Summer School Frontiers of Children’s Rights 2024

Startdatum:
1 juli 2024

Cursusduur:
5 dagen

Rechtsgebied:
Jeugdrecht

Soort:
Congres

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Programma
Sprekers
Locatie
Prijs

Registration
In order to start the registration of the Summer School, we kindly ask you to submit your CV and Cover letter (to: n.r.s.dole@law.leidenuniv.nl). Once we have checked and approved your CV and Cover letter via email you can proceed with your application and make the final payment.

About the Summer School
As we mark the 10th edition of Leiden University's Summer School on International Children's Rights, we reflect on a decade dedicated to exploring how to protect children's rights amidst the complexities of our changing world. This milestone underscores our ongoing commitment to providing a meaningful platform for learning, collaboration, and reflection on the pressing issues impacting children globally. In our 10th year, we continue to address the critical challenges faced by children in the 21st century, focusing on the theme "Children's Crisis in the 21st Century: Climate Change, Conflict, and Migration."

This theme delves into the significant challenges encountered by children due to environmental, social, and geopolitical changes. Climate change poses threats through extreme weather events, displacement, and disruptions to essential resources, while conflict not only endangers children's safety but also denies them a peaceful childhood. Migration, whether forced or voluntary, adds further complexities, exposing children to vulnerability, trauma, and uncertainty. This crisis highlights the urgent need to address the interconnected issues of climate change, conflict, and migration to safeguard the rights and futures of children worldwide. In these complex situations, children often emerge as active agents, resilient and resourceful, contributing to their communities despite adversity. Recognizing their agency is crucial, empowering children to shape their destinies and contribute to positive change. Acknowledging and amplifying their voices become essential aspects of addressing the multifaceted nature of this crisis, ensuring that their perspectives contribute to inclusive and effective solutions. Moreover, it becomes paramount to emphasize the need for state and responsible actor accountability. Access to justice for children hinges on ensuring that states and other relevant entities take responsibility for their actions, policies, and roles in addressing these crises. Accountability measures serve as a crucial mechanism for holding governments, institutions, and individuals responsible for safeguarding children's rights and well-being in the face of environmental, social, and geopolitical challenges. Thus we add a critical connecting thread – the importance of access to justice for children. Throughout the week, we will weave this theme into our exploration of the complex issues children face globally.

Conference Speakers
The programme is being developed by Prof. Ton Liefaard, Head of the Department of Child Law, Leiden Law School (Leiden University) and UNICEF Chair in Children’s Rights and Prof. Ann Skelton, Programme Director of the Master of Laws Advanced Studies in International Children's Rights (Leiden University), and of the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child. The agenda of the programme will be uploaded soon.

Target audience
This summer school is aimed at professionals, academics and law students (who have completed at least three years of their degree) with a background in law. Applicants with a background in other relevant disciplines that are relevant to the theme of the summer school will be considered as well.

To ensure active participation and exchange with teaching staff and fellow participants, a maximum of 40 participants will be admitted to this course.

We welcome participants from all over the world to our international classroom.

Level
Advanced Law | Professionals

Remote attendance

Unfortunately, remote attendance is not available for this conference.

Recommended Hotels

Golden Tulip Leiden Centre	****
Hotel VIC	****
Fletcher Wellness-Hotel Leiden	****
Ibis Leiden Centre	***

Do you have any questions?
We will gladly answer them.

E-mail: events@law.leidenuniv.nl / n.r.s.dole@law.leidenuniv.nl
Phone: +3171 527 8666
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Day 1
Monday 1 July	Old Observatory

	Day led by Prof. Dr. Ton Liefaard & Prof. Dr. Ann Skelton
Morning Session
10.00	Coffee and registrations
11.00	Welcome and getting to know each other and Leiden University Prof. Dr. Ton Liefaard & Prof. Dr. Ann Skelton
12.30	Group Photo by Monique Shaw
12.45	Lunch at Old Observatory
Afternoon Session
13.30	Visit to the Leiden Observatory
14.15	The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child: emerging trends and developments in international children’s rights Prof. Dr. Ton Liefaard & Prof. Dr. Ann Skelton Regional Perspectives Africa - Prof. Dr. Julia Sloth-Nielsen Europe - Prof. Dr. Ursula Kilkelly Latin America - Dr. Nicolas Espejo Yaksic
16.45	Questions, reflections and take-away messages
17.30	Welcome Drinks and Canal Boat Tour through Leiden

Day 2
Tuesday 2 July	Old Observatory

	Day led by Prof. Dr. Ann Skelton
Morning Session
09.00	Topical and recent developments in the field of climate change – COP and GC26 and connections with future generations Prof. Dr. Ann Skelton Liesl Muller, Center for Child Law, University of Pretoria
10.30	Coffeebreak
11.00	ICJ Climate Resolution Manasa Venkatachalam, Blue Ocean Law
12.30	Lunch at Old Observatory
Afternoon Session
13.30	Access to justice and remedies in the context of 21 century crisis (cutting across all themes) Prof. Dr. Ton Liefaard Dr. Nicolas Espejo Yaksic Prof. Julia Sloth-Nielsen
15.00	Coffeebreak
15.30	Access to justice and remedies in the context of 21 century crisis (cutting across all themes) Continued Group work led by: Prof. Dr. Ton Liefaard Dr. Nicolas Espejo Yaksic Prof. Julia Sloth-Nielsen Prof. Ann Skelton
16.30	Reporting back Questions, reflections and take-away messages
17.15	End of Day 2

Day 3
Wednesday 3 July	Old Observatory

	Day led by Prof. Dr. Ton Liefaard & Prof. Dr. Julia Sloth-Nielsen
Morning Session
09.30	Recent developments around migration and children’s rights Michael Bochenek – Human Rights Watch
11.00	Coffeebreak
11.30	Migration and access to justice Prof. Dr. Ann Skelton Statelessness Liesl Muller, Center for Child Law, University of Pretoria
13.00	Lunch at Old Observatory & spare time
Afternoon Session
14.30	Research @ Child Law Dept Children's rights and geographical frontiers Chrisje Sandelowsky, Leiden Law School Eligibility for international protection of children on grounds of Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity and Expression and Sexual Characteristics (SOGIESC) Elias Tissandier-Nasom, Leiden Law School
16.00	Coffeebreak
16.30	Child’s right to identity in migration and conflict Mia Dambach – CHIP
17.30	Reporting back Questions, reflections and take-away messages
18.00	End of Day 3

Day 4
Thursday 4 July	ICC & Wijnhaven

	Day led by Benoit Van Keirsbilck & Prof. Dr. Ann Skelton
Morning Session
10.00	Visit to the ICC – Session on the new Children’s Policy Oude Waalsdorperweg 10, 2597 AK Den Haag
12.30	Lunch at Wijnhaven
Afternoon Session
13.30	Topical issues - Situations of CAAC Benoit Van Keirsbilck Prof. Dr. Ann Skelton
15.00	Coffeebreak
15.30	BORN IN A NON-EXISTENT PLACE? Towards inclusive global rights protection for children living in de facto states Dr. Marieke Hopman Nehir Tüylüoglu
17.00	Reporting back Questions, reflections and take-away messages
17.30	End of Day 4

Day 5
Friday 5 July	Wijnhaven

	Day led by Prof. Dr. Ton Liefaard & Prof. Dr. Ann Skelton
Morning Session
10.00	Children’s Rights in the Digital environment with a focus on digital play Prof. Dr. Simone van der Hof, Professor of Law and Digital Technologies, Leiden
12.30	Lunch at Wijnhaven
Afternoon Session
14.00	Closing lecture Children's rights in a changing world: What lies ahead? Prof. Bruce Adamson, Professor in Practice (School of Law), University of Glasgow
16.00	Closing remarks and presentation of certificates Drinks reception
18.30	Farewell dinner Manta Beach - Strand Noord 57b, 2586 ZZ Den Haag