Childhood & legal capacity Using funding provided by the Children’s Rights Research Fund, researchers from the Universidad de Buenos Aires and M...
West Bank: Palestinian children’s right to play The West Bank is divided into three areas: A (full Palestinian control), B (Israeli mil...
Children's Rights Thesis Corner In this section we publish theses written by Maastricht University students on children...
Israeli children in the West Bank: right to mental health From January 2022 to January 2024 our team is studying the rights of Israeli children who live in...
Right to remain silent From January 2022 to January 2026, Peggy ter Vrugt is studying the right to silence of young suspects in Du...
Children's rights in Somaliland In May 1991, Somaliland declared independence from Somalia. No country recognises Somaliland as an independ...
Personal Reflections on Research Doing research is not always an easy task. As researchers, we often face dilemmas. The choices we make infl...
Projects awarded Children's Rights Research funding In this category, you will find articles about projects that have been rewarded with funding provided by Ma...
How to do research on children's rights? In this category, you will find articles that come in handy when doing research on children's rights.
Children's Rights in unrecognized states (theory) From 2019 – 2024 our research team is studying the development rights of children who are living in unrecognized stat...
Sahrawi controlled areas: freedom from violence In 1976, a large part of the indigenous Sahrawi nomadic population fled the Western Sahara because of ongoing violent...
Moroccan controlled Western Sahara: freedom of expression Since 1976, a large part of the Western Sahara has been under Moroccan control, who claim it as part of their nationa...
Right to nationality in the TRNC Between 2016-2018 Marieke Hopman together with a group of students studied the child’s right to nationality in the Tu...
Right to education in the Central African Republic Between 2015-2017 researcher Marieke Hopman conducted a study on the child’s right to education in the Cent...
Right to education in the Netherlands In 2016 researcher Marieke Hopman conducted a study on the child’s right to education in the Netherlands, w...
PhD research: looking at law through children’s eyes In 2015, after a successful crowdfinding campaign Marieke Hopman started her PhD research on children’s rig...
Study along on children's rights In this category you find some study material on the subject of children’s rights. The material includes st...
Campaign Right to education From April to July 2015, Marieke Hopman together with the Alumni office of Tilburg University organized a crowdfundin...
Research child soldiers the Netherlands From July 2013 to July 2014, Marieke Hopman conducted a study on the meaning of the concept of “childhood” in relatio...
Research child soldiers Rwanda From July 2013 to July 2014, Marieke Hopman conducted a study on the meaning of the concept of “childhood” in relatio...
Research child soldiers Rwanda From July 2013 to July 2014, Marieke Hopman conducted a study on the meaning of the concept of “childhood” in relatio...
Research child soldiers the Netherlands From July 2013 to July 2014, Marieke Hopman conducted a study on the meaning of the concept of “childhood” in relatio...
Campaign Right to education From April to July 2015, Marieke Hopman together with the Alumni office of Tilburg University organized a crowdfundin...
Study along on children's rights In this category you find some study material on the subject of children’s rights. The material includes st...
PhD research: looking at law through children’s eyes In 2015, after a successful crowdfinding campaign Marieke Hopman started her PhD research on children’s rig...
Right to education in the Netherlands In 2016 researcher Marieke Hopman conducted a study on the child’s right to education in the Netherlands, w...
Right to education in the Central African Republic Between 2015-2017 researcher Marieke Hopman conducted a study on the child’s right to education in the Cent...
Right to nationality in the TRNC Between 2016-2018 Marieke Hopman together with a group of students studied the child’s right to nationality in the Tu...
Moroccan controlled Western Sahara: freedom of expression Since 1976, a large part of the Western Sahara has been under Moroccan control, who claim it as part of their nationa...
Sahrawi controlled areas: freedom from violence In 1976, a large part of the indigenous Sahrawi nomadic population fled the Western Sahara because of ongoing violent...
Children's Rights in unrecognized states (theory) From 2019 – 2024 our research team is studying the development rights of children who are living in unrecognized stat...
How to do research on children's rights? In this category, you will find articles that come in handy when doing research on children's rights.
Projects awarded Children's Rights Research funding In this category, you will find articles about projects that have been rewarded with funding provided by Ma...
Personal Reflections on Research Doing research is not always an easy task. As researchers, we often face dilemmas. The choices we make infl...
Children's rights in Somaliland In May 1991, Somaliland declared independence from Somalia. No country recognises Somaliland as an independ...
Right to remain silent From January 2022 to January 2026, Peggy ter Vrugt is studying the right to silence of young suspects in Du...
Israeli children in the West Bank: right to mental health From January 2022 to January 2024 our team is studying the rights of Israeli children who live in...
Children's Rights Thesis Corner In this section we publish theses written by Maastricht University students on children...
West Bank: Palestinian children’s right to play The West Bank is divided into three areas: A (full Palestinian control), B (Israeli mil...
Childhood & legal capacity Using funding provided by the Children’s Rights Research Fund, researchers from the Universidad de Buenos Aires and M...
Moroccan controlled Western Sahara: freedom of expression Introducing The Western Sahara This introductory vlog provides an overview of our research project on the rights of children living in the Western Sahara, a territory claimed by both Moroc... Read more
Sahrawi controlled areas: freedom from violence Introducing The Western Sahara This introductory vlog provides an overview of our research project on the rights of children liv...
Children's Rights in unrecognized states (theory) Nationality in post-Soviet de facto states: Abkhazian youth’s access to education Following the collapse of the Soviet Union, questions of nationality (i.e. legal status) became c...
How to do research on children's rights? Measuring the right to primary education Why measure? Twice this millennium, world leaders have come together to pledge to erase global p...
Moroccan controlled Western Sahara: freedom of expression Introducing The Western Sahara This introductory vlog provides an overview of our research project on the rights of children liv...
Sahrawi controlled areas: freedom from violence Introducing The Western Sahara This introductory vlog provides an overview of our research project on the rights of children liv...
Children's Rights in unrecognized states (theory) Nationality in post-Soviet de facto states: Abkhazian youth’s access to education Following the collapse of the Soviet Union, questions of nationality (i.e. legal status) became c...
How to do research on children's rights? Measuring the right to primary education Why measure? Twice this millennium, world leaders have come together to pledge to erase global p...
How to do research on children's rights? What is law and How to study it?: What we can learn from Kelsen vs. Ehrlich What is law? A very theoretical part of our current research project on the child’s right to dev...
Sahrawi controlled areas: freedom from violence Are parents allowed to physically punish their children – in Tindouf refugee camps? Introduction Fleeing from the conflict in Western Sahara in 1976, many indigenous Sahrawi nomad...
Moroccan controlled Western Sahara: freedom of expression Final report: the right to freedom of expression for children living West of the Berm As you may have read, early June we presented a draft report of our study on the child’s right to...