Children’s rights in theory and practice

On this website you will find articles and publications by Dr. Philip E. Veerman about children’s rights and announcements of symposia and conferences in the field of (international) children’s rights.

Recent articles

Realiseer kinderrechten in politiek en beleid

Realiseer kinderrechten in politiek en beleid

Oproep aan alle verkiezingsprogrammacommissies voor de Tweede Kamerverkiezingen 2023 De Stichting Minister van Kinderen vindt dat de kinderrechten in politiek en beleid steviger moeten worden verankerd. Waarom? Nederland daalt op...

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International Seminar September 9, 2023

International Seminar September 9, 2023

The Polish Jewish Pioneer on Children's Human Rights, Janusz Korczak (1878-1942) and Children as Human Right's Defenders according to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child September 9, 2023 in the Permanent Mission of the Republic of Poland...

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Bienvenue au Okaju SummerSeminar 2023

Journées de formation, d’information et d’échanges sur la situation des droits de l’enfant au Luxembourg et dans le monde L’édition 2023 du SummerSeminar est organisée par l’Office de l’Ombudsman fir Kanner a Jugendlecher, (OKAJU), en partenariat avec l’Université du Luxembourg, l’Ombudsman et le...

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Still Passionate About Children’s Rights After Thirty Years

Still Passionate About Children’s Rights After Thirty Years

Philip Veerman about 30 years 'The International Journal of Children's Rights' - a brief history, the founding and new developments and challenges. "I am more worried now about the future of children than I was in the period 1989–1993, when we were preparing the beginning of the Journal. At that...

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Defending children’s rights

Defending children’s rights

Evaluating the decision by the Ministry of Defence to declare DCI-Palestine a ‘terrorist organisation’ In 1988 I founded the Israeli-Section of Defence for Children International (DCI) and struggled 17 years to get funding and run the organisation. We successfully lobbied for Israel’s signing and...

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Philip Edmond Veerman

Philip Edmond Veerman (Amsterdam, 28 juni 1948) is an expert in children’s rights, health-psychology and (special) education. He initiated several new child welfare organisations in the Netherlands and developed international children’s rights initiatives. For his 40 years of efforts to promote children’s rights he was given a Royal distinction, when in 2015 he became Officer in the Order of Orange-Nassau.