496 search results for “child rights” in the Student website
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Ann Skelton in Aljazeera on child rights in Syria Camps
The United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) has accused Finland of violating the rights of Finnish children by leaving them in life-threatening conditions in Syrian camps. Ann Skelton, member of the committee, calls the situation 'inhuman'.
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Child rights expert sounds the alarm: ‘Global crises are hitting children hardest’
Wars, climate change and the effects of covid have caused a global decline in children’s well-being. In her inaugural lecture Ann Skelton, Professor of Children’s Rights in a Sustainable World, points to the disastrous effects of multiple interacting crises.
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Child rights activist Graça Machel speaks in Leiden on justice between generations
Mozambican politician and child rights activist Graça Machel speaks October 27 at Leiden University about her work.
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Li-Ru Hsu
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Lenneke Alink
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Suzy Duivenvoorde
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Mariëlle Bruning
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Suzanne Andeweg
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Simone van der Hof
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Leiden students advise the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child
On Wednesday 18 May, the students of the LL.M. Advanced Studies in International Children’s Rights presented their work to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child with the aim to provide recommendations on how to make its decision more accessible to children.
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Ann Skelton
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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New book by Sabine Witting on the Sale of Children, Child Prostitution and Child Pornography
In this commentary, Sabine Witting, Assistant Professor at eLaw, provides a comprehensive analysis of the Second Optional Protocol to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography.
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Nina van Capelleveen
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Handbook on European law relating to the rights of the child
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 on European law relating to the rights of the child.
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Student for a Day - Child and Adolescent Psychology (MSc Psychology)
Study information
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Simone van der Hof awarded EU funding for research on age verification and consent mechanisms
As part of the euCONSENT consortium, the Center for Law and Digital Technologies (eLaw) has been awarded European Commission funding to create a child rights’ centred cross-border system for online age verification and parental consent.
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Camila Espinoza Chaparro
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Jeanette Satink
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Douae Youssef
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Wilma Wentholt
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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ceremony of the LL.M. Advanced Studies in International Children’s Rights 2022-2023
On Wednesday, 30 August 2023, the graduation ceremony took place in Leiden University’s Academy Building. The ceremony was a momentous occasion, attended by distinguished guests, faculty members, and the proud families and friends of the graduates. The event celebrated the hard work, dedication, and…
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Sophy Baird
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Harriet Vermeer
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Kyra Verboon
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Megumi Kitagawa
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Mirjam Sombroek-van Doorm
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Charlotte Parree wins Jaap Doek Children's Rights Thesis Award
Charlotte Parree won the Jaap Doek Children's Rights Thesis Prize on Tuesday afternoon, 6 December, with her thesis entitled 'Suffering knows no age; active termination of life does.' The prize was awarded for the tenth time by em. prof. Jaap Doek.
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Mohammad Mishal
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Students from Colombia win Children’s Rights Moot Court 2021
The team from Universidad de los Andes (Bogotá, Colombia) came out on top at the international online Moot Court organised by Leiden University and law firm Baker McKenzie.
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Department of Child Law to become Department of Child Law and Health Law
The Faculty Board and the Institute of Private Law have agreed to combine the disciplines of child law, international children’s rights and health law into one Department of Child Law and Health Law.
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CRM 2025
Moot Court
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Afrooz Kaviani Johnson
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Rick Lawson
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Lies Punselie
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Children’s Rights Scholarship 2
Master
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Children’s Rights Scholarship 1
Master
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Leiden Child Law Department and ACPF signs MOU
Leiden Child Law Department at Leiden University in the Netherlands formally entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the African Child Policy Forum (ACPF)
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Rotating Honorary Chair Enforcement of Children's Rights 2023/2024 at the Department of Child Law
Leiden University Proudly Announces Dr. Mikiko Otani as the Rotating Honorary Chair Enforcement of Children's Rights 2023/2024
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Luisa -Pinto E Netto
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Child Friendly Justice European Network and Leiden's Child Law department signs MOU
Memorandum of Understanding Signed Between the Child Friendly Justice European Network and Leiden Law School - Child Law Department
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Professor Ann Skelton appointed as Children’s Rights Chair at Leiden University
Leiden University’s Executive Board has appointed South African Professor Ann Skelton as the new Chair of Children’s Rights in a Sustainable World as of 1 October 2022.
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Hoko Horii
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Sabine van der Asdonk
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Sheila van Berkel
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Children's Rights Legislative Reform Website Launched
New Online Platform Launched to Support Global Children's Rights Legislative Reform
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Caroline Archambault
Faculty Governance and Global Affairs
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Narin Idriz
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Vasiliki Kosta
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Kim Schuurman wins 2023 Jaap Doek Children’s Rights Thesis Award
Each year, the Jaap Doek Children’s Rights Thesis Award is presented to the student who has written the best master’s thesis in the Netherlands or Belgium in the field of children’s rights. The award was established by Defence for Children and Leiden University's Department of Child Law.
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‘Children’s healthcare rights deserve more attention’
‘Children’s rights are somewhat of a poor relation’, says Professor of Law and Health Mirjam Sombroek-van Doorm. In her inaugural lecture, she will emphasise how more attention needs to be paid to children’s rights in current thinking on law and health.