25 Years, Convention of the Rights of the Child—Leiden, the Netherlands

The Department of Child Law of Leiden University presents 25 Years CRC (UN Convention of the Rights of the Child) Nov. 17-19, 2014. Abstracts are due by April 1, 2014.

Organizers invite submissions—from academics or professionals working in children’s rights or related fields—on the following themes:

    Day 1, The implications of the CRC after 25 years
  • Embedding the CRC at the domestic level—the jurisprudential ‘value added’
  • Embedding children’s rights as a vehicle for tertiary and post school studies
  • Interdisciplinarity and children’s rights
  • Monitoring children’s rights—international
    and domestic mechanisms
  • Visibility of children—children’s participation and enforcement of their rights
  • Juvenile justice
  • Day 2, New frontiers of children’s rights for the future
    • Child protection systems
    • Children and the global development agenda
    • Children’s rights and the digital era
    • Research for 2040
    • The interrelationship between children’s rights and the broader human rights system
    • Children’s rights and migration
  • Hat tip: Calling All Papers! mw