Summary: At present, the Faculty of Laws offers Child Law as a taught component credit to students at postgraduate level in the LL.D. and M.A. Human Rights and Democratisation courses and is also offered as a multidisciplinary credit to students from the Faculty of Education and Theology and the departments of Social Work and Psychology. It also provides supervision to students undertaking theses on Children’s Rights in both these courses as well in the M.A. (European Law), M.A. Diplomatic Studies, Magister Juris and Ph.D. degrees. The teaching language of the University is English, which may also contribute to our rising popularity amongst Erasmus students and the M.A. Human Rights & Democratisation which is taught by an international Faculty and attracts students from all over Europe and North Africa.

Summary: MSc/ Diploma in Childhood Studies Duration: Diploma: 9 months full-time or 21 months part-time, MSc: 12 months full-time or 24 months part-time Taking an inter-disciplinary approach, this intensive degree provides an advanced understanding of how theories, policies and practice conceptualise 'childhood' and opportunities for critical review and analysis of how well they meet the needs and rights of children. It provides the opportunity to develop skills in research and consultation with children and young people. Required modules: Two core content courses: * Children, Childhood and Children's Rights: Theory into Practice and * Children, Childhood, and Children's Rights: Law, Policy and Practice Two core research skills courses: * A foundation research methods module * The advanced course Listening to Children: Research and Consultation. Examples of optional modules: * Anthropology of International Health * Child and Adolescent Development * Education in Developing Countries * Family Policies in Comparative Perspective * Issues in Family Law * Social Work and Juvenile Justice

Summary: PhD Programme: Children's Rights Examples of research themes: * Sociological theory and childhood. The status of children in the sociological theory. Childhood as a structural part of the society. * Human rights and children’s rights. Philosophical, anthropological, historical and juridical principles of human rights. Children’s rights: origin, evolution and present state of children’s rights. From needs to rights. * Working with/for children. Role and engagement of national and international institutions and organizations, towards children. Social policies for children

Summary: Children's Rights as an Interdisciplinary Field Start of a master programme under construction in cooperation with a network of researchers in the field of child research.

Summary: MA in Childhood Studies Duration:1 year full time or 2-4 years part time Required modules 1. Methods and professional practice in children’s and adult’s rights 2. Research methods 3. Theories of childhood and children’s rights 4. Dissertation on Childhood Studies Examples of optional modules * Values in Society * Early Childhood Education * Justice: Contemporary Issues

Summary: MA International Development Studies with a specialisation in Children and Development Includes courses on: 1. Poverty and Development, theory and practice 2. Children’s Rights and International Development 3. Research methods and techniques for doing fieldwork in international development studies 4a): Education and development in multicultural societies or: 4b): Child labour and development 5. Individual research and thesis project

Summary: Curso de Experto en Políticas Sociales de Infancia (Spanish) (Expert Course on Social Politics of Childhood) The course aims at graduates of political and social sciences, education and psychology as well as professionals working in the field of youth and children. For a list of sessions as well as collaborating institutions and teachers of the course, please download the course flyer here The course has a duration of 6 months (block seminars, every econd weekend)

Summary: Expert Course: Childhood Studies and Children’s Rights Practice in the Global Context (German). The course aims at professionals in the field of child and youth, children's rights, legal assistance and others as well as graduates from variuos disciplines such as educational sciencxe, social and political sciences, law, economics and so on. The objective is to include a child rights perspective in all academic and professional fields as children are an integral part and also a very vulnerable part of society. The respect for their rights and their true implementation can possibly be only reached if a consciousness of children's rights is mainstreamed. For a description of each session and the session leaders please download the course flyer; or visit the Institute for Global Learning and International Studies