Award ceremony
Award ceremony Jaap Doek Children's Rights Thesis Award
- Date
- Thursday 11 December 2025
- Time
- Address
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Kamerlingh Onnes Building
Steenschuur 25
2311 ES Leiden - Room
- A0.51
The Department of Child Law of Leiden University and Defence for Children invite you to the 13th Jaap Doek Children’s Rights Thesis Award ceremony, which will take place on Thursday 11 December from 14:00 onwards.
The prize will go to the best master’s thesis in the field of children’s rights. From the many theses submitted by law students but also students from other disciplines, the jury, led by chairman Jaap Doek, has nominated six candidates who are eligible for the thesis prize.
Nominees
- Beth Ballantine
Incorporating Children’s Rights in Scotland: Lessons and Experiences from a Devolved Nation - Diana Holleman
The Lasting Scars of Bullying. Assessing the Need for a Separate Criminal Offence for Bullying Among Minors Through the Lens of the CRC and Inspired by French Law - Kezia Albertine
Rethinking Parental Guidance and State Duties under Article 5 in the Digital Age: A Case Study of Ryan Kaji - Job Mather
Surrogacy or the Sale of Children? Preventing the Sale of Children and Child Trafficking through the Dutch Legislative Proposal on Children, Surrogacy and Legal Parenthood - Vaishnavi Ramalingam
A Child Rights-Based Approach To Recognizing The Right To Positive Peer Relationships - Lies’l Goossens
Children's rights within parent-child relationships in a carceral context. Normative research on policy reform in Belgium, in light of international and European standards
Programme
| 14.00 | Doors open |
| 14.30 | Opening by Professor Ton Liefaard, Professor of Children's Rights at Leiden University and Mark Vogt (DCI-Netherlands) |
| 14.45 | Brief reflection on the importance of student research in the field of international children's rights – Ton Liefaard |
| 15.00 | Presentations of the nominees |
| 15.30 | Announcement of the winner Children's Rights Prize by Professor Jaap Doek |
| 16.00-16.15 | End of the programme by Ann Skelton (Professor of Law and Programme Director of the Master of Laws: Advanced Studies in International Children’s Rights) and drinks in the Global Lounge of Leiden Law School |
Location and registration guests
The Jaap Doek Thesis Award will take place on December 11, 2025 in room A0.51 of the Kamerlingh Onnes Gebouw at Steenschuur 25, 2311 ES Leiden. Registration for this event is necessary. Registrations can be submitted until Tuesday, December 9, at jeugdrecht@law.leidenuniv.nl
For other questions, please contact the above e-mail address or via 071- 527 60 56.