35 years of children's rights: time for renewed commitment

How has the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child shaped children’s rights over the last 35 years and what still needs to be done in the face of the current global challenges?

Ton Liefaard and Ann Skelton • November 20, 2024

Reimagining alternative childcare in Haiti

Thinking about volunteering for an orphanage in Haiti? Make sure you think it through, as volunteers can inadvertently perpetuate the suffering they hope to alleviate. Instead, the country needs systemic change.

Matheus Mendes • May 24, 2024

A child rights-based approach to adolescents’ sexuality

A holistic child rights perspective is crucial to prevent criminalisation and undue state-sanctioned restrictions on adolescents’ sexual exploration both online and offline.

Ann Skelton and Sabine Katharina Witting • February 22, 2024

Why the proposed Dutch ‘two-status’ asylum system is a bad idea

The one-status system in Dutch asylum law is an important achievement. Changing it to a two-status system to restrict family reunification is not only counterproductive, but a violation of children’s rights.

Mark Klaassen • June 19, 2023

Malevolence of caste in alternative care

In the Indian diaspora, hierarchical institutions like caste jeopardise alternative care for children deprived of family. How much of an impact do culture and religion have on such children in India?

Tamizhoviya Indhoomati Thangavel • May 12, 2023

Life in limbo: Unaccompanied children transitioning into adulthood

More attention is needed for the challenges experienced by unaccompanied migrant children transitioning into adulthood in the Netherlands.

Stephanie Rap, Kris van der Pas and Tihomir Sabchev • July 06, 2021

A new perspective on international children's rights jurisprudence

What does the Leiden Children's Rights Observatory hold for the study of international children's rights and access to justice?

Ton Liefaard, Julia Sloth-Nielsen and Daniella Zlotnik • January 11, 2019

What have children’s rights got to do with counter-terrorism in Europe?

What have children’s rights got to do with counter-terrorism in Europe? A lot. Consider security-based approaches to targeting suspects of terrorism, who may be children, in education, juvenile justice systems and on the issue of returnees.

Heidi Burrows • December 17, 2018 • 1 comment

Children’s rights at the local level: The European approach to (unaccompanied) children in migration

Refugee and migrant children require specific protection and support. Local level initiatives play an important role in their integration. Initiatives promoting early integration, an individualised approach and prolonged support appear successful.

Stephanie Rap and Marit Buddenbaum • December 14, 2018

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