Vapendragaren och beskyddaren? - Det offentliga biträdets och ställföreträdarens (o)förenliga roller under LVU-processen
(2019) JURM02 20192Department of Law
Faculty of Law
- Abstract (Swedish)
- FN:s konvention om barns rättigheter fastslår att barn ska ses som fullständiga rättighetsbärare. När socialnämnden ansöker om tvångsvård med stöd av lagen (1990:52) med särskilda bestämmelser om vård av unga, LVU förordnas ett offentligt biträde åt barnet, som även blir barnets ställföreträdare. Det offentliga biträdet ska se till barnets subjektiva vilja och barnets objektiva intresse utifrån barnet som rättighetsbärare. Det kan förklaras med begreppen vapendragaren och beskyddaren. Vapendragaren kan något förenklat förklaras som att vapendragaren bevakar barnets subjektiva vilja, medan beskyddaren tillvaratar barnets objektivt bästa. Lagstiftaren anser att rollerna som det offentliga biträdet och ställföreträdaren innehar är förenliga... (More)
- FN:s konvention om barns rättigheter fastslår att barn ska ses som fullständiga rättighetsbärare. När socialnämnden ansöker om tvångsvård med stöd av lagen (1990:52) med särskilda bestämmelser om vård av unga, LVU förordnas ett offentligt biträde åt barnet, som även blir barnets ställföreträdare. Det offentliga biträdet ska se till barnets subjektiva vilja och barnets objektiva intresse utifrån barnet som rättighetsbärare. Det kan förklaras med begreppen vapendragaren och beskyddaren. Vapendragaren kan något förenklat förklaras som att vapendragaren bevakar barnets subjektiva vilja, medan beskyddaren tillvaratar barnets objektivt bästa. Lagstiftaren anser att rollerna som det offentliga biträdet och ställföreträdaren innehar är förenliga med varandra. Tidigare forskning visar att rollerna sker på bekostnad av varandra. Mot denna bakgrund syftar uppsatsen till att analysera i vad mån rollkonflikter uppstår och om någon förändring skett över tid.
Uppsatsen undersöker såväl gällande rätt som tidigare forskning, och innehåller även en empirisk studie av domar från Förvaltningsrätten i Malmö. Undersökningen visar, när meningsskiljaktigheter uppstår mellan barnet och det offentliga biträdet, tenderar det offentliga biträdet att enbart se till rollen som barnets beskyddare. Barnets subjektiva vilja får begränsad betydelse vilket är problematiskt, då barnet ska ses som fullständig rättighetsbärare, särskilt med tanke på att barn vid avsaknad av processbehörighet har en begränsad möjlighet att förmedla sin inställning till domstolen personligen. Det vilar därför ett särskilt ansvar på barnets offentliga biträde som ska agera som barnets språkrör och förmedla barnets inställning.
Studien påvisar även att det offentliga biträdet inte alltid träffar barnet personligen. Det saknas ett sådant krav idag, vilket även nuvarande utredning, barns och ungas rätt vid tvångsvård, förslag till ny LVU (SOU 2015:71) problematiserar. Utredningen ser däremot inte till det kvarvarande problemet när meningsskiljaktigheter mellan barnet och det offentliga biträdet uppstår under LVU-processen.
Slutsatsen är att barnet inte ses som fullständig rättighetsbärare när meningsskiljaktigheter uppstår. Rollerna som offentligt biträde och ställföreträdare kommer i konflikt med varandra. Barnets vilja får en begränsad betydelse. För att barnets offentliga biträde ska fullgöra sin plikt som barnets vapendragare krävs att rollerna separeras från varandra. (Less) - Abstract
- The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child states that children are holders of rights. When the social welfare committee apply for compulsory care under the Care of Young Persons act (LVU) a public counsel is appointed by the court. The counsel does not only become the child’s public legal representative, but also its children’s guardian, because of the lack of procedural capacity. The obligations of the legal representative are to protect the interest of the child during the process, such as the best interest of the child and the views of the child seen from the holders of rights. This can be described as the defender and spokesperson. The defender guards the views of the child and the spokesperson protects the best interest of the... (More)
- The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child states that children are holders of rights. When the social welfare committee apply for compulsory care under the Care of Young Persons act (LVU) a public counsel is appointed by the court. The counsel does not only become the child’s public legal representative, but also its children’s guardian, because of the lack of procedural capacity. The obligations of the legal representative are to protect the interest of the child during the process, such as the best interest of the child and the views of the child seen from the holders of rights. This can be described as the defender and spokesperson. The defender guards the views of the child and the spokesperson protects the best interest of the child. The legislature admits that the child’s public counsel can be appointed both as the legal representative and its guardian. In the light of this, the aim of the thesis is to analyse to what extent conflicts appear and see if changes have occurred.
The thesis examines both current law and previous research, and also contains an empirical study of judgements from the administrative court of Malmö. The empirical study shows when difference of opinion occurs between the child and the legal representative, the legal representative tends to see it from a spokespersons’ perspective. Curtain problems occurs when that happens, such as when the view of the child becomes limited. This results that children can’t be seen as complete right-holders. It is also problematic when children with lack of procedural capacity gives a limited possibility to be heard in court. For that reason, a special responsibility is given to the child’s legal representative, by the legislator, to convey as the child’s messenger.
The empirical study also shows that it is not certain that children meet their legal representative. It is not a necessary condition in today’s LVU, but the government committee, barns och ungas rätt vid tvångsvård, förslag till ny LVU (SOU 2015:71), propose an amendment. The government committee don’t examine the remaining problem when differences of opinion occurs between the child and the legal representative during the process.
The conclusion is that children can’t be seen as complete right-holders when difference of opinion occurs. The roles as the legal representative and the child guardian don’t correspond to each other when that happens. The view of the child becomes limited. For the legal representative to fulfil its responsibility as a defender it’s necessary that the above roles are separated from each other. (Less)
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- Knezovic, Daniel LU
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- JURM02 20192
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abstract = {{The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child states that children are holders of rights. When the social welfare committee apply for compulsory care under the Care of Young Persons act (LVU) a public counsel is appointed by the court. The counsel does not only become the child’s public legal representative, but also its children’s guardian, because of the lack of procedural capacity. The obligations of the legal representative are to protect the interest of the child during the process, such as the best interest of the child and the views of the child seen from the holders of rights. This can be described as the defender and spokesperson. The defender guards the views of the child and the spokesperson protects the best interest of the child. The legislature admits that the child’s public counsel can be appointed both as the legal representative and its guardian. In the light of this, the aim of the thesis is to analyse to what extent conflicts appear and see if changes have occurred.
The thesis examines both current law and previous research, and also contains an empirical study of judgements from the administrative court of Malmö. The empirical study shows when difference of opinion occurs between the child and the legal representative, the legal representative tends to see it from a spokespersons’ perspective. Curtain problems occurs when that happens, such as when the view of the child becomes limited. This results that children can’t be seen as complete right-holders. It is also problematic when children with lack of procedural capacity gives a limited possibility to be heard in court. For that reason, a special responsibility is given to the child’s legal representative, by the legislator, to convey as the child’s messenger.
The empirical study also shows that it is not certain that children meet their legal representative. It is not a necessary condition in today’s LVU, but the government committee, barns och ungas rätt vid tvångsvård, förslag till ny LVU (SOU 2015:71), propose an amendment. The government committee don’t examine the remaining problem when differences of opinion occurs between the child and the legal representative during the process.
The conclusion is that children can’t be seen as complete right-holders when difference of opinion occurs. The roles as the legal representative and the child guardian don’t correspond to each other when that happens. The view of the child becomes limited. For the legal representative to fulfil its responsibility as a defender it’s necessary that the above roles are separated from each other.}},
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