Did you graduate in 2018 or 2019? And did you – at least partially – study in the Netherlands? Then you can compete for the Thoolen NJCM-Thesis Award. The best thesis will be published as a book!
The Dutch section of the International Commission of Jurists (NJCM) will select the best Master thesis in the field of human-rights. Any law student with a university or higher professional educational background is welcome to participate. The thesis must have been written in either the academic year of 2017/18 or 2018/19.
Before submitting your thesis, check whether you meet the requirements as stated in the Regulation for the Thoolen NJCM-Thesis Award <http://njcm.nl/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Regulation-Thoolen-NJCM-Thesis-Award-2019.pdf> . For any additional questions you can contact the NJCM-secretary at: NJCM@law.leidenuniv.nl <mailto:NJCM@law.leidenuniv.nl>
Visit the Thoolen NJCM-Thesis Award webpage <https://njcm.nl/over-het-njcm/studentencompetities/> for more information about previous award winners, the jury members and the Regulation.
The deadline for submitting your thesis is 1 December, 2019.
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Among the previoius winner are:
2017: Sylvie McCallum Rougerie, Police Failures to Combat Sexual Assault: Lessons from International and Regional Human Rights Law for Improving Accountability under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
2011: Laura Henderson, Tortured reality. How media framing of waterboarding affects judicial independence
2009: Erik van de Sandt, A child’s story for global peace and justice. Best practices for a child-friendly environment during the statement- and testimony-period in respect of the Rome Statute and the International Criminal Code
2005: Janine de Vries, Sexual violence against women in Congo. Obstacles and remedies for judicial assistance
Hans Thoolen on Human Rights Defenders and their awards 