For the fifth time the Dutch Lawyers Committee for Human Rights (NJCM) will issue the Thoolen NJCM-Scriptieprijs for the best master thesis. Any student who has followed university level education – at least partly – in the Netherlands is allowed to participate as long as the paper was written between 2011 and 2013. The winning paper will be published by the Foundation NJCM-Boekerij. The deadline is 1 november 2013. Four copies of the paper – in English or Dutch – have to be sent to: NJCM, Steenschuur 25, 2311 ES Leiden. Former winners of the award are:
– Laura Henderson, Tortured reality. How media framing of waterboarding affects judicial independence
– 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
– Shekufeh Jalali Manesh, het recht van het kind op behoorlijke huisvesting en het BLOEM-model
– Janine de Vries, Sexual violence against women in Congo. Obstacles and remedies for judicial assistance .
via NJCM – Nederlands Juristen Comité voor de Mensenrechten.
Hans Thoolen on Human Rights Defenders and their awards 