Lecture Children’s Rights – 13 June 2025 15:00

 

The lecture will be given by Dr. Philip Veerman, a distinguished figure in the field of children’s rights, will talk about “Children’s rights and the future of the UN Treaty Body System”. We invite students, researchers, practitioners and other interested persons to reflect critically on the current state of children’s rights and research.

Dr. Veerman (Amsterdam, 1948) brings with him a lifetime of experience. He 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. Philip Veerman still works as a psychologists with young people at the Youth Intervention Team (with young people who come out of a situation of homelessness) in the Hague and sees young people at JIT WONEN, an assisted secure living place in the Hague. He also works in a mental health outpatient clinic (NUGGZ).

Lecture in hybrid mode on 13 June, from 13.30-15.00h.

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