Noen sitater fra rapporten, anbefalinger til alle stater som er medlemmer i Europarådet, inkludert Norge:
Sikre skånsomme prosesser, og vel kvalifiserte beslutningstakere i barnevernsaker:
"4.1. secure child-friendly processes throughout removal, placement and reunification: this includes guaranteeing full child participation by having properly trained and educated staff speak to and listen to the child, whose views should not only be heard, but also taken into account;"Gi familiene nødvendig støtte for å unngå omsorgsovertakelser:
"4.2. give the necessary support to families in a timely and positive way with a view to avoiding the necessity for removal decisions in the first place, and to facilitating family reunification as soon as possible: this includes the need to build better collaboration with parents, with a view to avoiding possible mistakes based on misunderstandings, stereotyping, and discrimination, mistakes which can be difficult to correct later on once the trust has gone;Sørge for åpenhet og innsyn, samt nødvendige forbedringer i alle ledd av saksgangen:
"4.3. ensure that child welfare systems are open and transparent with a view to bolstering the legitimacy of and trust in the system; this includes the necessity for decisions to be well-documented at all stages of the process and for court proceedings to be low-threshold, child-friendly and accessible, as well as for improved data-collection and research;
Stopp maktmisbruk og skadelig praksis:
"4.5. seek to end abusive practices, such as frequent recourse to the unwarranted complete severing of family ties, the removal of children from parental care at birth, to basing placement decisions on the effluxion of time, and to adoptions without parental consent;Hør ! Hør! Helleland og Trommald!
Få en slutt på meningsløs og skadelig praksis der barn og foreldre urettmessig nektes samvær!
Få slutt på ulegitimerte kidnappinger av spedbarn på fødeklinikken!
Stopp ulovlig praksis der barn nektes tilbakeført til foreldre/biologisk familie fordi den urettmessige omsorgsovertakelsen har dratt ut i tid!
Stopp tvangsadopsjoner!
Norge er nevnt flere ganger i rapporten, blant annet under punkt 2, sitat fra en norsk psykolog:
"“We do not help the children who suffer awful violence, but whom we don‘t find, by removing other children from their parents who do not need to be removed.“
Det kan hende jeg kommenterer litt mer når jeg har fått lest hele rapporten.
Link til wikipedia om
Europa-rådet.
Kort-kort-info: Torbjørn Jagland er generalsekretær i Europa-rådet, og rådet må ikke forveksles med EU-organer med lignende navn.