Children’s rights in theory and practice
ChildRightsFocus is the website of dr. Philip E. Veerman, children’s rights expert. 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.
Reflections on Joint Israeli-Palestinian Cooperation Projects
It is amazing that with all the money invested in joint projects, very few evaluation studies have been carried out. by Sami Adwan and Philip Veerman Before the Oslo agreement in 1993, some Israeli and Palestinian human-rights organizations were in almost daily...
Israel Childrens Rights Monitor 1987 • 1999
Israel Childrens Rights Monitor 1987 • 1999
The Children’s Rights crisis in Sierra Leone
In 1983 Defence for Children International (DCI) published the first issue o{ the International Chillren's Rights Monitor. The Monitor, created as an advocacy tool for fueling and enlarging the debate on the rights of the child, offered various kinds of information:...
Hospital and Handcuffs
How two wounded Palestinian youths were handcuffed to their beds in Hadassah Hospital by Guy Hessel in: Palestine Israel Journal Vol.3 Nos. 3 & 4 1996 On Wednesday, October 9, 1996, 14-year-old Mu'taz Jaradat and 17-year-old Ghaleb al-Farukh, from the village of...
Message from the Chairman and the Founder
Book review: Hugh Starkey et al, “The Challenge of Human Rights education, in”: The International Journal of Children’s Rights, nos. 3-4, vol. 1, 1993. Authors: Michael D. Longford1 and Philip E. Veerman Source: The International Journal of Children's Rights, Volume...
The battle to defend the weak
AS Eli, the Israel Association for Child Protection, holds an international conference on child abuse this week in Jerusalem, the West is looking at Israel's progressive legislation in the areas of sexual abuse. In 1955, the Knesset passed a law stating that a child...
Israel Children’s Rights Monitor 1988 • 1989 • 1990
Israel Children's Rights Monitor 1988 • 1989 • 1990
Challenge to our image of childhood
IN A RECENT article Z.W. Falk, an Emeritus Professor in Family Law of the Hebrew University in Jerusalem ('End the Children's Crusade,' The Jerusalem Post, August 3, 1989) points a finger at Arab organizations in the West Bank and Gaza for "the employment of children...
Foto: Pauline van de Stadt
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. Read more >
Presenting in Toronto at the International Conference on the Prevention of Youth Homelessness
What is the Dutch governent doing against child labour by the Chinese dancecompany Shun Yun? See (in Dutch): Chinees dansgezelschap verdient miljoenen met kinderarbeid in Nederland | BNR Nieuwsradio bnr.nl/nieuws/economie/10565…
Health insurance for children remains a big challenge in the USA for 2025. See: It doesn't make sense': Why millions of children have lost their health insurance nbcnews.com/health/health-ca…
Again children in schools in the USA are not safe!! See NBC:Live updates: 3 dead in shooting at Abundant Life Christian School in Madison, Wisconsin nbcnews.com/news/us-news/liv…
A setback for children’s rights. See NBC news: Iraq could allow marriage for girls as young as 9. A survivor says it would fuel rape and child abuse. nbcnews.com/news/world/iraq-…
De Clara Meijer Wichmann Penning: naar Jason Bhugwandass. Proficiat Jason!!!
Nigeria's President Bola Tinubu came to his senses: freedom of expression is not treason! See the BBC news item: bbc.com/news/articles/cr4lzq…
Impact of climate on children? Here is one.Schools close in Lahore as pollution hits record level. See this BBC newsitem. bbc.com/news/articles/c5ymg6…
I offer my condoleances to the Grandmothers of the Plaza de Mayo on the passing of Giovanola, who I had the pleasure to meet once in Buenos Aires. Thanks to her and the Grandmothers ‘the right to identity’ is in the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child batimes.com.ar/news/argentin…
People can regress and probably States too. This NT’s regression is regrettable and against the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. See: Australia's Northern Territory resumes jailing 10-year-olds - BBC News bbc.com/news/articles/cpqz8g…
This is the 45th schoolshooting this year In the USA!! See: Georgia school shooting live updates: Suspect was a new student at the school and taken into custody within minutes nbcnews.com/news/us-news/liv…
They can make a diffetence. See: 8 million teens are eligible to vote. These high school students want to make sure more do. nbcnews.com/politics/2024-el…
Opinie: Laat kinderen en jongeren zoveel mogelijk meepraten als volwaardige burgers | de Volkskrant archive.ph/2024.07.31-132756…
It seemed a step forward for children but is it? See: Why a landmark kids online safety bill that just passed the Senate is still deeply divisive nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/w…
Sad about tragic findings innthe US. See: Over 970 Native American children died at federal boarding schools | Reuters reuters.com/world/us/over-97…
Now also Druze children. When will this madness end? See: White coffins of children killed in Hezbollah rocket attack carried through streets of Majdal Shams
timesofisrael.com/liveblog_e…
How sad that so many young people in care were abused in New Zeeland. Good that it was brought to the open. See: New Zealand landmark report finds 200,000 suffered abuse in care bbc.com/news/articles/c4ng6j…
Incredible that PM Netanyahu blocked starting a hospital for children in Gaza!!! Does he have enemies under 7 years old? See: PM vetoes Gallant's field hospital for Gaza kids; defense officials: He's playing politics
timesofisrael.com/pm-vetoes-…
To make a children’s hospital a taget how terrible for humanity. See: Russia strikes Kyiv children’s hospital in huge missile attack – POLITICO politico.eu/article/russians…
In memoriam Michael Freeman whose funeral I attended in London this afternoon. A giant in the field of children’s rights.
