822 search results for “youth law” in the Staff website
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Jill Stein
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
j.a.m.stein@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Apollonia Bolscher
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
k.g.a.bolscher@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 3925
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Secure youth care is failing. ‘It’s like being in an extremely strict prison.’
Roughly arrested and subjected to extreme isolation. Using his experience, expert Jason Bhugwandass spoke to 50 young people who have spent time on Zikos wards (‘very intense, short-term observation and stabilisation wards’). He concluded that they’re ‘mostly locked up’ and leave ‘even more traumatised’…
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Bruning and colleagues on cry for help concerning secure residential youth care
Practice and science show that secure residential youth care in the Netherlands should no longer be used as a catch-all solution. This is the conclusion of several professionals including Professor of Child Law Mariëlle Bruning in Dutch newspaper NRC.
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Mariëlle Bruning: No full figures on waiting lists for youth care
The waiting lists in youth care are alarmingly long. This has been confirmed again by a study carried out by a Dutch foundation The Forgotten Child.
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Mies Grijns
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
m.grijns@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 7260
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Young paedophile hunters in juvenile court: 'A criminal record means being 3-0 down'
Ten underage boys are due to appear before a juvenile court. They are accused of luring and attacking nine men whom they believed were paedophiles. Last October, one attack cost a 73-year-old former teacher from Arnhem his life.
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Mariëlle Bruning on waiting lists in Dutch youth care
How many children are waiting for help from youth services in the Netherlands at any given time? And exactly how long do they have to wait?
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Department of Child Law welcomes back alumna Lucy Opoka
In the summer of 2021, Lucy Opoka was awarded one of the coveted Meijers PhD positions. In October, she arrived back in Leiden, where she obtained her LLM degree Advanced Studies in International Children’s Rights in 2019. Professor Liefaard interviewed Lucy upon arrival.
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'The situation with Intervence is unacceptable'
The introduction of market forces in the field of youth protection has failed. This is clearly demonstrated by the unrest and problems surrounding the dismantling and splitting up of youth care organisation Intervence in Zeeland, says Professor of Child Law Mariëlle Bruning.
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Law
During an evacuation, all employees and students of the Law Faculty gather at the Kamerlingh Onnesgebouw or the Old Observatory.
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Mariëlle Bruning in Trouw about extra money for youth protection
The Dutch cabinet will allocate a total of 40 million euros extra for institutions providing youth protection and youth rehabilitation over the next four years. Local councils must make the same amount available. Will that be enough to solve the problems?
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Combatting violence against children: what are the lessons learnt?
In the context of the 2021 Day of General Discussion of the UN Committee on Rights of the Child, this time dedicated to alternative care, Defence for Children in collaboration with Leiden University has contributed with a paper on the 2019 Dutch Inquiry Committee on Historical Child Abuse in Alternative…
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Mariëlle Bruning
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
m.r.bruning@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 8913
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Mariëlle Bruning in the media on new agreement in Dutch youth care
Mariëlle Bruning, Professor of Children and the Law at Leiden University, responded in various media to the new draft agreement aimed at reducing work pressure of youth protectors.
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Law café
Kamerlingh Onnes Building, Steenschuur 25, 2311 ES, Leiden
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The future belongs to the youth, but perhaps not in Netherlands
Three professors voice their concerns about a vulnerable group in our society: children who come into contact with youth care.
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Judi Mesman
Faculty Governance and Global Affairs
j.mesman@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 3482
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Scientific Conduct for PhDs (Law)
Research
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Mariëlle Bruning featured on Op1 special on Dutch youth care
Recently, the Dutch Health and Youth Care Inspectorate sounded the alarm about the state of the Dutch youth care. What is going wrong and what needs to be done? In a special broadcast from youth care institution Via Jeugd, Op1 talks to adolescents, staff, State Secretary Maarten van Ooijen, and Professor…
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Ursula Kilkelly
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
u.kilkelly@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Mariëlle Bruning on Inspectorate’s inquiry into placement in care
Many parents whose children have been placed in care do not understand the basis on which the decision was taken. Dutch youth protection organisations and the Child Protection Council must better document why they request such a measure from the Juvenile Court.
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Parents under pressure to cooperate 'voluntarily' in youth support
Staff at Dutch youth care services sometimes put parents under pressure to cooperate 'voluntarily'. There are instances when children are removed from the home without the approval of the court. This may have some benefits from the perspective of the support services, but in legal circles there are…
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Marije Brouwer-Borghuis
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
m.l.brouwer@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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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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International Peace and Justice Master Fund – Law and Society Scholarship
Master
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Programme Coordinator Advanced Master International Civil and Commercial Law
Law
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Girl brings charges of child abuse by youth care facility
The 16-year-old girl was staying in a closed juvenile care institution where, among other things, she was administered 'pain stimuli'. The charges are the first of their kind, says Mariëlle Bruning, Professor of Children and the Law, to Dutch newspaper the Volkskrant.
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Paul Vedder
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
vedder@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 4081
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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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Coordinator Advanced Master European and International Human Rights Law (0,2 fte)
Law
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New special chair in Educational Theory and Law
Following a special donation, the Stichting Pro Juventute foundation is facilitating a new special chair in Educational Theory and Law. Through the chair, Pro Juventute hopes to realise optimum child protection from a coherent legal and educational perspective.
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Lidewyde Berckmoes
Afrika-Studiecentrum
l.h.berckmoes@asc.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 3445
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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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Educating the youth of today to solve the challenges of tomorrow
In collaboration with the Honours Academy at Leiden University, Eduard Fosch-Villaronga and Hadassah Drukarch from eLaw - Center for Law and Digital Technologies, coordinated a Pre-University Class on Robot Law.
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Michel de Ridder
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
m.j.j.de.ridder@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Sevike Yelpaze
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
s.yelpaze@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 7405
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Melvin Tjon Akon
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
m.r.tjon.akon@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Elieske Kallenberg
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
e.kallenberg@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Jouke Tegelaar
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
j.t.tegelaar@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Stijn Voskamp
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
s.voskamp@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 8823
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Rick Weijers
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
h.j.weijers@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 3536
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Michelle Michels
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
m.michels@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 7298
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Steven Truxal
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
s.j.truxal@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 7725
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Jan Hebly
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
j.m.hebly@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Matthias Haentjens
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
m.haentjens@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 8527
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Hendrik Stolz
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
h.stolz@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Lotte Kremers
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
l.kremers@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Marijke Melles
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
m.w.melles@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 3558
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Lotte Baas
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
l.baas@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727