Decisions on contact rights after a care order in Norway from 2008 to 2021: a repeated cross-sectional study in the aftermath of the European Court of Human Rights rulings When a child is placed in out-of-home care, the right to maintain contact with the parents is decided by the Child Welfare Tribunal. Since 2015, the European Court of Human Rights has in 23 child p...

New paper - with unique data from 2008 to 2021 - about the Norwegian decisions on contact rights after a care order : www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... @discretionuib.bsky.social @hellejohansen.bsky.social

Balancing paternalism and child centrism: a Nordic population study on children's rights in child protection This article examines representative population samples (N = 5,073) on attitudes about children's participation in child protection investigations in Finland, Denmark, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden. ...

New research from the Nordic countries shows strong public support for children’s right to information and for giving weight to their opinions in child protection cases. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... @lawtransform.bsky.social @conorom.bsky.social @sirigloppen.bsky.social

Exciting news! Our book "Adoption from Care" has been translated into Japanese. The cover is absolutely stunning! This volume, which I edited with June Thoburn and Tarja Pösö, explores the complex balance of children's rights, family preservation, and state intervention in adoption processes.