Reports

Outreach activities

• Lecture | Hopman, M.J. & Tüylüoglu, N. (2024) “Born in a non-existent place?: Towards inclusive global rights protection for children living in de facto states”. Summer School Frontiers of Children’s Rights 2024, Leiden University, the Netherlands.

• Presentation | Hopman, M.J. (2024) “Towards inclusive rights protection beyond the state-centric system”. Toogdag of the Netherlands Network for Human Rights Research, Utrecht University, the Netherlands.

• Lecture | Hopman, M.J. (2024) “Children’s Rights in Unrecognised States”. UNICEF Student Team Maastricht, Amnesty International Maastricht Students.

• Workshop | Hopman, M.J. & Guleid Ahmed Jama (2024) “Inclusive institutions: bringing social norms and governance structures together.” GROW Conference, Egmond aan Zee, the Netherlands.

• Conference | PART 2 - IN-PERSON (2024). "International Conference on Realising Children's Development Rights in De Facto States".  An in-person event took place in Famagusta, northern Cyprus, featuring presentations by experts on children's rights and de facto states.

• Lecture | Muradyan, M. (2024) "Participation of Child Advocates in Armed Conflict". Studium Generale, Maastricht University, the Netherlands.

• Conference | PART 1 - ONLINE (2023). "International Conference on Realising Children's Development Rights in De Facto States". Children from De Facto States took the lead in the event, sharing their firsthand experiences and expressing their requests.

• Presentation | Hopman, M.J. (2023) "Presentation of research on children’s rights in the West Bank (Palestinian and Israeli-settler children)". Law and Development Research Group, University of Antwerp, Belgium.

• Presentation | Hopman, M.J. & Guleid Ahmed Jama (2023) "Human Rights of Children Living in Unrecognised States". SOAS University London, the United Kingdom.

• Lecture series | Hopman, M.J., Krebs, L. & Thomsson, K (2022) "More Peaceful, More Just Societies: Thoughts from Economics, Law and Political Science". Studium Generale, Maastricht University.

• Presentation | Hopman, M.J. (2022) "Will the real (local) customary law please stand up?". 7th Global Meeting of Law and Society Association, Lisbon.

• Lecture | Jama, G.A. (2022) "Human rights advocacy in Africa: White Saviourism or genuine support?". Guest lecture Bachelor of Global Studies, Maastricht University.

• Lecture | Jama, G.A. & Hopman, M.J. (2022) "Children's Rights in Practice". UNICEF Student Team Maastricht & Students for Amani.

• Lecture | Jama, G.A. & Hopman, M.J. (2022) "The Rights of Children". Amnesty International Maastricht Students & UNICEF Student Team Maastricht.

• Presentation | Jama, G.A. (2021) “Introducing PhD Research on Children's Rights in Somaliland.” Rako Institute, Hargeisa, Somaliland.

• Lecture | Hopman, M.J. & Smajić, T. (2021) "Are parents allowed to (lightly) spank their children? When different legal systems provide different answers". Law open air festival, Maastricht University.

• Lecture | Hopman, M.J. (2021) "Children's Rights". Studium Generale Maastricht University.

• Lecture | Hopman, M.J. (2021) "Children's Rights Research in Conflict Zones". Law Talks Series, Maastricht University.

• Lecture | Hopman, M.J. (2020) "Studying the rights of children living in the Sahrawi refugee camps (Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic)". UNICEF Student Team Maastricht.

• Lecture | Hopman, M.J. (2020) "Camille: Central African Republic". AIMS and Lumière Cinema.

• Discussant | Hopman, M.J. (2019) "How anonymous is "anonymous"?". Seminar FAIR data: handling research data ethically and with integrity.

• Presentation | Hopman, M.J. (2019) "Empirical research of (legal) norms related to children's rights violations". Law and Development Research Network Conference, Berlin.

• Presentation | Hopman, M.J. (2019) "The child’s right to Republic of Cyprus nationality for children living in northern Cyprus". World Conference on Statelessness, The Hague.

• Lecture | Hopman, M.J. (2019) "The child's right to nationality in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus". Leiden University.

• Lecture | Hopman, M.J. (2019) "Het recht op onderwijs door de ogen van kinderen". Onderwijsraad, Den Haag.

• Presentation | Hopman, M.J. (2019) "Looking at law through children's eyes: legal pluralism and the child's right to education in the Netherlands". Children's rights research group, Leiden University.

• Theatre | Daan Draait, Hopman, M.J. (2018-2019) "MY CAR". Performed at different high schools in the Netherlands.

• Presentation | Coomans, F. (2018) "Rights-Based Governance: the Need for Strong State Obligations to Protect Human Rights in an Era of Globalisation". Conference: Rights-Based Governance, Participatory Democracy and Accountability, East-London, South Africa.

• Presentation | Coomans, F. (2018) "Moving Towards the Full Realization of the right to Education: the Relevance and Importance of Article 13 ICESCR". Seminar: Symposium on the Progressive Introduction of Free Education, Tokyo.

• Lecture | Coomans, F. & Hopman, M.J. (2018) "The child's right to education". ELSA & Unicef Student Association Maastricht.

• Lecture | Hopman, M.J. (2018) "Making a difference? Sharing research results with the relevant community". Societal engagement event, Maastricht University.

• Presentation | Hopman, M.J. (2018) "Deleted off the map? The child's right to nationality in the TRNC". Statelessness workshop, Tilburg Univeristy.

• Presentation | Guleid Ahmed Jama & Hopman, M.J. (2023) "Human Rights of Children Living in Unrecognised States". SOAS University of London.

• Presentation | Hopman, M.J., Borne, A.E. & Çolak, E. (2018) "Deleted off the map: the child's right to nationality in northern Cyprus". Home for cooperation, Cyprus.

• Presentation | Borne, A.E. & Hopman, M.J. (2018) "What are the rights of children born of international students in the TRNC?". Vois, Cyprus.

• Presentation | Hopman, M.J. (2018) "The child's right to nationality in an unrecognized state". Third conference of the Law and Development Research Network: INTERFACES, Leiden University.

• Presentation | Hopman, M.J. & de Vocht, D. (2018) "You are a child if the judge says you are: the child/adult divide in Dutch criminal law". Conference on Law, Science and Rationality, Maastricht University.

• Presentation | Hopman, M.J. (2018) "Going back. Sharing research. Making a difference?". Pechakucha Maastricht.

• Presentation| Hopman, M.J. (2018) "The child's right to nationality in the TRNC". Tilburg Univeristy.

• Lecture | Hopman, M.J. (2017) "The (In)existence of Legal Orders in the Central African Republic". Soas University, London.

• Lecture | Hopman, M.J. (2017) (keynote speaker) "Van Leerplicht naar Leerrecht". Conferentie Thuiszitters, Amsterdam.

• Lecture | Hopman, M.J. (2017) "Children's rights: seeing through the eyes of children". Festival of Pleasure, Arts and Sciences, Maastricht.

• Presentation | Hopman, M.J. (2017) "CAR: can we listen to young people’s voices, even when they conflict with adult’s interests?". Panel discussion Being young in times of conflict. Leiden University.

• Lecture | Hopman, M.J. (2017) "The child's right to education in the CAR". UNICEF student team Maastricht.

• Presentation | Hopman, M.J. (2017) "Children's rights, legal pluralism and corporal punishment in Central African Republic's classrooms". International Conference on Childhood and Adolescence, Porto.

• Lecture | Hopman, M.J. (2017) "Legal pluralism and children’s rights". Leiden University.

• Lecture | Hopman, M.J. (2017) "Recht op onderwijs in de CAR". High school, Harlingen.

• In addition to all blogs, vlogs and reports on this website:

• Report | Somali Women Development Centre, Somaliland Human Rights Centre, Global Campaign for Equal Nationality Rights & Institiute on Statelessness and Inclusion (2021) Universal Periodic Review: Somalia.

• Blog | Hopman, M.J. (2019) CAR: a society without authority, where children’s schooling suffers. The Conversation.

• Chapter in report | Coomans, F., Dietvorst, R., ten Hoopen, R. & Klosse, S. (2019) "Recht op gezondheid van het kind" ("the child's right to health"). In: Jansen, M. & Burhenne, K. De gezonde basisschool van de toekomst: van leef- naar leerschool. 

• Blog | Coomans, F. (2018) Education for migrants: an inalienable human right. Unesco-coerier 2018(4).

• Blog | Coomans, F. (2018) The US imposing hardship on Palestinian refugees. Maastricht Law Blog.

• Quiz | Hopman, M.J. & Borne, A.E. (2018) Quiz: The right to nationality in the TRNC. 

• Blog | Coomans, F. (2015) Extraterritorial human rights obligations to protect refugees. Maastricht Law Blog.

• Magazine article | Hopman, M.J. (2015) Je bent een kind als de wetgever dat vindt ("You are a child if the judge says so"). Right! 15(1): 14-16. 

• Blog | Coomans, F. (2014) Boko Haram - Deprivation of the right to education. Right to education initiative.

• Blog | Hopman, M.J. & Oomkens, A. (2014) Rwanda: opgroeien onder het juk van het verleden ("Rwanda: growing up under the yoke of the past") De Fusie. 

• Rapport | De Jong, S., Hopman, M., van Ravensbergen, A., de Kat, H. & Hanson, E. (2014) The Dutch NGO-report 2014 on the implementation of the Optional Protocol to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in Armed Conflict (OPAC). Kinderrechtencollectief.

• Blog | Hopman, M.J. (2013) De Nederlandse grondwet let niet op de kleintjes! ("The Dutch constitution doesn't mind the little ones!"). Nederland Rechtsstaat. 

• On 5 June 2024 - Geeska website interviewed Guleid Ahmed Jama about his PhD research. Here is the interview in English and Somali.

• On 11 May 2024 - Voice of America Somali Service interviewed Marieke Hopman and Guleid Ahmed Jama. The interview is in Somali language.

• 2 July 2021 - Parool (Dutch national newspaper). Expert opinion in article: "10 Questions (and answers) about vaccinating youth against corona".

• 14 February 2021 - Human Rights Pulse. Interview: "An interview with Marieke Hopman about Law Through Children's Eyes". 

• 27 January 2019 - Cyprus Mail. Article: The children denied citizenship. 

• 15 october 2018 - MHA Haber. Article: KKTC’DE ÇOCUĞUN VATANDAŞLIK HAKKI ARAŞTIRMA KONUSU OLDU. 

• 12 October 2018 - Radyo Mayis. Interview: "The child's right to nationality in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus".

• 13 June 2018 – NPO Radio 1 (Dutch national radio). Interview: “How can we improve children’s rights?”

• 13 June 2018 – Observant Magazine. Article: “Sounds from the Central African Republic in a classroom in Heerlen”

• 30 May 2018 – Radio France International. Interview: “CAR: a Special Criminal Court to investigate war crimes and crimes against humanity”

• 28 March 2018 – Trouw (Dutch national newspaper). Article: “Books, teachers, in the CAR there is a shortage of everything”

• 16 March 2018 – Trouw (Dutch national newspaper). Article: “More control on homeschooling is wise but risky”

• 13 March 2018 – Trouw (Dutch national newspaper). Interview: “Children who do not go to school are missing something”

• 15 January 2018 – Observant Magazine. Interview: “Every time I look at my tattoo I think of the life lessons I learnt in Africa”

• 21 June 2017 – Observant Magazine (Dutch). Interview: “Getting whipped for giving the wrong answer”

• 27 October 2016 – NPO Radio 1 (Dutch). Interview: “After six years primary school still not being able to write your own name”

• 17 October 2016 – VOS/ABB magazine (Dutch). Interview: “Without social interaction it can’t be done”

• 28 May 2016 – Trouw (Dutch national newspaper). Expert opinion in article: “Aid workers were busy with parents, not with Sharleyne”

• 26 May 2016 – Algemeen Dagblad (Dutch national newspaper). Interview: “Give children their own right to education”

• 19 May 2015 – Vallei Business: “Veenendaalse rechtsfilosofe start crowdfunding om promotieonderzoek te financieren”

• 18 May 2015 – Fundwijzer: “Veenendaalse rechtsfilosofe start crowdfunding om promotieonderzoek te financieren”

• 15 May 2015 – Brabants Dagblad (Dutch regional newspaper). Interview: “A first: crowdfunding PhD research”

• 14 May 2015 – Brabants Dagblad online: “100.000 euro gevraagd van publiek voor financiering tilburgs promotie onderzoek”

• 14 May 2015 – BN DeStem: “Filosofe probeert promotie-onderzoek in Tilburg te financieren via crowdfunding, 100.000 euro nodig”

• 13 May 2015 – Volkskrant (Dutch national newspaper). Article: “If the university does not have the money, you have to be creative”

• 12 May 2015 – Volkskrant (Dutch national newspaper). Article: “Turned down PhD researcher finds answer in crowdfunding”

• 12 May 2015 – Univers Magazine (Dutch). Article “Project right to education kicks off”

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