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

International Seminar September 9, 2023

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...

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“Are young people on waiting lists our human sacrifices? “

“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 >

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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/ ...

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Philip Veerman speaker at the Pan-African Child Rights Forum

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 Welfare of the Child (ACRWC30)...

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The Oxford Handbook of children’s rights law

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

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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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