Nieuws /en en Sat, 25 Oct 2025 05:35:44 +0200 Mon, 29 Sep 25 12:35:00 +0200 Inter-American Court recognizes care as a human right /en/news/inter-american-court-recognizes-care-as-a-human-right The Inter-American Court of Human Rights recognizes healthcare as a human right. UCERF provided input on this in 2023. 152486 Mon, 29 Sep 2025 12:35:00 +0200 Nieuws Forget me not: the human right to legal capacity of persons with dementia /en/news/forget-me-not-the-human-right-to-legal-capacity-of-persons-with-dementia Fiore Schuthof wrote an article for the European Human Rights Law Review on the right to legal capacity of people with dementia. 147519 Wed, 05 Mar 2025 16:20:00 +0100 Nieuws Children's rights in the Netherlands: time for a long-term vision /en/news/childrens-rights-in-the-netherlands-time-for-a-long-term-vision Today, on World Children's Rights Day, Eurochild is releasing its annual report on children's rights in every country in Europe. Researchers from Dynamics of Youth, together with the Children's Rights Collective, wrote the section on the Netherlands. 145550 Wed, 20 Nov 2024 09:23:00 +0100 Nieuws Special issue of the Utrecht Law Review: Families, Individuals and Human Rights /en/news/special-issue-of-the-utrecht-law-review-families-individuals-and-human-rights With contributions by UCERF researchers Charlotte Mol, Jet Tigchelaar, Brenda Oude Breuil, Fiore Schuthof, Iris Reinders and Joost Huijer. 145963 Tue, 15 Oct 2024 09:00:00 +0200 Nieuws Naema Tahir on 75 years of Human Rights: "The mother taught me a new language, that of duties" /en/in-the-media/naema-tahir-on-75-years-of-human-rights-the-mother-taught-me-a-new-language-that-of-duties To mark 75 years of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Naema Tahir wrote a personal story about her encounter in a refugee camp. 142765 Thu, 15 Aug 2024 09:28:00 +0200 Nieuws Merel Jonker appointed as new Director of Education BA law /en/news/merel-jonker-appointed-as-new-director-of-education-ba-law Merel Jonker is per 1 september 2024 onderwijsdirecteur Bachelor Rechtsgeleerdheid aan de Universiteit Utrecht. 140229 Mon, 06 May 2024 21:56:00 +0200 Nieuws Just started as PhD candidate at UCERF : Kim Schuurman /en/news/just-started-as-phd-candidate-at-ucerf-kim-schuurman As of April 1st, 2024, Kim Schuurman has commenced her PhD research at UCERF. 140016 Thu, 25 Apr 2024 12:36:00 +0200 Nieuws Looking back at the UCERF symposium 2024 /en/news/looking-back-at-the-ucerf-symposium-2024 The 18th edition of the UCERF symposium about current developments in family law took place on 11 April 2024. 139661 Tue, 16 Apr 2024 11:08:00 +0200 Nieuws Care as a human right /en/news/care-as-a-human-right UCERF provided legal comment at Argentina's request to the Inter-American Court of Human Rights on care as a human right, based on national and European law. 139230 Tue, 02 Apr 2024 13:50:00 +0200 Nieuws Looking back at the VSR conference 2024 “Building Bridges” /en/news/looking-back-at-the-vsr-conference-2024-building-bridges UCERF researcher Jet Tigchelaar spoke at the annual VSR conference, organised by the Montaigne Centre for Rule of Law and Administration of Justice 137780 Sat, 10 Feb 2024 10:00:00 +0100 Nieuws Child and family influencers on social media in the Netherlands: an exploratory research /en/news/child-and-family-influencers-on-social-media-in-the-netherlands-an-exploratory-research Researchers affiliated with Utrecht ľϸӰ's law faculty investigated the rise of child and family influencers on social media in the Netherlands 137264 Thu, 25 Jan 2024 17:11:00 +0100 Nieuws Hanneke van Eijken first holder of the Alex Brenninkmeijer chair /en/news/hanneke-van-eijken-first-holder-of-the-alex-brenninkmeijer-chair Hanneke van Eijken is the first researcher to hold the new Alex Brenninkmeijer chair in Rule of Law & Democracy at Utrecht ľϸӰ. 137179 Wed, 24 Jan 2024 09:17:00 +0100 Nieuws New PhD researcher at UCERF: Maaike Huijzer /en/news/new-phd-researcher-at-ucerf-maaike-huijzer From 1 January 2024, Maaike Huijzer started a PhD at UCERF, consisting of legal-empirical research on informal families, 136635 Mon, 08 Jan 2024 10:04:00 +0100 Nieuws Presentations by family law researchers at the Institutions for Conflict Resolution (COI) Conference 2023 /en/news/presentations-by-family-law-researchers-at-the-institutions-for-conflict-resolution-coi-conference On 28 and 29 September 2023, the Institutions for Conflict Resolution (COI) Conference took place, around the theme 'Towards institutional approaches to conflict prevention and resolution'. 136638 Fri, 08 Dec 2023 10:00:00 +0100 Nieuws Looking back at the seminar 'Property and gender: Enabling women's human rights' /en/news/looking-back-at-the-seminar-property-and-gender-enabling-womens-human-rights The seminar 'Property rights and gender: enabling women's human rights', organised by SIM and UCERF, took place at Utrecht ľϸӰ on 15 November 2023 136645 Fri, 01 Dec 2023 10:00:00 +0100 Nieuws Foto: Bert Spiertz Presentation UCERF researcher at Alzheimer Europe Conference Helsinki 2023 /en/news/presentation-ucerf-researcher-at-alzheimer-europe-conference-helsinki-2023 UCERF PhD researcher Fiore Schuthof presented her paper about Decision-Making Rights of Persons with Dementia at the 33rd Alzheimer Europe conference. 136641 Wed, 01 Nov 2023 11:46:00 +0100 Nieuws Magazine showcasing Utrecht ľϸӰ's child and youth research /en/news/magazine-showcasing-utrecht-universitys-child-and-youth-research The magazine is a product of interdisciplinary cooperation in Utrecht child and youth research, with contributions from law, economics and governance researchers. 134248 Tue, 26 Sep 2023 13:00:00 +0200 Nieuws Short report UCERF Symposium 13 April 2023 /en/news/short-report-ucerf-symposium-13-april-2023 On Thursday, April 13, 2023, the 17th UCERF symposium on current developments in family law took place with about 120 participants in ľϸӰ Hall. 130949 Wed, 24 May 2023 20:37:00 +0200 Nieuws Developments in descent law: where is it going and where is it supposed to go? /en/news/developments-in-descent-law-where-is-it-going-and-where-is-it-supposed-to-go Report of the webinar 'Developments in descent law' organised with the support of UCERF (Utrecht ľϸӰ) and Anton de Kom ľϸӰ of Surinam 125622 Tue, 29 Nov 2022 10:51:00 +0100 Nieuws Familie fotoportret, foto: Charisse Kenion via Unsplash Strengthening the child’s right to participate in family law /en/news/strengthening-the-childs-right-to-participate-in-family-law Report of the online panel 'Strengthening the child’s right to participate in family law' on 27 October 2022, organised by Charlotte Mol of UCERF (Utrecht ľϸӰ) 125617 Tue, 29 Nov 2022 10:29:00 +0100 Nieuws