Child Rights
People
Publications
Anger and Anxiety About Child Protection
February 19, 2021
BLOG: The role of emotions in child protection are understudied and underemphasized. Blogpost by Tarja Pösö, Professor of Social Work at Tampere University (Finland), Professor II at …
Saving democracy
February 3, 2021
BLOG: What can child welfare research teach us about saving democracy? Blogpost by Katrin Kriz, Professor of Sociology at Emmanuel College (US) and member of the …
Services to vulnerable families
January 26, 2021
NEW ARTICLE: Study of services and support for mothers and newborn babies in vulnerable situations in eight European jurisdictions. European countries have a legal obligation …
Reporting Corporal Punishment
December 14, 2020
NEW ARTICLE: Study of population attitudes towards corporal punishment in five European countries. A global consensus that violence against children challenges children’s fundamental human rights …
The Importance of Parental Commitment
December 1, 2020
NEW ARTICLE: Decision-makers exercise of discretion in decisions on adoption from care. Termination of parental rights and adoption from care are intrusive child protection interventions. …
Projects
Cosmopolitan Turn and Democratic Sentiments
January 10, 2020
The CONSENT-project will study the children’s rights situation in Norway and Romania. All children possess rights as declared in the United Nations Convention on the …
Legitimacy challenges
January 8, 2020
The premise for the LEGITIMACY project is that the mobilization against the Norwegian child protection system is but one piece in a larger picture about …
Discretion and the Child’s Best Interest in Child Protection
November 3, 2017
The research project “Discretion and the child’s best interests in child protection” aims to unlock the black box of discretionary decision-making in child protection cases …
The Acceptability of Child Protection Interventions: A Cross-Country Analysis
November 3, 2017
This project examines the population´s values and interpretations of the child´s best interest’s principle within different societies, as well at the courts justifications of their …
Child Protection and Human Rights – Making professional judgements
March 7, 2017
The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) is a legal document with global reach and thus has a cosmopolitan imprint. The CRC …
News
Funding for new project: PARTICIPATION: Are Children Heard in the Child Protection System?
December 21, 2020
NEW PROJECT: Marit Skivenes, LawTransform’s Child Rights’s unit research leader, has received funding to conduct a groundbreaking study of children’s participation. – Lack of participation …
Barnevernsfrokost – ny webinarserie
November 2, 2020
I den nye webinarserien Barnevernsfrokost, skal vi hver måned behandle et tema innenfor barnevern og barns rettigheter. Nå på tirsdag, 3. november kl. 9.00, avholdes …
Events
RDV: The impact of social media on democracy and democratic discussions
March 1, 2021
Date: 11 March 2021 Time: 14.15:15.45 Venue: Zoom. To receive an invitation to the Zoom-webinar, contact discretion@uib.no Presentation Ida Vikøren Andersen: The impact of social media on …
RDV: Interdisciplinary comparative analysis – a lesson to learn from comparative law
February 17, 2021
Date: 25 February 2021 Time: 14.15:15.45 Venue: Zoom. To receive an invitation to the Zoom-webinar, contact discretion@uib.no Presentation Søren Koch: Interdisciplinary comparative analysis – a lesson to learn …