International Children’s Rights (Advanced LL.M.) | Crowdfunding campaign | Leiden University

Across the world, children are facing an unprecedented crisis. War, displacement, climate disasters, and poverty are denying millions of children their fundamental rights — to safety, education, health, and dignity.

Global legal frameworks exist to protect them, but one essential element is missing: trained professionals who can turn laws into life-changing action.

At Leiden University, the Advanced LL.M. in International Children’s Rights is filling that gap — by educating lawyers, advocates, and child protection experts from under-represented regions. These changemakers return home equipped to lead transformative reform.

But for many highly qualified candidates from low- and middle-income countries, one barrier remains: funding.