The Grotius Centre is very pleased to announce that the third edition of the summer course on international children's rights will be held at Leiden University in July 2015.
Professor Ton Liefaard, Professor of Children's Rights (UNICEF chair) at Leiden Law School and Professor Julia Sloth-Nielsen, Professor of Children’s Rights in the Developing World at Leiden Law School will coordinate the course.
Programme
Frontiers of Children's Rights provides a comprehensive children's rights course, which takes a close look at contemporary children's rights issues from a legal perspective accompanied by reflections from other academic disciplines, legal systems, local perceptions and realities.
Leading academic and professional experts in the field of children's rights, international law and other relevant disciplines offer inspiring and interactive lectures, seminars and excursions in and around Leiden Law School.
The classes will be taught in the beautiful premises of the renovated Leiden Observatory. On Friday the participants will visit the International Criminal Court in The Hague. Classes will be taught at the Campus The Hague premises that day. The week will be concluded with a dinner party at the beach in Scheveningen.
The time table for the upcoming session will be posted soon. For an impression of the schedule please check the programme booklet of last year's course.
Scholarships and fees
The registration fees for the 2015 session are:
* €1100 for professionals
* €900 for students
The fees includes access to Leiden University Blackboard (a digital learning environment on which course information and the course reading will be posted), excursions, lunches and refreshments on course days, welcome drinks, a canal boat tour through the historic town of Leiden and a farewell banquet at the beach.
Certificate
The students in this course will receive a certificate of participation after completion of the programme.
Furthermore, we can issue a statement regarding the amount of ECTS credits we would assign to this course, based on the number of hours in class, preparation time and assignments, keeping in mind that 1 ECTS equals 28 hours of study. Your university can then evaluate this course and decide whether they will indeed award ECTS credits.
Application
A limited amount of applicants will be admitted to this summer school. The course is mainly aimed at professionals, but advanced students are invited to apply as well.
Please apply by using the Summer School Registration Form 2015.
Participants will be admitted on a first-come first served basis. Deadline for application: 1 June 2015.
A limited number of fee waivers are available for this course. If you wish to apply for a fee waiver, please send us a separate request in which you clearly state why you should be considered for the fee-waiver. Fee waiver applications are accepted until 1 May 2015. The fee waiver awardees will be informed via email on 8 May 2015.
Accommodation
Please note that the accommodation is not included in the course fee. Participants in the summer school need to arrange accommodation for their stay. The Leiden University Housing Office can assist in this matter. More information regarding short stay housing can be found on the Housing Office website.
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http://www.grotiuscentre.org/childrensrightssummercourse.aspx