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.
“Are young people on waiting lists our human sacrifices? “
The waiting list problem for the assisted living facilities and the mental health facilities in The Hague is so crying that the comparison Arnon Grunberg makes with human sacrifices seems increasingly adequate, Mental Health psychologist Philip Veerman believes. Read...
“After” Open the (Homeless) village ” even greater challenge awaits “
In 1962 "Mies Bouwman" raised money on television to build a village for disabled people near Arnhem. In Den Haag Centraal Gz psychologist Philip Veerman is already looking beyond the 'fine initiative' to build an emergency village for the (possibly) sick homeless in...
“Young people are the forgotten group of the corona crisis”
The corona crisis seems to revolve mainly around the elderly, but involving young people more in policy is key, says Philip Veerman in his article in Den Haag Centraal. Little is known how Minister Slob set a good example. Read the article (in dutch)
Philip Veerman Speaker at Symposium Kinderrechten in de gezondheidszorg
New date for the Symposium is november 20th, 2020. Take a look at the website for program and booking. 12.00 – 12.25h: Dr. PhE Veerman: 'Rechten van kinderen in de geestelijke gezondheidszorg: het perspectief van zwerfjongeren & dakloze jeugdigen'.
Worries that vlogging by children can become childlabour.
Worries that vlogging by children can become childlabour. See (if you read Dutch) my comments in the newspaper AD: Grote zorgen om jonge vloggers: is hier sprake van kinderarbeid? | Binnenland |...
Philip Veerman speaker at the Pan-African Child Rights Forum
The Pan-African Child Rights Forum (PACRiF) is one of three events that UNICEF-AU Office is organizing to mark the 30th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC30) in November 2019 and the 30th anniversary of the African Charter on the Rights and...
The Oxford Handbook of children’s rights law
Philip Veerman writes a chapter in The Oxford Handbook of children's Rights Law 2020. Examining the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child through the Lens of Caste- and Descent-based Discrimination. Table of contents
Jan Kizilhan: ‘On the Yezidi trauma’ 10 december, de Balie
10 december - dag van de rechten van de mens - Philip Veerman is gast op deze avond met Jan Kizilhan. In 2014, professor doctor Jan Ilhan Kizilhan gave an interview to Germany’s largest newspaper Bild about the situation of the Yezidi in Northern Iraq under...
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 >