Welcome
The Children's Rights Knowledge Centre (in Dutch: Kenniscentrum Kinderrechten, abbreviated as KeKi) aims to collect and disseminate knowledge on children’s rights, generated by national and international scientific research.KeKi is an interdisciplinary centre, supported by an interuniversity platform of researchers affiliated with the following institutions: Universiteit Antwerpen, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Universiteit Gent, Hogeschool Gent and KU Leuven.
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Workshop on children's rights and youth in Swansea
On 11 June 2011, the Children's Rights Knowledge Centre is giving a workshop on the Convention on the Rights of the Child, children's rights and 18-24 year olds, on the conference "Taking the Rights Steps. Children's Rights: Wales and the World", organized by Swansea University.
New scientific journal on youth and children's rights
The Tijdschrift voor Jeugd en Kinderrechten (Journal for Youth and Children's Rights - TJK) is a new scientific and multidisciplinary journal, the successor of the Tijdschrift voor Jeugdrecht en Kinderrechten. TJK publishes contributions (mostly in Dutch) that critically reflect on developments in the field of youth and children's rights, in different disciplines, sectors and contexts. The journal forms part of a broader ‘TJK-project’. This project consists, in addition to the scientific journal, of the e-zine 'TJK Actua' and the website www.jeugdenkinderrechten.be.
Now that the legal instruments database has been officially launched, KeKi started preparing the
second part of the Children’s Rights database, which consists of a Flemish research database. This database aims to make all ongoing and recently finished research projects on topics that include, or are related to, Children’s Rights, accessible for a broader public of researchers, policy makers and Children’s Rights practitioners. If you believe your research project qualifies for this database, it would be great if you would let us know. Here you can find out more about our criteria for qualification. An empty research outline that can be used to report your research to us, can be found here.
Renewed edition of international children’s rights course
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Call for projects: your research in the Children's Rights database?
Now that the legal instruments database has been officially launched, KeKi started preparing the second part of the Children’s Rights database, which consists of a Flemish research database. This database aims to make all ongoing and recently finished research projects on topics that include, or are related to, Children’s Rights, accessible for a broader public of researchers, policy makers and Children’s Rights practitioners. If you believe your research project qualifies for this database, it would be great if you would let us know. Here you can find out more about our criteria for qualification. An empty research outline that can be used to report your research to us, can be found here.Renewed edition of international children’s rights course
From 30 July to 24 August 2012, the first edition of the international interdisciplinary course “Human Rights for Development” (HR4DEV) will take place in Antwerp, Belgium. The training programme consists of a general part (two weeks on human rights and development) and a thematic part (two weeks on children's rights and globalization). The thematic part on children's rights is a continuation of the course "Children's Rights in a Globalized World". More information on the programme and application can be found on www.hr4dev.be.
Legal instruments database online!
On 20 November 2011, the legal instruments database was (symbolically) launched, as the contribution of the Children's Rights Knowledge Centre to the anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. You can visit the database on www.kekidatabank.be, in English or in Dutch. The legal instruments database is the first part of the children's rights database.
Workshop: "Children and Rights in the Global South"
On Friday 25 November 2011, Pôle Sud of the University of Liège organises, in collaboration with the LASC (Laboratoire d'Anthropologie Sociale et Culturelle), the workshop "Children and Rights in the Global South". The Children's Rights Knowledge Centre will give a presentation entitled "Children’s rights in legal sciences: state of the art and current debates". The complete programme can be consulted here.
Try out the children's rights database!
To facilitate access to information on children’s rights, the Children’s Rights Knowledge Centre is developing a children’s rights database, which will be accessible in English and in Dutch. It consists of three subdatabases: a legal instruments database, a Flemish research database, and a publications database. To guarantee that the database is user-friendly, we launch an appeal to test the database. To that end, you are cordially invited to the ‘try-out lunch’ on Monday 24 October, from 11.30 a.m. to 13.30 p.m. in Brussels, where you can share your suggestions and comments on the database with us. You can access the test version of the database here, and find more information on the lunch in the flyer. Feedback can also be provided by email to ellen.desmet@keki.be. Thank you in advance!
Conference on implementing the Convention on the Rights of the Child (Belfast)
On 1-2 June 2011, the Research Forum for the Child of the Queen’s University Belfast organized the conference "Opportunities and Challenges: Implementing the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child”. On the first day of this conference, the Children’s Rights Knowledge Centre gave a presentation entitled “Implementing the Convention on the Rights of the Child for ‘youth’: who and how?”.
Study visit Russian children's rights course
The Children's Rights Knowledge Centre offers its expertise in the organization of children's rights courses to interested actors. In this framework, KeKi received a Russian delegation from 24 to 26 May 2011. You can read a short report of their visit here.
Publication: ICCR 2010 final report
The final report of the International Interdisciplinary Course on Children's Rights "Children's Rights in a Globalized World: From Principles to Practice” (5-17 September 2010) is now available. You can get an impression of the atmosphere during the group presentations through this small video report.
Publication: Comparison and Possible Synergies
The publication “European and International Policy Agendas on Children, Youth and Children’s Rights: Comparison and Possible Synergies” is now available here. This study of the Children’s Rights Knowledge Centre compares the policy agendas on children, youth and children’s rights of the European Union, the Council of Europe and the United Nations and identifies possible synergies between these agendas.
New Year's reception
The Children’s Rights Knowledge Centre, JINT, Steunpunt Jeugd, VIP Jeugd, Vlaamse Jeugdraad and VVJ organised a New Year’s reception on 28 January 2011 at La Tentation (Lakensestraat 28) in Brussels. You can see the invitation here.
Ministers Conference "Europe de l'Enfance"
From 15 to 16 November 2010 the Ministers Conference “Europe de l’Enfance” was held in Brussels, in the framework of the Belgian Presidency of the European Union. On 16 November, the Children's Rights Knowledge Centre presented its study on the comparison and possible synergies of the European and international policy agendas on children, youth and children’s rights.
Expert Conference "Europe de l'Enfance"
From 8 to 10 September 2010, the expert conference "Europe de l'Enfance" took place in Antwerp, in the framework of the Belgian Presidency of the European Union. The Children's Rights Knowledge Centre presented two documents on the "European and International Policy Agendas on Children, Youth and Children's Rights": a State of Play and a study on Comparison and Possible Synergies.
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ernational Interdisciplinary Course on Children's Rights
From 5 to 17 September 2010, the International Interdisciplinary Course on "Children's Rights in a Globalized World: From Principles to Practice” was held. The course was jointly organized by Universiteit Antwerpen, Universiteit Gent, Hogeschool Gent and KU Leuven in close cooperation with the Children's Rights Knowledge Centre. More information here or on www.iccr.be.
Official presentation KeKi
On Thursday 20 May 2010 KeKi was officially presented to policy makers, practitioners and academics who are active in the field of children’s rights. The programme of the day and some photos can be found here.