Study information

Frontiers of Children's Rights: A Summer School for Professionals

Date

Monday 17 March 2025

Explanation

Webinar: 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM

Address

Online

Een webinar over de zomerschool 'Frontiers of Children's Rights'

This webinar introduces the summer school 'The Frontiers of Children's Rights Summer School' that takes a close look at contemporary children’s rights issues from a legal perspective, accompanied by reflections from other academic disciplines, legal systems, local perceptions and realities.

Frontiers of Children’s Rights provides a comprehensive children’s rights course, which takes a close look at contemporary children’s rights issues from a legal perspective accompanied by reflections from other academic disciplines, legal systems, local perceptions and realities.

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More information about the summer school

Frontiers of Children’s Rights provides a comprehensive children’s rights course, which takes a close look at contemporary children’s rights issues from a legal perspective accompanied by reflections from other academic disciplines, legal systems, local perceptions and realities.

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 Chairperson of the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child. This year's theme is "Children’s Rights Across Diverse Environments: Global Perspectives and Challenges". The agenda will follow soon.

More information about the program can be found on the Frontiers of Children's Rights Summer School. 

For professionals

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

Leiden University Academy

The Leiden University Academy brings together education for professionals, from short courses to master's programmes. Our dedicated lecturers offer you scientific knowledge and skills that are directly applicable in professional practice. Whether you work in science, government, healthcare, the legal sector or business, we have a course that will help you grow.