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
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...
Leefgeld en dakloosheid: twee kanten van de strijd van jongeren
Dakloosheid onder jongeren is een groeiend probleem in Nederland. Jongeren die geen veilig thuis hebben, raken verstrikt in een wereld van onzekerheid, stress en soms criminaliteit. Volgens GZ-psycholoog en kinderrechtenexpert Philip Veerman...
Keeping child refugees separated from their families is cruel
In the fourth installment of our blog series on 'Childhood and Migration,' our member Philip Veerman (Netherlands) discusses his experiences as a health psychologist working with Eritrean child refugees in the Netherlands Published: 10 July 2024 You have probably never heard of Ana Gulu. It is a...
Introduction to our ‘Childhood and Migration’ blog series
Over the coming weeks, we will be publishing a series of blogs on the theme of 'childhood and migration,' edited by our members Adrienne Lee Atterberry (Union College, US) and Karina Ruiz (University of California Santa Cruz, US). In this introduction, Adrienne and Karina provide an overview of...
The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child
The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child – A Commentary, edited by John Tobin - is now available on Brill.com.
Research Supports the Need to Recognize the Right to Free Early Childhood Education and Free Secondary Education
We, the undersigned individuals, are scholars, experts, and researchers on the education, development, wellbeing, and rights of children and adolescents. We write to express our support for a new optional protocol to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) focused on the right to...
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...
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.
Pioneering with Israeli-Palestinian civil society joint projects, when it was still possible and work for human rights in Israel
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