Burns, Helland, Križ, Sánchez-Cabezudo, Skivenes & Strömpl (2020)
Corporal punishment and reporting to child protection authorities: An empirical study of population attitudes in five European countries. Children and Youth Services Review ILLUSTRATION: Colourbox
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 appears to be expanding, with more and more countries reforming their laws to ban physical punishment of children in all settings. The use of corporal punishment (CP) to discipline children […]
Hege Stein Helland (2020)
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2020.105693
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. Such decisions have far-reaching implications and are by many considered controversial. All European countries have legal mechanisms that allow for adoption without parental consent, but there is scarce knowledge on […]
BLOG: Voices in the US are advocating to abolish child welfare. This is a dangerous and irresponsible suggestion. Blogpost by Jill D. Berrick, Professor II at the Centre for Research on Discretion and Paternalism and Professor at UC Berkeley. Calls to address longstanding racial injustice in the U.S. came to a fevered pitch in May, 2020, […]
Breen, C., Krutzinna, J., Luhamaa, K., & Skivenes, M. (2020)
https://doi.org/10.1163/15718182-28040001
NEW ARTICLE: Analysis shows that the status and respect of the child’s de facto family life is increasing. Societies have long accepted that parents can give up their children to be raised by others, so that de facto responsibility for a child is transferred from the birth parent(s) to another adult(s). However, when the State interferes with parents’ freedom […]
McEwan-Strand, A., & Skivenes, M (2020)
https://doi.org/10.1163/15718182-02803006
NEW ARTICLE: Many children are absent in the decision-maker’s justification and conclusion about adoption, finds Skivenes & McEwan-Strand. The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child of 1989 (CRC) clarifies in Article 5 that states should ensure and protect children’s right to be involved in decisions that concern them, from the earliest possible […]
Marit Skivenes, Anne-Dorthe Hestbæk, Ingrid Höjer og Tarja Pösö (2020)
Children and Youth Services Review
Stort behov for en gjennomgang av spedbarns rettigheter i de nordiske velferdsstatene. Professor Marit Skivenes har nylig publisert en artikkel i tidsskriftet Children and Youth Services Review sammen med Anne-Dorthe Hestbæk, Ingrid Höjer og Tarja Pösö. Artikkelen undersøker status for spedbarns rettigheter i Danmark, Finland, Norge og Sverige når de blir plassert utenfor hjemmet. Forfatterne bemerker […]
Kenneth Burns, Katrin Kriz, Jenny Krutzinna, Katre Luhamaa, Thomas Meysen, Tarja Pösö, Sagrario Segado, Marit Skivenes & June Thoburn (2019)
European Journal of Comparative Law and Governance.
NEW ARTICLE: Decisions about terminating parental rights to ensure an adoption from care are not accountable, finds new analysis. All European countries provide a legal opportunity to terminate parental rights and place a child for adoption without parents’ consent. The child’s best interests principle is the foundation for these decisions. This principle is immensely difficult […]
Prof. Marit Skivenes (2019)
Norge ble nylig dømt i Den europeiske menneskerettighetsdomstolens storkammer i en sak om omsorgsovertagelse og tvangsadopsjon av et barn. Professor Marit Skivenes har analysert dommen, og sett på hvilke implikasjoner den kan få for barns rettigheter. Kommentaren er publisert i Strasbourg Observer.
Skivenes, M. and Søvig, K. H. (2019)
Child Rights and International Discrimination Law: Implementing Article 2 of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. Routledge Research in International Law.
Children’s right to non-discrimination Marit Skivenes and Karl Harald Søvig have edited a book on the implementation of children’s right to protection from discrimination. The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) was adopted unanimously by the General Assembly of the UN in 1989. All countries in the world, except the United […]
Malcolm Langford, Marit Skivenes and Karl Harald Søvig (2019)
Editors: Malcolm Langford, Marit Skivenes and Karl Harald Søvig. Norway tops international indexes on children’s rights but continues to attract criticism for its level of compliance with the Convention of the Rights of Child. This book is the first scholarly attempt to address this implementation paradox. The authors ask: What is the current level of […]
