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Is Vice-Dean of Leiden Law School and holds the UNICEF Chair in Children’s Rights at Leiden University, the Netherlands. He is the Director of the Master’s Programme (LL.M) Advanced Studies in International Children’s Rights. He also coordinates the Leiden Summer School on International Children’s Rights. In 2015, he received the award for best lecturer of Leiden Law School. 

He teaches and publishes widely on issues related to international children’s rights, juvenile justice, child friendly justice, deprivation of liberty of children, violence against children and access to justice for children. Publications include: Litigating the Rights of the Child (Springer 2015, edited with J.E. Doek), The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. Taking Stock after 25 Years and Looking Ahead (Brill | Nijhof 2017, edited with J. Sloth-Nielsen) and the reference work International Human Rights of Children (Springer Nature 2019, edited with U. Kilkelly).

Ton Liefaard regularly works as a consultant for international organizations, including UN agencies, the Council of Europe and the European Union. He has also served as an advisor to the Dutch government on issues related to children’s rights, juvenile justice, child protection and family law. 

Ton Liefaard holds a Master and a PhD in law from the VU University Amsterdam.