Registration is now open for 2025–2026 academic year!
Application deadline: Oct. 29, 2025
What is our program?
ChYRP’s Interdisciplinary Master’s specialization program in Children and Youth Rights is a pioneering academic program both within Israel — and globally — whose goal is to train the next generations of children rights experts!
Our program offers a multidisciplinary approach to understanding children’s rights and combines a pragmatic outlook focusing on “children’s best interests” with a realistic one entrenched in existing legal freedoms and protections.
Framed by a continuous discourse about children and youth rights – both domestically and internationally – our program allows its student to engage with theoretical and practical explorations of key issues about the subject, and engage with diverse research fields such as child development, social construction of childhood, parent-child relationships, child protection & rehabilitation, Youth-at-Risk, international law, legal disputes (e.g. family disputes, guardianship etc.) and the like – all in order to gain comprehensive understanding of the world of children and youth rights.
Who is our program suitable for?
Our program is suitable for students of different faculties such as Law, Social Work, Criminology and Education, who are about to begin their graduate studies at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and who are interested in acquiring analytical and professional tools useful for pursuing future careers in fields relating to children and youth.
Program goals:
The program aims to:
- Provide tools for critical analysis of policies and practices.
- Train experts in children's rights across disciplines.
- Foster a commonly shared, rights-conscious professional language which will lay the foundations for fruitful future collaborations.
Graduates will be equipped with both the knowledge and means to advance children’s rights in personal, communal and public domains.
Curriculum:
Students in our program will be required to earn 12-18 credits (depending on faculty) out of their total degree requirements in courses focusing on various aspects of children and youth rights. Course offerings vary each year, so please refer to the link below for the list of this year's available courses.
* Course list for 2025-2026 academic year available HERE *
The curriculum, comprising 18 academic credits, includes:
- Core (mandatory) courses (e.g., Children’s Rights: Interdisciplinary Perspectives and Children’s Rights and Social Services).
- Research workshops and elective seminars (e.g., Workshop on Human Rights and Public Law and An interdisciplinary perspective on violence prevention).
- Elective courses taught by leading local and international scholars, covering topics like advocacy, international law, and the challenges of adolescence (e.g. Children's Rights in the Digital Age and Children in international law).
Classes are scheduled for flexibility, primarily on Wednesday afternoons, with some intensive courses offered in condensed formats. This program provides an unparalleled opportunity to delve into the world of children’s and youth rights through an interdisciplinary lens.
How do I apply?
Those interested in joining our program are welcome to contact us at chyrp@mail.huji.ac.il.
Please send us your full name (Hebrew & English spelling), ID number and the email address through which you wish to be contacted hereon.
Application deadline: Oct. 29, 2025
Apply now!
