Ton Liefaard
@tonliefaard
Professor of Children’s Rights / UNICEF Chair of Children's Rights / Founder LL.M. Advanced Studies in International Children's Rights - @leidenlaw @unileiden
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The World Press Photo of the Year is ‘A Palestinian Woman Embraces the Body of Her Niece’ by mohammed jad salem, Reuters.
The jury was deeply moved by how this image evokes an emotional reflection in every viewer and offers a glimpse into unimaginable loss.
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Useful summary of the fantastic children’s rights events last week at Leiden University Leiden Law School
Exciting times for Child Friendly Justice and Access to Justice.
University of Glasgow UofG School of Law
universiteitleiden.nl/en/news/2024/0…
🎉14 April - 10 year anniversary of the Optional Protocol on a communications procedure #OPIC
Thank you Leiden University & Ton Liefaard for hosting! CRC Chair Ann Skelton , VanKeirsbilck Benoit, our Director Alex Conte & many other distinguished experts spoke 🙌
#childrights
Hoogleraar Kinderrechten Ann Skelton luidt noodklok in haar oratie Universiteit Leiden Leiden Law School : ‘Wereldwijde crises treffen kinderen het hardst’ universiteitleiden.nl/nieuws/2024/04…
🆕📢Our newest report on ICRIs is out! 🎉
It includes :
🔸An overview of structure, standing & powers of ENOC members ;
🔹Strategies, challenges & approches they employ in advancing #childrensrights
🔍Read it here : shorturl.at/gKMQ9 ⬅️
What an incredible concentration of child rights activists, academics, HRDs and friends Leiden Law School on #OPIC #childrights Many thanks to Ton Liefaard Ann Skelton VanKeirsbilck Benoit UNChildRights and Francisco Javier Vera Manzanares 🇨🇴 who impressed us all with his amazing 14-years-old wiseness
Excellent end to a challenging, hugely interesting and important conference Leiden Law School on #OPIC #childrights and #access to justice..congrats Ton Liefaard Ann Skelton VanKeirsbilck Benoit and UNChildRights
Children have specific rights due to their evolving capacities but is justice really adapted to that evolving nature? We need to make sure that is the case- Cedric Foussard during the “child-centred pathways to justice for children JWC session- #10yearsOPIC
This week, we welcome international delegates attending the 10th Anniversary Symposium on the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on a Communications Procedure (OPIC).
Read more about the symposium here: leidenconventionbureau.nl/nl/congresagen…
Leiden University UNICEF
Day 2 - 10 Years of OPIC: Pathways of Access to Justice for Children - very pleased with first two panels on cross-pollination of different AtJ avenues and the role of key stakeholders in enhancing AtJ4children & #OPIC
Nicolás Espejo Yaksic Bruce Adamson Jasper Krommendijk
🌟 A Milestone Achieved! 🌟 We’ve finished our inaugural Academic Seminar with Universiteit Leiden, bringing together 24 European researchers dedicated to enhancing #ChildFriendlyJustice .
Thanks to Leiden Law School, our members and academic friends for making it a landmark success!
International Conference on children's access to justice - 10 years of #OPIC
Welcome from Ton Liefaard highlighting the importance of OPIC and wider focus on #AccessToJustice for children.
Universiteit Leiden Leiden Law School UNChildRights
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University of Glasgow
UofG School of Law
Chair (Ann Skelton ) and several colleagues of the #UNCRC (@NenePedernera VanKeirsbilck Benoit @BragiGudbrands Hynd Ayoubi Idrissi) with Ton Liefaard hard at work at the Universiteit Leiden conference on 10 Years of OPIC! #childrensrights
“In a fragmented world with increasing crises, namely climate crisis, armed conflicts, we need to find innovative solutions & since these crises affect children’s rights: the solutions cannot be found without children & youth”
-Francisco Javier Vera Manzanares 🇨🇴 during the #10YearsOpic in Leiden!
🌟 Exciting moment for us! We've signed a MoU with Universiteit Leiden 🎓 to enter a 5-year partnership aimed at advancing child-friendly justice in Europe. Looking forward to this journey! #JusticeStartsWithChildren #ChildRights #ChildParticipation
10th anniversary to the Optional Protocol to the UNCRC on a communications procedure.
We are delighted to be gathered to celebrate the successes and brainstorm for the challenges ahead. Organised by Universiteit Leiden UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency UNICEF