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Award ceremony: Jaap Doek Children's Rights Thesis Award 2024
- Date
- Friday 13 December 2024
- Time
- Location
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Kamerlingh Onnes Gebouw
Steenschuur 25
2311 ES Leiden - Room
- A0.51
Award ceremony: Jaap Doek Children's Rights Thesis Award 2024
In collaboration with Defence for Children, Leiden University’s Department of Child Law will hold the 12th Jaap Doek Children’s Rights Thesis Award ceremony on Friday 13 December from 14.00 onwards.
The prize will be awarded for the best master’s thesis in the field of children’s rights. From the theses submitted, the jury, chaired by Professor Jaap Doek, has selected six nominees to be considered for the thesis award.
Nominees
- Oumaima el Ouarit
Uithuisplaatsingen in Nederland: is separate vertegenwoordiging wenselijk? [meaning: ‘Care orders in the Netherlands: is separate representation desirable?’] - Isabelle Oberschulte
Litigation for future: on the added value of child-led strategic climate litigation regarding the disproportionate impact of climate change and the right to participation - Paul Lee
Legal recognition of parenthood – its role in upholding the right to identity of children with same-sex parents - Saurabh Shashi Ashok
Freedom to protest – exploring tensions in the application of the CRC’s legal framework in India’s socio-political context - Matheus Filipe Andrade Mendes
A child rights-based approach to the right to read - Alexandra Maria Hernandez
Sexual and reproductive health rights of adolescent girls in Central America: a case study of Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador
Programme
| 14.00 | Doors open |
| 14.30 | Word of welcome – Mirjam Blaak, Executive Director Defence for Children and Professor Ton Liefaard, Professor of Children's Rights at Leiden University |
| 14.40 | Lecture – Professor Jonathan Todres, Distinguished University Professor and Professor of Law at Georgia State University College of Law and Visiting Professor at Leiden University (Rotating Honorary Chair in Enforcement of Children’s Rights) |
| 15.10 | Discussion with audience |
| 15.30 | Nominee presentations |
| 16.00 | Winner of the Children's Rights Thesis Award to be announced by Professor Jaap Doek |
| 16.30 | Drinks reception in Leiden Law School restaurant |
Venue and registration
The Jaap Doek Thesis Award will take place on 13 December 2024 in room A0.51 at the KOG Building, Steenschuur 25, 2311 ES Leiden.
Attendees need to register for this event by Friday 6 December by sending an email to jeugdrecht@law.leidenuniv.nl
If you have any other questions, please send an email to the above address or call 071 527 60 56.