1,284 search results for “international children s rights” in the Student website
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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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CADS Alumna writes children's book that encourages diversity and inclusiveness among children and their parents
Monique Tekstra-van Lochem decided to develop a book of her own that all children can recognize themselves in. In May "Hey, who are you?" will be released, a children's book in which twenty fictional children from all over the world take you with them into their daily lives.
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Autistic children develop social-emotional skills with other children
Autistic children have indeed potential: most of their emotional abilities improve with age, concludes developmental psychologist Boya Li in her research on the emotional development of autistic children. Promotion on 10 November 2021.
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Conference on final evaluation of Dutch Child Protection Act: 'Give children a voice’
‘The system is failing’, ‘the goals are only being achieved to a limited extent’, ‘we’re letting children down’. These are some of the newspaper headlines that followed the publication of a report by researchers from Leiden University in September. Commissioned by the Dutch Research and Documentation…
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International exchange coordinators
International exchange coordinators can provide you with information and advice if you are interested in going abroad as part of your study programme.
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International Experience Week
After Covid, the world is opening up again and so is our vision on international education. The old Study Abroad Festival was great, but we've decided to go bigger. Introducing the new International Experience Week for all students and staff.
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International House
Kaiserstraat 13, Leiden
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Katie Pentney wins Max van der Stoel Human Rights Award 2021 with master’s thesis
The Max van der Stoel Human Rights Award is presented every two years on 10 December (Human Rights Day) in recognition of outstanding academic works in the field of international human rights.
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Children's stories as a window to investigate empathy
Researcher Max van Duijn and PhD student Bram van Dijk apply language models to stories told by children to investigate empathy. For this research, they received the Best Paper Award at the Computational Natural Language Learning Conference in Singapore.
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Jason Rudall
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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International exchange coordinators
International exchange coordinators can provide you with information and advice if you are interested in going abroad as part of your study programme.
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International exchange coordinators
International exchange coordinators can provide you with information and advice if you are interested in going abroad as part of your study programme.
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Alumni Event Advanced LLM in European and International Human Rights Law
On March 16 students and alumni of the Advanced LLM in European and International Human Rights Law were brought together in an online Zoom event organized by our programme coordinator, Mahshid Alizadeh, and head of the LLM, Rick Lawson.
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International exchange coordinators
International exchange coordinators can provide you with information and advice if you are interested in going abroad as part of your study programme.
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Humanities and International Relations Graduate
Conference
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International exchange coordinators
International exchange coordinators can provide you with information and advice if you are interested in going abroad as part of your study programme.
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collapse, caused overburdening of judicial system and violation of children's rights in Germany
The Dutch conservative VVD party plans to make the right to family reunification more difficult for people with temporary residence permits. In Germany, this restriction led to several lawsuits which were won by status holders. Mark Klaassen, Assistant Professor in Migration Law, believes this is a…
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Leiden Team Wins Second Place at the International Migration and Refugee Law Moot Court
Four master's students from Leiden University participated in this year’s edition of the International Migration and Refugee Law Moot Court, hosted by Antwerp University. Following the verbal rounds held between 21 and 22 March, the team went through to the finals, achieving second place overall.
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International exchange coordinators
International exchange coordinators can provide you with information and advice if you are interested in going abroad as part of your study programme.
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LUF International Study Fund (LISF)
Bachelor, Master
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Sofia Poulopoulou
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Eva Baudichau
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Children develop prejudice at an early age
Children in the Netherlands develop prejudices based on ethnicity at an early age. Ymke de Bruijn (27) came to this conclusion in her dissertation ‘Child Interethnic Prejudice in the Netherlands: Social Learning from Parents and Picture Books’. For her PhD project she took a closer look at the behaviours…
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Scholarships for international internships
There are a number of scholarships available for research and internships abroad.
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Linda Louis
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Dan Saxon
Faculty Governance and Global Affairs
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An app to help children overcome anxiety
Anke Klein and her team have devised a fun and useful app to help anxious children. In the app, children can upload a video of themselves showing, for example, something that went well for them and share their success with parents, granny or grandad. Developmental psychologist Klein talks about the…
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Daniel Thomas
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Bill Schabas
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Cecily Rose
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Christopher Dugard
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Giulia Pinzauti
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Anne Versluis
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Annelieke Hagen
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Sara Jakobsson Månsson
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Joe Powderly
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Letizia Lo Giacco
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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professors, students and alumni played a crucial role in Leiden’s women’s rights movement
PhD candidate Agnes van Steen researched the history of the Leiden women’s rights movement (1860-1990) and found that the university produced many feminists.
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Jens Iverson
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Children become bacteria to learn about antibiotics
Last Friday the global Antibiotics Awareness Week begun: an entire week dedicated to antibiotic use. Antibiotics researchers from the LACDR therefore set out to tell primary school pupils about their research. Through role-playing, pupils were drawn into the world of antibiotics: 'Can the teacher not…
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‘Human Rights and the World Cup Qatar’ debate: ‘World Cup football is never just about sport’
Various guests with a background in human rights, law, politics and international relations will be taking part in the ‘Human Rights and the World Cup Qatar’ debate on Friday 30 September. Royal Dutch Football Association (KNVB) Secretary-General and Leiden alumnus Gijs de Jong will be there to provide…
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KOG and Old University Library part of Amnesty International’s Rightswalk Leiden
Human Rights organisation Amnesty International recently set up a walk that passes by important locations in Leiden in relation to human rights. The Kamerlingh Onnes Building, home to Leiden Law School, has been included in the route.
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Proposed decision by Minister Kuipers: Children’s heart surgery to end in Leiden
Ernst Kuipers, Minister of Health, Welfare and Sport, announced on 13 February that he plans to remove children’s heart surgery from the Centre for Congenital Heart Defects Amsterdam - Leiden (CAHAL). He wants to concentrate this highly specialised care for children with congenital heart defects in…
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Children’s book award for the math lesson of a lifetime
Do you know a children's book fanatic? According to the Griffel-jury, 'Rekenen voor je Leven' (Calculating for your life) by Science Communication Professor Ionica Smeets is highly recommended. The book was awarded a silver ‘Griffel’, one of the highest awards for Dutch children’s literature. And that…
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Children’s contact with police no clear precursor for criminal career
Children who come into contact with the police are not destined to become long-term offenders. This appears from research conducted by Babette van Hazebroek, who defends her dissertation on 30 September 2021.
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Anneke Koning: PhD research on transnational sexual exploitation of children
Sexual exploitation of children abroad: the Dutch government calls on its citizens to not look away from 'suspicious situations’ while turning a blind eye to the root causes of the problem themselves. Koning, who recently obtained her PhD on transnational sexual exploitation of children from Leiden…
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Misha Plagis
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Jonathan Crock
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid