Breng Russische Kinderombudsvrouw naar Den Haag
Het arrestatiebevel tegen de Russische president Poetin brengt terecht de Russische Kinderombudsvrouw in beeld als de leider van één grote poging kinderen te ontvoeren. Alle hens aan dek voor de Nederlandse kinderrechteninstanties, meent Philip Veerman. Klik hier om...
100 jaar kinderrechter
Deze titel is een must-have voor iedereen die zich wil verdiepen in kinderrechters. Deze bundel geeft inzicht in historische ontwikkelingen, laat zien wat de rol en taken van de kinderrechter zijn en geeft aan welke ontwikkelingen wenselijk zijn in de toekomst....
Een minister van kinderen in Nederland?
In de middag van 22 november vindt er in Nieuwspoort een unieke bijeenkomst plaats. De kersverse Stichting Minister van Kinderen (die een minister van Kinderen in komende kabinetten bepleit) kijkt allereerst terug op het Ministerie van Jeugd en Gezin (2007-2010)....Angst bij kinderen voor nucleaire oorlog is een verwaarloosd onderwerp
Tijdens de Cuba crisis in 1962 (toen de Verenigde Staten en de Sovjet Unie bijna in een nucleaire oorlog verzeilden) was ik een adolescent van 14 jaar. De angst van mijn ouders voor weer oorlog en nu mogelijk een nucleaire, had ertoe geleid dat mijn vader achter in...
The BBC reports that 10 years after their kidnapping of the 276 girls in the Nigerian town Chibok (you remember #BringBackOurGirls) 180 escaped or have been freed, but are not taken care of well now. The Bono State government in Nigeria should do more!!! ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/800/cp…
The board of the Foundation Minister of Children which lobbys fior such a Minister in the Dutch government is renewed and met yesterday
Today The Dutch PM received a delegation of young victims of the childcare benefits scandal. I was honored to accompany them.Needs and problems of these young people were neglected too long.
Children should not do dangerous work and be in school. See: Mississippi slaughterhouse to blame for death of migrant teen, OSHA says nbcnews.com/politics/immigra…
Is this juvenile justice? No it is racism. See: Race played role in sentencing of Black child, 10, for urinating in public, lawyer says nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/race…
Childlabour in the USA.see: L.A. poultry firm hired kids as young as 14 to work with sharp knives, Labor Dept. says nbcnews.com/news/us-news/los…
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…