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The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child and compulsory placements in Scandinavia
- Author:
- HESTBAEK Anne-Dorthe
- Journal article citation:
- Nordisk Sosialt Arbeid, 21(2), 2001, pp.82-93.
- Publisher:
- Universitetsforlaget AS
The problem considered in the article is to what extent the principles of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child have been implemented in the national legislation on compulsory placement in the five Nordic countries. The Convention lays particular stress on "the best interests of the child" and the right of children to express their own opinion on matters concerning themselves. One main conclusion is that the Convention has roughly the same status in the five Nordic countries. The countries differ, however, when it comes to the actual measures that each country has taken to translate the intentions of the Convention into reality. Norway and Sweden seem to have taken the most radical steps, followed by Denmark. The Children's Convention has evidently been of lesser importance for Finnish and Icelandic practice.
Negotiating independence, choice and autonomy: experiences of parents who coordinate personal assistance on behalf of their adult son or daughter
- Authors:
- BRENNAN Ciara, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Disability and Society, 31(5), 2016, pp.604-621.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
Article 19 of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities requires states to provide personal assistance services. This article is based on qualitative research in Iceland, Norway and Sweden, carried out between 2012 and 2013. The overall study focused broadly on the implementation of Article 19. This article, however, reports findings based on a particular group of participants within the larger study: non-disabled parents who coordinate personal assistance schemes for their adult son or daughter. The article examines the various ways in which the parents, the majority of whom were mothers, negotiate principles of independence, choice and autonomy for their adult son or daughter who requires intensive support, including assistance with communicating. The aim is to explore, in the context of the Convention and the principles of the independent living movement, how to acknowledge and conceptualise personal assistance schemes that require another person to manage on behalf of the user. (Publisher abstract)
A review of the research literature on serious violent and sexual offenders
- Authors:
- CONNELLY Clare, WILLIAMSON Shanti
- Publisher:
- Scotland. Scottish Executive. Central Research Unit
- Publication year:
- 2000
- Pagination:
- 125p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
Aims to provide a summary of current and recent UK and international literature on the sentencing of dangerous offenders and the subsequent management of these offenders, whether in hospital or prison settings, and upon release into the community. The research is divided by country, split up into those who use a community protection approach, those who use a clinical approach, and other jurisdictions. It concludes with an examination of the issue of compliance with the European Convention on Human Rights.