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The Compendium provides an accessible overview of the legal status of unmarried cohabiting couples across a wide range of legal areas.

UCERF researchers wrote the chronicle on the protection of adults for the Journal of Family and Youth Law, an overview of case law from 2024 to 2025.

On 8 April 2026, family law expert Lorena Sosa briefed the Tweede Kamer on shortcomings in the legal framework governing surnames (WIGG).

On International Women’s Day, UCERF researcher Naema Tahir gave a talk on women’s rights and feminism at the public library in Den Helder.

The Inter-American Court of Human Rights recognizes healthcare as a human right. UCERF provided input on this in 2023.

Fiore Schuthof wrote an article for the European Human Rights Law Review on the right to legal capacity of people with dementia.

Today, on World Children's Rights Day, Eurochild is releasing its annual report on children's rights in every country in Europe. Researchers from Dynamics of Youth, together with the Children's Rights Collective, wrote the section on the Netherlands.

With contributions by UCERF researchers Charlotte Mol, Jet Tigchelaar, Brenda Oude Breuil, Fiore Schuthof, Iris Reinders and Joost Huijer.

To mark 75 years of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Naema Tahir wrote a personal story about her encounter in a refugee camp.

Merel Jonker is per 1 september 2024 onderwijsdirecteur Bachelor Rechtsgeleerdheid aan de Universiteit Utrecht.