by Annemiek | Nov 4, 2015 | conference April 16th 2013
On Tuesday, 16 April 2013, the Center for Children’s Rights in Amsterdam (CCRA) organised a conference at the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, which had as its theme the “Rights of the Child in Theory and in Practice”. The conference...
by Annemiek | Nov 4, 2015 | conference April 16th 2013
If somebody had told my greatgrandparents from my mothers side, Izaak Levison (born in 1850) and Wilhelmina Levison-van Lier (born in 1849) who lived here in Amterdam opposite this building of the KNAW, the Royal Academy of Sciences (at the Kloveniersburgwal 29) that...
by Annemiek | Oct 29, 2015 | conference April 16th 2013
It is a great privilege and pleasure for me to contribute to this colloquium in honour of Philip Veerman. Philip and I have known each other for many years, and I have great admiration for his tremendous efforts to ensure a better life for children around the world....
by Annemiek | Mar 7, 2013 | conference April 16th 2013
Prevention lies at the heart of the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in Armed Conflict (OPAC). Yet in spite of the fact that 150 states are now party to the Protocol, effective prevention of recruitment and...
by Annemiek | Mar 4, 2013 | conference April 16th 2013
Mr. Damon Barrett, LLM (International Centre of Human Rights and Drug Policy) The Convention on the Rights of the Child is unique among the core UN human rights treaties in containing an article dedicated to drug use and the drug trade. Its influence on the...
by Annemiek | Mar 4, 2013 | conference April 16th 2013
Prof. Michael D. Freeman, Editor in Chief of the International Journal of Children’s Rights, Professor in English Law, Emeritus One of the most controversial provisions in the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child is in Article 24 [ 3 ]. This targets traditional...