Children’s Constitutional Rights in the Nordic Countries

The book presents a comparative study of children’s constitutional rights in Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden. The authors discuss the value of enshrining children’s rights in national constitutions in addition to implementing the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC). Central issues are whether enshrining children’s rights in the Constitution improves implementation and enforcement of those rights by providing advocacy tools and by mandating courts, legislators, policy-makers and practitioners to take children’s rights seriously. The study assesses whether the Nordic constitutions are in line with the child rights approach of the CRC both on a general level and in detail in three domains; the best interests of the child, participation rights, and the right to respect for family life.

Trude Haugli, Dr. juris (1998) Professor of Law UiT - the Arctic University of Norway, has published several monographs, book chapters and articles on children’s rights, including human rights for children, child protection and children in family conflicts.

Anna Nylund, Jur. Dr. (2006). Professor of Law UiT - the Arctic University of Norway, has co-directed several research projects and published extensively within comparative and European aspects of civil procedure law, alternative dispute resolution, and child law.

Randi Sigurdsen, Ph.D (2013) Professor of Law at UiT - the Arctic University of Norway. Several publications at the intersection of human rights, public law and child law, including on compulsory treatment of children in health care and social services.

Lena R. L. Bendiksen, Dr. Juris (2007) Dean and Professor of Law at UiT - the Arctic University of Norway, is an experienced teacher engaged in development of quality in higher education. Her numerous publications are mainly in child law and human rights.