Scandinavian countries where governments, authorities and courts do not respect the human right of children and parents to a family life together
Category: Other Countries
The Brutal History of Child Confiscation by the State by Cristina Nicoli
In this gripping essay, Cristina Nicoli, an Australian of Romanian origin, traces Norway’s notorious child confiscation practices to historical instances of state-sponsored child removal. A grotesque picture emerges of brutal episodes of forced child removal over the last century all over the Western world, and its colonies, from Europe to Latin America to Australia, whether in the name of racial cleansing, or educating, ‘civilising’, integrating, or politically indoctrinating children.
EU Plays Soft Empire Games With Global Child Rights by Dr. Kaustav Bhattacharyya
Dr. Kaustav Bhattacharyya presents international “standards-setting” as a tactic by the European Union (EU) for exerting influence around the world. He argues that child welfare measures and best practices are an important tool in the EU’s exercise of “soft” empire. Dr. Bhattacharyya cautions that we in India should not blindly adopt the EU’s universalizing measures in child policy as research is showing that they have resulted in discrimination against immigrants, marginalized communities and ethnic minorities.
What About Child Rights in Surrogacy? by Catherine Lynch
Australian lawyer and adoptee rights activist Dr Catherine Lynch discusses the ethics of surrogacy, making a child-centered case for the abolition of all forms of surrogacy.
Like Indian Parents In The USA, Parents In New Zealand Are Being Accused Of Abuse For What Could Be Brittle Bone Disorders In Children
New Zealand Herald, 16 October 2017: A young couple are fighting a decision to take their two children – one a newborn baby – into state care because of a suspected child abuse injury which they believe is due to brittle bone disease.
Switzerland’s ‘Contract Children’
A television programme about children taken from their families to be used as farm labour in Switzerland between 1850 to 1980.
Australia’s ‘Stolen Generation’
Published in Discover Stories on the website australianstogether.org.au.
1950s Inuit Children Of Greenland Taken By Denmark
Reports of social experiments in Denmark on Inuit children taken from their families in Greenland.
Latest Norwegian CPS Fracas. Mother and Child Flee Norway for Asylum in Poland.
A Norwegian woman has requested asylum in Poland, fearing that officials in her home country will take her child away, according to a report.
How other countries have tried to reconcile with native peoples by Sahar Fatimah, The Globe and Mail, 2015
“Called the “Stolen Generations,” indigenous children and their families were routinely separated from the beginning of colonization in the 1700s. Governments and churches forced assimilation and conversion to Christianity by placing children in training institutes …”