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
Symposium Kinderrechten in de gezondheidszorg
Bekijk hier het programma voor het Symposium 'Kinderrechten in de gezondheidszorg'
Interview met school voor de journalistiek
Philip was gevraagd voor een interview voor een leersituatie van de school voor de journalistiek van de Hogeschool Utrecht. Luister hier het interview terug!
Islamitische en Joodse Amsterdamse jongeren starten verbindingscampagne
De overeenkomsten opzoeken, in plaats van de verschillen blijven benadrukken. Dat is de gedachte achter een nieuwe campagne met de naam 'deel de duif'. De campagne is bedacht door vier Amsterdamse jongeren met een Joodse en islamitische achtergrond. "We willen allemaal dat er een rechtvaardige...
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 kinderrechtenranglijst Afgelopen juni verscheen de KidsRights Index....
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 to the United Nations Office at Geneva Program ...
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...
Septembre – 11e séminaire Korczak à la Mission de Pologne de Genève
Depuis septembre 2018, nous attendions son retour : le Séminaire Korczak organisé conjointement par le Israeli Korczak Education Center et l’International Korczak Association, reprendra son souffle le 9 septembre prochain pour une onzieme session placée sous le theme de l’enfant dans la...
Exchange meeting focuses on conflict-related crimes against children in Ukraine
The Hague – On Monday and Tuesday 7 and 8 June, an international exchange meeting took place with Ms Yuliia Usenko, the Head of the Department for the Protection of Children’s Rights from the Ukrainian Office of the Prosecutor-General, in The Hague. The meeting, which focused on conflict-related...
100 years ago (23rd February 1923) the ’Declaration of Geneva’ puts children’s rights on the map
Anchored in the Luxembourg Constitution in December 2022, the rights of the child are now specific fundamental rights guaranteeing children and adolescents the status of legal subjects and citizens. It has been a long road/way to bring the child out of the shadow of law and history as an object...
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.
An important letter. See: 1,000 child psychologists, trauma experts urge the release of children - Israel News - The Jerusalem Post jpost.com/israel-news/articl…
In one of the richest countries of the world this should be a thing of the past. See: Federal agents found more than two dozen minors working in Ohio poultry plant nbcnews.com/news/us-news/fed…
Attention of the world is needed for 30 children!! See: Israel says 30 Gaza hostages are children, IDF strikes in Lebanon | The Jerusalem Post jpost.com/arab-israeli-confl…
Well done Fresno, important that more City Councils and Parliaments follow!! See: Fresno becomes second U.S. city to ban caste discrimination nbcnews.com/news/asian-ameri…
An American disease: Hundreds of children, teens have been victims of gun violence this year - ABC News abcnews.go.com/US/hundreds-c…
At the 22 september we had a succussful meeting at Nieuwspoort pleading for a Minister of Children in our next government. And to do child impactassessments (what does this decision mean for children ) and a generation check (what will this decision mean for the next generation).
A worrying development and against the spirit of the CRC: Ukraine war: Pro-war ideology is drilled into Russia's children as playgrounds become parade grounds | CNN cnn.com/2023/09/24/europe/ru…
A ggod reason NOT to vote for Vivek Ramaswamy is he says he'll deport children of undocumented immigrants born in the U.S. nbcnews.com/politics/2024-el…
Children and War conference in Geneva. Happy to havedelivered a paper today at the Polish Mission to the UN in Geneva organised by the International Janusz Korczak Association and the Korczak Center in Israel. The chair of the CRC Committee Ann Skelton honoured us to be there.
Germany charges 98-year-old former Nazi camp guard in juvenile court. In juvenile court because between 1943-1945 when he worked in the concentrationcamp Sachsenhausen he was still a minor. Justice matters even after all those years! cnn.com/2023/09/01/europe/ge…
The epidemic of gun injuries continues in the US. See: Gun injuries claimed a record number of children's lives in 2021, study finds nbcnews.com/health/kids-heal…
The start of taking child influencers more seriously and get a good debate what is child labor? See: Illinois passes a law that requires parents to compensate child influencers | CNN Business cnn.com/2023/08/16/tech/kid-…
What? “slaves benefitted from slavery” what a nonsence will they teach in Florida schools? See: Protesters march through Miami to object to Florida’s Black history teaching standards nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/prot…
This is also a way of keeping statistics! But it does not help youth. See: China stops releasing youth unemployment data after it hit consecutive record highs | CNN Business cnn.com/2023/08/14/economy/c…
Congratulations young people in Montana you did it!! See: Youth activists win 'game-changer' case for U.S. climate change protections nbcnews.com/science/environm…
I support Gordon Brown.
Today former UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown came with the suggestion that the ICC (International Criminal Court) will bring charges against some Afgan (religious) leaders for crimes against humanity for blocking girls to go to school.
Israel: very sad the Knesset has adopted the first part of the judicial overhaul. What a stupid decision, to go downhill with the democratic State - sad.
Time NOT to eat Cornetto and Magnum icecream and boycot (the Dutch company) Unilever because they still are in Russia even let employees be conscripted (as the BBC reported)
Important to remember Emmett Till!! See: Biden expected to establish a national monument honoring Emmett Till and his mother nbcnews.com/politics/white-h…