708 search results for “human rights” in the Student website
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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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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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No new election student section Humanities Faculty Council – seat allocation adopted
Organisation
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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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Suzy Duivenvoorde
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
s.c.g.a.duivenvoorde@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 3557
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New super server at humanities
When you think of humanities, you may not immediately think of a new super server. Yet one has just been commissioned. University lecturer Jelena Prokic from Leiden University Centre for Digital Humanities explains more about this development.
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Adam Fairclough
Faculty of Humanities
a.fairclough@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1646
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eLaw hosts Panel Discussion 'Online Targeted Advertising and Human Dignity'
eLaw is thrilled to let you know that on 29 April (17:00-19:00), we will be hosting Prof. Luciano Floridi, Prof. Brett Frischmann and Prof. Shoshana Zuboff on the online (zoom) panel discussion with the question – Should online targeted advertisement be banned on the premise that it violates human d…
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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.
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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.…
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Lenneke Alink
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
alinklra@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 3432
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Nina van Capelleveen
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
n.u.van.capelleveen@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 7607
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Hans-Martien ten Napel
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
h.m.t.d.tennapel@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 7710
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Nadia Sonneveld
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
n.sonneveld@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 3037
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Anna Smulders
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
a.m.smulders@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Rehana Dole
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
n.r.s.dole@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Li-Ru Hsu
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
l.r.hsu@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Ruben van Uden
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
r.c.p.van.uden@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 4992
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Exploration alternatives Humanities Campus using Duplo
In the week of 15 November, the Academic Directors and two members of the Faculty Council also participated in a so-called Duplo session, after the Faculty Board did so, led by Elisa Meijer, advisor housing of the Humanities Campus project. During the session, alternatives for the Humanities Campus…
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Luka Narisha
Science
l.l.narisha@cml.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 5615
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Jac Aarts
Faculteit Archeologie
j.m.m.j.g.aarts@arch.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Irini Sifogeorgakis
Faculteit Archeologie
e.sifogeorgakis@arch.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Imke Bruns
Science
i.b.bruns@lacdr.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 6039
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AI for humanities: ‘Especially as a humanities student, you have the tools to work with this’
While humanities once mainly involved books and archives, nowadays we can’t imagine life without AI. Next semester a new faculty-wide course will be introduced, taking you along with this development. University lecturer and course coordinator Yann Ryan tells us more about it.
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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.
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Alternative Humanities Campus in Leiden city centre
Leiden University and the Municipality of Leiden will develop new plans for an alternative Humanities Campus in the city centre. This means they will not proceed with the compulsory purchase of the De Doelen housing complex to facilitate the construction of the new Humanities Campus. The plans to demolish…
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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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Construction of alternative Humanities Campus is feasible
Leiden University can build an alternative Humanities Campus on its own available land at the current location in the city. This is the conclusion of a feasibility study and is what the mayor and aldermen of Leiden write in a letter to the city council.
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The conclusion of Human Work – Humanities Lab
Friday October 24th Honours students had to present their case studies on a topical issue related to Humanities. All Honours students made posters in pairs of two and had to defend their case in front of an audience at the Old Observatory. It was a tense experience, since they were being graded by…
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Jesse Wichers Schreur
Faculty of Humanities
j.g.wichers.schreur@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2125
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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.
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Master's thesis about Children’s Rights? Win the Jaap Doek Children's Rights Thesis Award 2022
Research
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#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…
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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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Aitor Burguet-Coca
Faculteit Archeologie
a.burguet-coca@arch.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Leonor Alvarez Francés
Faculty of Humanities
l.alvarez.frances@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1646
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Fulco Scherjon
Faculteit Archeologie
f.scherjon@arch.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Evania Lina Fasya
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
e.l.fasya@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Niels van Doesum
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
n.j.van.doesum@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 3666
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Tim Enwerem
Faculty Governance and Global Affairs
t.k.enwerem@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | +31 70 800 9506
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Danny Mekic
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
d.mekic@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Suzan van de Velde
Faculteit Archeologie
s.m.van.de.velde@arch.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Jean-Jacques Hublin
Faculteit Archeologie
j.a.hublin@arch.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Yannick Raczynski-Henk
Faculteit Archeologie
y.e.m.raczynski@arch.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Martin Sievert
Faculty Governance and Global Affairs
m.c.g.sievert@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | +31 70 800 9500
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Introducing the new coordinator of the Humanities Buddy Programme!
For many new international students, moving to the Netherlands and getting used to Dutch culture and customs can be quite challenging. Luckily the Humanities Buddy Programme is here to help! The new coordinator of the programme, Bob van der Horst, will introduce himself and explain more about the buddy…
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Research and current affairs: 2022 in six stories
Life returned to something resembling normal after Covid but other crises soon took its place. These great challenges are also being felt at the University and our researchers are working on solutions. The nitrogen crisis, problems with young people’s services and an increasingly urgent climate crisis:…
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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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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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to hold 2022/2023 Rotating Honorary Chair 'Enforcement of Children’s Rights' at Leiden University
Leiden Law School is pleased to announce that Professor Ursula Kilkelly, School of Law, University College Cork, Ireland, will visit Leiden in academic year 2022/2023 as Rotating Honorary Chair ‘Enforcement of Children’s Rights’.