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Children's Rights in Sweden: Where to Draw the Line?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 February 2024

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* Every child has the right to divorce his parents

* When parents are divorced, no arrangement may be made for their child's custody without his consent

* Parents or guardians may not take decisions concerning a child of seven or older without discussing it with him first.

These three extracts come from Eight Theses of a Child's Rights (appended), compiled by a Swedish Professor of Law. A government committee considering children's rights is expected to recommend some of them for enactment into Swedish law.

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