SPEAKER

Opening. The President of the NCHR/NKMR, Ruby Harrold-Claesson, Sweden, welcomes the speakers and participants

Viewing of Russia Today-documentary "Legal abduction".
The documentary deals with the prevalent cases of compulsory public care for Russian children residing in Finland.

Viewing of "Report on the Fact finding visit to Denmark 20 - 21 06, 2013"

BREAK

Presentation of the NCHR/NKMR's first Lifetime Award to Attorney, former medical practitioner, Mrs Siv Westerberg and her late husband, Dr. Per Westerberg, for their tireless struggle for the protection of children's and their families' Human Rights in Sweden, the Nordic countries and internationally

Johan Bäckman. "Human rights violations in the Finnish "child protection": the case of the Russian mothers and children in Finland and consequences for Russian-Finnish relations"

Ian Josephs, "Forced Adoption. The Aggravated situation in the UK".

PAUS

Søren Bernhard Lindegaard, "Compulsory public care of children in Denmark".

Sofia Rapp Johansson, "A former foster child's story of her struggle for redress from the society"

Jan Hansen, "Facts about the Norwegian child welfare system and crimes committed in compulsary care cases".

Solveig Holmström. "Compulsory public care of children in Finland. - A grandmother's opinions and criticism of the arbitrary decisions of the social authorities to isolate children in public care, from their relatives."

Panel discussion. The pressing need for reforms in the systems of child protection in the Nordic countries

The Speakers debate the "child protection" systems in the Nordic countries and possible solutions.
Moderator: Attorney Madeleine Johansson, LLM, Gothenburg.