THE NCHR CELEBRATES INTERNATIONAL FAMILY DAY
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The
world celebrates International Family Day on May 15. In recognition of the
importance of the Family, the Nordic Committee for Human Rights - NCHR - For
the Protection of Family Rights in the Nordic countries, wants to draw to the
attention of the civilized world, that International Family Day is not being
celebrated officially in Sweden. |
International
Family Day is about recognising the importance and value of families in our
society. The family plays a crucial role in influencing our lives across so
many areas - including our health and our well-being. The family is the corner
stone of every society, however family is not allowed to play any prominent
role in the so called welfare states of
Many
of the problems with juvenile delinquency, mobbing and violence in our society
today can be directly attributed to the “modern” child-rearing practices, the
absence of mothers in the homes and the high divorce rate. Instead of helping
families to remain intact, the mainstream policy is to break up families by all
means, even by depriving children of their parents and placing them in foster
homes among total strangers - all under the motto of “the best interests of the
child”. The problems are the same in Norway, Denmark and Finland.
The
best interest of the child however seems to be best served in the bosom of the
Family.
The
Swedish government has initiated "A new plan of action for Human
Rights". The NCHR is one of the
organisations that have been invited to participate in this work. At the
meetings held at the Ministry of Justice in Stockholm on February 10 and May 2,
2005, the NCHR has drawn focus to the issues of the unnecessary taking of
children into public care and placing them in foster homes, the total absence
of the rule of law in the administrative courts and the enormous waste of
billions of taxpayers money because of these cases. We are therefore looking forward to seeing concrete measures for
the protection of Human Rights and fundamental freedoms in
At
present several hundreds of former foster children, from the 1940 and onwards,
are suing the different municipalities in Sweden, starting with Stockholm, the
capital, for the abuses that they suffered during their childhood, the lack of
love and affection and respect for their private and family life that the were
guaranteed by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and Fundamental
Freedoms and the European Convention on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms.
A
similar case is in progress in Bergen, Norway.
Ruby
Harrold-Claesson
Attorney-at-law
President
of the NCHR
Destroying the
Family: Swedish style