of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, Prof. Dr. Ton Liefaard shone a fresh ...
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Guest lecture by prof. Corinne Dettmeijer 27 February 2019
On Tuesday 26 February 2019, Prof. Corinne Dettmeijer has given a guest lecture to students of the master programmes Child Law (Jeugdrecht) and Intern...
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'Secure youth care institutions can never be the only remaining option' 27 February 2019
Secure residential care for young people should be abolished, Jason (21) said recently in national Dutch media. He had stayed for more than a year at ...
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Guest lecture on children’s rights and immigration law 19 February 2019
On Friday 8 February 2019, we were honored by a visit of Ms. Anna Batalla, Human Rights Officer at the Petitions and Inquiries Section of the Office o...
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Successful international conference on Safeguarding children’s rights in immigration law 07 February 2019
On 22 and 23 November 2018, the international conference ‘Safeguarding Children’s Rights in Immigration Law’ organized by the Institute of Immigration...
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International Human Rights of Children 28 January 2019
Comprehensive, scholarly compilation of legal studies of substantive and procedural children’s rights, breaking new ground by analysing a wide range o...
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Excellent status for Master of Laws: Advanced Studies in International Children’s Rights 11 January 2019
The staff of the Master of Laws: Advanced Studies in International Children’s Rights is extremely proud.
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Department of Child Law advises UN Committee on the Rights of the Child 09 January 2019
Researchers of the department of Child Law have submitted an advice to the Committee on the Rights of the Child of the United Nations, which monitors ...