549 search results for “rights of indigenous peoples” in the Staff website
-
#COVID under19: Children’s rights during the coronavirus pandemic
Children and young people feel the government is not listening to them during the coronavirus pandemic and this is a cause for concern in light of international children’s rights. This is the conclusion of a recent report by a research team from Leiden University on how children and youngsters have…
-
Evidence Gathering Strategies in the Investigation of Crimes against Indigenous Peoples
Conference
-
Launch of Spanish version of the Leiden Children’s Rights Observatory website
The Children’s Rights Observatory is pleased to launch the Spanish version of the website. This new feature of the website is a result of the partnership between Leiden Law School and the Center for Constitutional Studies of the Mexican Supreme Court (CEC-SCJN).
-
Sabine WittingFaculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
-
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.
-
Jan-peter LoofFaculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
-
What rights do donors have?
Collaboration is worthwhile. A joint LUMC and Leiden Law School project has received €142,500 from the Dutch Research Council (NWO). This grant will advance research into the law and ethics of regenerative medicine.
-
Ann Skelton elected as Chair United Nations Children’s Rights Committee
Professor Ann Skelton has been elected as Chairperson of the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child.
- Why should you use video and is it right for you?
-
Professor Pieter ter Keurs: 'People collect to function'
Professor Pieter ter Keurs has spent his entire career studying collecting. Now, he is retiring. ‘I hope the focus on collections will carry on.’
-
Shopkeepers who refuse entry to unvaccinated people are within their rights'
Immediately after the Dutch government’s press conference about the new coronavirus measures, a shopkeeper in Eindhoven hung up a notice in his window saying ‘No vaccination: no entry’. Even though he is not enforcing his own rule, he is receiving threats.
-
Children's Rights Moot Court 2023
Winners of Children's Rights Moot Court 2023
-
Children’s Rights Moot Court 2021: 7 to 16 June 2021
48 student teams from all over the world will be taking part in the international online moot court competition. The event is organised by Leiden University in partnership with Baker McKenzie.
-
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.
-
Martine BruilFaculty of Humanities
-
Suzy DuivenvoordeFaculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
-
Kristof GombeerFaculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
-
Titia LoenenFaculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
-
Jolein HoltzFaculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
-
Jet LieskerFaculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
-
Sophie StarrenburgFaculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
-
Master’s thesis about Children’s Rights? Win the Jaap Doek Children’s Rights Thesis Award 2021
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 and the Department of Child Law of Leiden Law School.
-
Master's thesis about Children’s Rights? Win the Jaap Doek Children's Rights Thesis Award 2022
Research
-
Leiden University supports the Caribbean Center for Children’s Rights
Prof. Ton Liefaard and Chrisje Sandelowsky-Bosman visited Curaçao to launch de Caribbean Center for Children’s Rights and present research.
-
Rights Denied, Heritage Stolen
PhD defence
-
Code for children’s rights: Designing technology with children in mind
On Friday 12 March 2021, the (Dutch) website www.codevoorkinderrechten.nl was launched. This code for children’s rights has been created to help those involved in the development and design of digital services to develop these services with the interests of children in mind.
-
René Cassin Thesis Prize in Human Rights for Aleydis Nissen
Aleydis Nissen was awarded the René Cassin Thesis Prize 2021. The René Cassin Foundation - International Institute of Human Rights organises the competition. This Prize is awarded to the best PhD theses on human rights.
-
Human rights should help fight disinformation
Professor of Media Law and Information Society Tarlach McGonagle is concerned about the increase in online disinformation and hate speech. He argues that human rights should guide new policies for the online world. McGonagle will give his inaugural lecture on 9 May.
-
Adam FaircloughFaculty of Humanities
-
Archaeologist Martin Berger explores Latin American collections with an ERC grant
All over Europe you will find ethnographic museums with large collections of indigenous objects from Latin America. These collections shaped the image of native populations in the European mind. An ERC Starting Grant allows Dr Martin Berger to look at the bigger picture, contextualizing individual collections…
-
Human Rights and Climate Change: Call for Abstracts
On 27-28 January 2022, Leiden University’s interdisciplinary seed grant programme ‘Beyond Anthropocentric Interests and Values? Human Rights and Climate Change’ will host a conference on human rights and climate change. Researchers are welcome to join and contribute their view. The deadline for the…
-
Leiden Law hosted the Netherlands Network for Human Rights Toogdag
The Effective Protection of Fundamental Rights Research Programme at Leiden Law School had the honor to organise the Netherlands Network for Human Rights Research Annual Conference.
-
Criminal Justice Public Lecture: Maarten Kunst on victim rights
On 1 June 2022, Maarten Kunst, Professor of Criminology at Leiden Law School, gave a lecture on his research into the effects of the right to be heard on both the defendant and the victim. Victims have certain rights in the Dutch criminal process, including the right to be heard in criminal proceedings.…
-
Delivering Meaningful Justice to Indigenous Victims of International Crimes
Conference
-
Article 5 of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child
PhD defence
-
Lianne BaarsFaculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
-
Kate BrackneyFaculty of Humanities
-
Hans FrankenFaculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
-
Irene HadiprayitnoFaculty of Humanities
-
Eva BaudichauFaculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
-
Lenneke AlinkFaculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
-
Peter RodriguesFaculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
-
Nina van CapelleveenFaculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
-
Hans-Martien ten NapelFaculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
-
Nadia SonneveldFaculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
-
Anna SmuldersFaculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
-
Rehana DoleFaculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
-
Ruben van UdenFaculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
-
Sofia PoulopoulouFaculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
-
Li-Ru HsuFaculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid