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
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...
The ongoing battle against recruitment of child soldiers
Philip Veerman wrote a chapter in 'The Rights of the Child and Human Dignity' (Rechten van het kind en waardigheid') by Ars Aequi Publishers. An evaluation of the international community’s attempt to devise a ‘carrot and stick’ approach for global implementation to stop recruiting child soldiers...
“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 the article in pdf > Den...
“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 the parking lot of the Cars...
“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) Den Haag Centraal Author: Philip E; Veerman...
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 | https://www.ad.nl/binnenland/grote-zorgen-om-jonge-vloggers-is-hier-sprake-van-kinderarbeid~ac154b1a/ ...
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 ISIS. ‘Step by step, Isis carries out...
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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