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Yearly Archives: 2019

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Workshop on Child Protection Judgments

GALLERY: Photos from international workshop in Bergen.
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Justifying limitation of freedom

Even though some paternalistic interventions can be morally troubling, they might be legitimate, argues guest researcher Cristan Pérez Muñoz.
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Better child welfare decisions

Child welfare decisions are important, yet fallible. Visiting scholar Rami Benbenishty is researching how to make these decisions better.
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Limit the discretionary space

BLOG: Lawmakers should look at how the legislation can support and guide decision makers in child welfare cases.
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Parents’ rights vs. Children’s rights

THESIS: Trond Helland has examined care order cases in the European Court of Human Rights in his master’s theses.
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Literature update #2 2019

LITERATURE OVERVIEW: See our list of recently published articles of interest.
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Protection of Child Refugees

INTERVIEW: Dr. Ingi Iusmen is researching the protection of unaccompanied migrant children, and visited the Centre as a guest researcher.
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Children’s Rights in the Norwegian Asylum Process

Olive Dwan has been studying children’s rights as a Fulbright U.S. Student Program grantee at the Centre.
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Children’s Rights in Russia

Visiting scholar Olga Komshukova presented on the human rights and children’s right situation in Russia.
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A Question About Legitimacy

BLOG: Citizens’ groups are challenging children´s rights and the child protection system.
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Research Centre at the University of Bergen. We study government’s use of power towards its citizens, and justifications thereof. Focus on children's rights and child protection.

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