In December 2016 an Indian-origin family was again targeted by Norway’s child protection services. Politician Brinda Karat who had championed …
Category: Norway
Suranya Aiyar Honoured As 2018 Laureate by Nordic Committee for Human Rights
This article originally appeared in the Sunday Guardian on September 13, 2018 under the title ‘Suranya Aiyar gets award from …
Modern Child Rights: A Study in the Folly and Arrogance of the Welfare State
Lecture at Jindal Global University by Suranya Aiyar Goodafternoon. I would like to begin by thanking Professor Sudarshan in absentia. …
The Desolation Wrought by the Unicef Model of Child Rights
by Suranya Aiyar This article was first published in the Sunday Guardian on September 29, 2018 under the title ‘Why …
The Surreal Nightmare of Western Child Protection
by Suranya Aiyar This article was first published in the Sunday Guardian on September 22, 2018 under the title ‘The …
Human Rights Violations in the World’s Showcase Welfare State
by Marius Reikeras This article was originally published in the Sunday Guardian on October 20, 2018 under the title ‘We …
A new BBC documentary on Norwegian child protection by Marianne Haslev Skånland
An analysis of the documentary and news and expert reactions in Norway.
Public health for children: care or control? by Lars-Toralf Storstrand
Parents in the world’s leading welfare states are increasingly facing disagreement, hostility and suspicion from public services over their children’s medical treatment.
A case exposing the double standards of Norway’s CPS by Jan Simonsen and Marianne Haslev Skånland
A top Norwegian child protection expert, member of the exclusive 14-member national Expert Commission on Children, Jo Erik Brøyn, is found guilty of possessing and sharing about 200,000 pictures and 4000 hours of video showing children subjected to brutal sexual abuse. But the system appears to be very lenient on the question of this child psychiatrist’s two young children to whom he is the single parent. Is Norway’s child protection establishment reluctant to go after one of “their own”?
Children as State Property in Europe: An Ancient Legacy by Kaustav Bhattacharyya
This article startlingly anticipates the bizarre and tragic drama that unfolded in April 2018 in Britain in the case of Baby Alfie Evans. It would appear that children as state property has an ancient legacy in Europe.