Ett livshotande umgänge med facit i hand - Vad är egentligen barnets bästa?
(2024) LAGF03 20242Department of Law
Faculty of Law
- Abstract (Swedish)
- Det råder universell samsyn beträffande familjens egenvärde. Likaledes be-traktas barnets rätt att umgås med en förälder som det inte bor med som ett av barnrättens främsta intressen. Det är emellertid av väsentlig betydelse att ett umgänge inte kommer till stånd om det finns en risk att barnet kan komma till skada. Bedömningen är komplex och parametrarna är många, när fundamen-tala intressen står i direkt konflikt med varandra. Det bör även erinras att det är barn som står i fokus, utelämnade att förlita sig på att rättstillämpningen tillgo-doser dess bästa, vilket gör det än viktigare att avvägningen görs korrekt.
Uppsatsen utreder hur principen om barnets bästa förhåller sig till umgänges-rätten i föräldrabalken. I relevanta... (More) - Det råder universell samsyn beträffande familjens egenvärde. Likaledes be-traktas barnets rätt att umgås med en förälder som det inte bor med som ett av barnrättens främsta intressen. Det är emellertid av väsentlig betydelse att ett umgänge inte kommer till stånd om det finns en risk att barnet kan komma till skada. Bedömningen är komplex och parametrarna är många, när fundamen-tala intressen står i direkt konflikt med varandra. Det bör även erinras att det är barn som står i fokus, utelämnade att förlita sig på att rättstillämpningen tillgo-doser dess bästa, vilket gör det än viktigare att avvägningen görs korrekt.
Uppsatsen utreder hur principen om barnets bästa förhåller sig till umgänges-rätten i föräldrabalken. I relevanta bestämmelser lyfts faktorer som barnets behov av kontakt, risken att barnet far illa, barnets åsikt och grundläggande behov fram särskilt, med synnerlig betoning på de två första. Vidare görs en komparation till barnkonventionens motsvarande lydelser, vilken den svenska rättsskipningen har att förhålla sig till som både inhemsk rättskälla och folk-rättsligt instrument. Barnets bästa och rätt till delaktighet ses då som primära vid sidan av att samtliga konventionens bestämmelser ges plats i prövningen. Även aktuella lagändringar studeras i relation till dilemmat för att bidra till uppdaterade perspektiv på diskrepansen mellan regleringarna.
Författningarna harmoniserar till stor del, bland annat avseende framhållandet av principen om barnets bästa, i vilken rätten till delaktighet inryms. Samtidigt kan noteras att principen är än viktigare i föräldrabalken. Därtill utgör barnets behov av kontakt och rätten till trygghet gemensamma drag. Numera gäller även likalydande direktiv om att barnets rätt till umgänge bör uppfyllas, utom då det strider mot barnets bästa. Utredningen identifierar emellertid vissa skilj-aktigheter, inte minst gällande värderingen av komponenter vid fastställandet av barnets bästa. Föräldrabalken tillerkänner behovet av kontakt, visserligen innan lagändringen, och beaktandet av risk en särställning som inte finner motsvarighet i konventionen. Vidare ger ordalydelsen i konventionen sken av att rätten till trygghet och delaktighet går något längre än skyddet av dessa värden i föräldrabalken. (Less) - Abstract
- The right of a child to maintain a personal relation to a parent with whom the child does not live is identified as one of the primary interests of children’s rights. However, it is essential that this never happens at the expense of the child’s safety. The assessment is complex and there are many parameters to take into consideration, when two vital interests are in direct conflict. It should also be recalled that children rely on the legal system to protect their interests, therefore, it is important that the adjudication is done with accuracy.
The purpose of the thesis is to examine how the principle of the best interests of the child relates to the right of access in the Parental Code. Issues such as the child’s need for contact, the... (More) - The right of a child to maintain a personal relation to a parent with whom the child does not live is identified as one of the primary interests of children’s rights. However, it is essential that this never happens at the expense of the child’s safety. The assessment is complex and there are many parameters to take into consideration, when two vital interests are in direct conflict. It should also be recalled that children rely on the legal system to protect their interests, therefore, it is important that the adjudication is done with accuracy.
The purpose of the thesis is to examine how the principle of the best interests of the child relates to the right of access in the Parental Code. Issues such as the child’s need for contact, the risk of harm, the child’s own views and fun-damental concerns are highly prioritized, the first two in particular. Further-more, a comparison is made with the corresponding regulation of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, which the Swedish judiciary must comply with, both as a domestic law and an instrument of international law. The best interests of the child and the right to participation are seen as general principles, nevertheless all the rights provided in the Convention should be considered. Recent amendments of the Parental Code are studied to contribute to updated perspectives on the discrepancy between the regulations.
There is a high degree of harmonization between the law systems, primarily the emphasis on the principle of the best interests of the child, including the right to participation. In addition, the child’s need for contact and the right to safety are common features. From now on, there is also similarly directives regarding that the child’s right to access should be respected, unless it is con-trary to the best interests of the child. Still, the essay identifies some differ-ences, most prominent the valuation of components in determining the best interests of the child. The Parental Code gives the need for contact, which has now been removed from the paragraph, and the consideration of risk a special status that is not reflected in the Convention. Moreover, the terminology of the Convention gives the impression that the right to safety and participation goes further than the equivalent in the Parental Code. (Less)
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- author
- Hultgren, Julia LU
- supervisor
- organization
- course
- LAGF03 20242
- year
- 2024
- type
- M2 - Bachelor Degree
- subject
- keywords
- familjerätt, umgängesrätt, barnets bästa, barnkonventionen
- language
- Swedish
- id
- 9179946
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- 2025-03-20 14:07:40
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abstract = {{The right of a child to maintain a personal relation to a parent with whom the child does not live is identified as one of the primary interests of children’s rights. However, it is essential that this never happens at the expense of the child’s safety. The assessment is complex and there are many parameters to take into consideration, when two vital interests are in direct conflict. It should also be recalled that children rely on the legal system to protect their interests, therefore, it is important that the adjudication is done with accuracy.
The purpose of the thesis is to examine how the principle of the best interests of the child relates to the right of access in the Parental Code. Issues such as the child’s need for contact, the risk of harm, the child’s own views and fun-damental concerns are highly prioritized, the first two in particular. Further-more, a comparison is made with the corresponding regulation of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, which the Swedish judiciary must comply with, both as a domestic law and an instrument of international law. The best interests of the child and the right to participation are seen as general principles, nevertheless all the rights provided in the Convention should be considered. Recent amendments of the Parental Code are studied to contribute to updated perspectives on the discrepancy between the regulations.
There is a high degree of harmonization between the law systems, primarily the emphasis on the principle of the best interests of the child, including the right to participation. In addition, the child’s need for contact and the right to safety are common features. From now on, there is also similarly directives regarding that the child’s right to access should be respected, unless it is con-trary to the best interests of the child. Still, the essay identifies some differ-ences, most prominent the valuation of components in determining the best interests of the child. The Parental Code gives the need for contact, which has now been removed from the paragraph, and the consideration of risk a special status that is not reflected in the Convention. Moreover, the terminology of the Convention gives the impression that the right to safety and participation goes further than the equivalent in the Parental Code.}},
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language = {{swe}},
note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{Ett livshotande umgänge med facit i hand - Vad är egentligen barnets bästa?}},
year = {{2024}},
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