Violence against children

The election manifesto requires that the child perspective is strengthened and that perpetrators cannot retain joint custody, and makes it a right to receive help with a long-term secure housing solution for the person leaving violence, and that the child remains in their home while the perpetrator leaves. The counter-proposal's demand for a stay-in-home guarantee, so the child and not the perpetrator remains in the home, follows directly from these commitments and from the principle to in every case consider the child's best interest.

• child perspective before perpetratordecisive»Barnperspektivet måste stärkas i vårdnadstvister och det ska inte vara möjligt för våldsutövare att behålla gemensam vårdnad.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The child perspective must be strengthened in custody disputes and it should not be possible for perpetrators to retain joint custody.”
• right to secure housing solution»Vänsterpartiet anser att det därutöver måste vara en rättighet att få hjälp med en långsiktig trygg boendelösning för den som behöver det för att lämna våldsutsatthet.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The Left Party believes that it must also be a right to receive help with a long-term secure housing solution for the person who needs it to leave violence.”
• child's best interest in every case»liga barnkonventionen och principen att i varje läge se till barnets« (party programme ↗)“in accordance with the child convention and the principle of in every case considering the child's”
• forceful action against violence toward children»I ett tryggt samhälle tar vi krafttag mot våld, hedersförtryck och sexuella kränkningar mot kvinnor, barn och hbtqi-personer.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“In a secure society we take forceful action against violence, honor oppression and sexual abuse against women, children and LGBTQ people.”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The party programme establishes that all children have the right to a secure upbringing in accordance with the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child and that security in the home is part of welfare policy. A stay-at-home guarantee that allows the abused child to remain at home rather than move is an application of precisely this principle. The election manifesto also wants to take vigorous action against violence in close relationships and strengthen social services. The plan therefore speaks in favour of the counter-proposal's demand.

• child's right to secure upbringingdecisive»Alla barn ska ha rätt till en trygg uppväxt i enlighet med FN:s barnkonvention.« (party programme ↗)“All children shall have the right to a secure upbringing in accordance with the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.”
• security in the home»Till välfärdspolitiken hör också tryggheten på gator och torg och i det egna hemmet.« (party programme ↗)“Welfare policy also includes security in streets and squares and in the home.”
• vigorous action against violence in close relationships»Krafttag för att stoppa hedersrelaterat våld, sexualbrott och mäns våld mot kvinnor.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Vigorous action to stop honour-related violence, sexual crime and men's violence against women.”
• strengthened social services»Att socialtjänsten stärks är centralt för att fånga upp unga i tid.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Strengthening social services is central to reaching young people early.”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The election manifesto states that it is the perpetrator's freedom that shall be limited and that children's right to safety weighs heavier than a violent parent's right to the child. A 'stay in home' guarantee shifts precisely the consequence from the abused child to the perpetrator, and thereby aligns with the plan's direction. The plan also commits to coordinating protection, housing and care immediately after the break and for more perpetrators to get electronic monitoring.

• perpetrator's freedom is limiteddecisive»Ingen ska begränsas av hedersförtryck och våld, det är förövarens frihet som ska begränsas.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“No one shall be restricted by honour-based oppression and violence, it is the perpetrator's freedom that shall be limited.”
• children's safety weighs heaviest»skydda barn från att tvingas till umgänge med en våldsam förälder.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“protect children from being forced into contact with a violent parent.”
• coordinated protection and housing»skapa en dörr ut för våldsutsatta i hela landet, så att ansvaret för skydd, boende och vård samordnas direkt efter uppbrottet.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“create a way out for those subjected to violence throughout the country, so that responsibility for protection, housing and care is coordinated immediately after the break.”
• strengthened legal security for children»Barnets rättstrygghet måste stärkas om det finns misstankar om våld eller sexuella övergrepp.« (party programme ↗)“The child's legal security must be strengthened if there are suspicions of violence or sexual abuse.”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The plan puts the crime victim perspective first and wants post-abuse violence to cease, among other things by using electronic tagging in more cases at contact bans, meaning the offender and not the victim is restricted. The party programme demands unconditional protection against violence and humiliation in the home for every child. A home-stay guarantee, where the child stays and the offender moves, follows the same logic, even though the plan does not mention such a guarantee. The committee's reference to the social board's responsibility and ongoing surveys does not touch on the plan.

• strengthened crime victim perspectivedecisive»Brottsofferperspektivet måste stärkas och eftervåldet upphöra. Vi vill att elektronisk fotboja används i fler fall vid kontaktförbud och säkra det långsiktiga stödet till kvinnojourer, tjejjourer och skyddade boenden.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The crime victim perspective must be strengthened and post-abuse violence cease. We want electronic tagging to be used in more cases at contact bans and to secure long-term support to women's shelters, girls' shelters and protected housing.”
• protection of children against violence in the home»villkorslöst skydd mot våld och förnedring inom och utom hemmet« (party programme ↗)“unconditional protection against violence and humiliation in and outside the home”
• strong action against violence to children»krafttag mot såväl gängbrottslighet, våld mot barn och mäns våld mot kvinnor« (2022 manifesto ↗)“strong action against gang crime, violence against children and men's violence against women”
• the child's right is safeguarded»Särskilt viktigt är att värna varje barns rätt att bli respekterad och att bli sedd för den man är.« (party programme ↗)“Especially important is to safeguard every child's right to be respected and to be seen for who they are.”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The plan establishes that efforts against violence in close relationships shall focus on perpetrators and that they shall be able to be imposed comprehensive restrictions on their freedom of movement. The same principle is expressed at school as that the bully and not the bullied shall be moved. A guarantee that lets the child exposed to violence remain while the perpetrator moves is thus an application of the plan's line, and the plan counts children who experience violence in the family as crime victims.

• perpetrator focus in relationship violencedecisive»Insatserna för att förebygga och förhindra våld i nära relationer måste fokusera på förövarna.« (party programme ↗)“Efforts to prevent and counter violence in close relationships must focus on perpetrators.”
• movement restrictions for perpetrators»Förövarna ska genomgå behandling samt kunna åläggas omfattande begränsningar i den« (party programme ↗)“Perpetrators shall undergo treatment and be able to be imposed comprehensive restrictions on”
• move the perpetrator, not the victim»Flytta på mobbaren – inte den mobbade.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Move the bully – not the bullied.”
• children as crime victims»barn som upplever våld inom familjen är brottsoffer.« (party programme ↗)“children who experience violence within the family are crime victims.”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The plan establishes that children have the right to a safe growing-up environment and that the child's best interests shall come first, while those subjected to violence shall be given adequate support and protection through effective handling. That the child is able to remain while the person who committed the violence moves away is the solution that best fulfills the child's best interests. Therefore, the plan supports a stay guarantee.

• the child's best interests firstdecisive»barnets bästa ska komma i främsta rummet.« (party programme ↗)“the child's best interests shall come first.”
• safe growing-up environment»Barn har rätt till en trygg uppväxtmiljö.« (party programme ↗)“Children have the right to a safe growing-up environment.”
• effective handling in violence cases»Effektiv handläggning av ärenden som rör våld i nära relationer förutsätter välutbildade medarbetare hos polis,« (party programme ↗)“Effective handling of cases involving violence in close relationships presupposes well-trained staff at the police,”
• care for those affected»BÄTTRE OMSORG FÖR UTSATTA« (2022 manifesto ↗)“BETTER CARE FOR THOSE AFFECTED”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The plan's consistent line on intimate partner violence is to shift the consequences to the perpetrator: restraining orders, contact bans and electronic monitoring immediately, and easier remand in custody so that the perpetrator is locked up. It also states that the justice system must always stand on the crime victim's side. A stay guarantee for the abused child, where the perpetrator instead has to leave the home, follows from the same principle.

• perpetrator movesdecisive»Införa vistelseförbud för personer som dömts för våld i nära relation, så att den som utsatt sin tidigare partner för våld och övergrepp kan förbjudas att vara i ett visst bostadsområde även efter att ha släppts ur fängelset« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Introduce restraining orders for persons convicted of intimate partner violence, so that the person who subjected their former partner to violence and abuse can be prohibited from being in a certain residential area even after being released from prison”
• remand perpetrator immediately»Moderaterna vill skärpa straffen för detta brott och göra det lättare att häkta våldsutövaren så att en våldsam partner omedelbart kan sättas bakom lås och bom i avvaktan på att brottet utreds.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The Moderate Party wants to toughen sentences for this crime and make it easier to remand in custody the perpetrator so that a violent partner can immediately be locked up while the crime is being investigated.”
• victim in the center»Rättssamhället måste alltid stå på brottsoffrets sida.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The justice system must always stand on the crime victim's side.”
• contact ban and electronic monitoring immediately»Införa kontaktförbud och fotboja direkt för en man som utsätter en kvinna för våld, om en riskbedömning visar att det finns behov« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Introduce contact bans and electronic monitoring immediately for a man who subjects a woman to violence, if a risk assessment shows there is a need”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The plan establishes that policy should be shaped from the crime victim's best interest and not the perpetrator's, and it wants to be able to place perpetrators under prohibition from returning to the place or vicinity of the crime victim as well as restrict freedom of movement after served sentence. A remain guarantee that lets the abused child stay in the home instead of moving follows precisely that order, with the child's best interests as a starting point.

• victim before perpetratordecisive»Utformningen av politiken måste ske utifrån brottsoffrets bästa, inte gärningsmannen.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Policy must be shaped from the crime victim's best interest, not the perpetrator's.”
• the perpetrator kept away»Gärningsmän som begått grova brott bör i högre grad bevakas efter avtjänat brott och beläggas med förbud att återvända till den ort där brottet begått eller i närhet till brottsoffret« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Perpetrators of serious crimes should to a higher degree be monitored after served sentence and placed under prohibition from returning to the place where the crime was committed or in the vicinity of the crime victim”
• the child's best interests»Att barnets bästa alltid ska beaktas« (2022 manifesto ↗)“That the child's best interests should always be considered”
• restricted movement for perpetrators»Möjliggöra inskränkningar av rörelsefrihet efter avtjänat straff« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Enable restrictions on freedom of movement after served sentence”