How ´child life specialists´secure children’s rights to participation

How ‘child life specialists’ secure children’s rights to participation BLOG: Fulfilling children´s right to participate and be involved in complex settings such as hospital treatment, child protection, court proceedings, is difficult to realize. However, in the health sector the support of a psychosocial professional is a promising solution to securing children’s rights that may be […]

Reconciliation between the Norwegian state and the Sami, Kven and Norwegian Finns

Last week the Norwegian government published a rapport outlining measures that can be used to reconcile the Norwegian state and the Sami, Kven and Norwegian Finns. These indigenous and minority groups were over several decades victim to human rights violations through an assimilation policy known as Norwegianisation. Senior researcher at Chr. Michelsen Institute, Elin Skaar […]

Book chapters in Research Handbook on International Abortion Law

LawTransform co-director Liv Tønnessen and other LawTransform affiliates and PhD course alums have contributed with chapters in the newly published Research Handbook on International Abortion Law edited by Mary Ziegler, Martin Luther King Jr. Professor of Law, University of California, Davis School of Law, US. The book provides an in-depth, multidisciplinary study of abortion law […]

Legitimate child protection interventions and the dimension of confidence: A comparative analysis of populations views in six European countries

Mathea Loen and Marit Skivenes (2023)

Loen, Mathea and Marit Skivenes. 2023. Legitimate child protection interventions and the dimension of confidence: A comparative analysis of populations views in six European countries. Journal of Social Policy: 1–20. doi:10.1017/S004727942300003X, .

The child protection system and social services are a part of legitimate state institutions which are crucial to democratic governance, stability, and the sustainability of the welfare state. As legitimacy is often closely linked to the notion of trust and confidence, this study investigates public confidence in the child protection system by comparing six European […]

Women, Revolution, and Backlash: Igniting Feminist Mobilization in Sudan

Liv Tønnessen and Samia Al-Nagar (2023)

Tønnessen, L., & Al-Nagar, S. (2023). Women, Revolution, and Backlash: Igniting Feminist Mobilization in Sudan. Politics & Gender, 1-6. doi:10.1017/S1743923X22000708

Women were at the forefront of the popular uprising that overthrew Sudan’s dictator, Omar al-Bashir, in 2019 (Al-Nagar and Tønnessen 2021). In the aftermath of the uprising, different forms of feminist mobilization emerged. Based on interviews conducted in Sudan in early 2022, we argue that this feminist mobilization was sparked by the backlash facing women […]

Queer Lawfare in Africa: Legal Strategies in Contexts of LGBTIQ+ Criminalisation and Politicisation

Adrian Jjuuko, Siri Gloppen, Alan Msosa and Frans Viljoen eds. (2022)

The book “Queer Lawfare in Africa: Legal Strategies in Contexts of LGBTIQ+ Criminalisation and Politicisation” is out. Edited by Adrian Jjuuko, Siri Gloppen, Alan Msosa and Frans Viljoen, it focuses on the strategies that activists for LGBTIQ+ equality in Africa deploy to challenge deep-seated homophobia and transphobia, as well as the politicisation of LGBTIQ+ issues. Excerpt […]

We Must Support a Special Tribunal for Ukraine Now!

Blogpost by Liliia Oprysk (Ukrainian in Norway and Associate Professor of Law, University of Bergen) and Terje Einarsen (Chairperson ICJ Norway and Professor of International Law, University of Bergen) These days, there is a very important international discussion going on about the establishment of a special international tribunal for the greatest crime in Ukraine; the war […]

Commemorating 80 Years Since the Deportation of the Norwegian Jews

Blogpost by Dorothee Alberts Walking through many European cities today all that reminds us of the vibrant Jewish life and culture that once was part of these cities are small brass cobblestones, so called “Stolpersteine“. These stones are engraved with the name and date of birth and death — if known — of a Jewish […]

Blogpost: Reflections from the Graduate Student Conference on Public Law

Blogpost by Wesley Maraire Over the years, public law has increasingly taken a larger space within the broader political science field. It’s a natural progression really when you think about the relationship between law, politics, and society. For, it would not be scientific rigour if we analysed the behaviour of legal decision-makers and the law-related […]