Children's rights

The party programme wants to continue realizing the children's convention and the principle of the child's best interests, and the election manifesto requires strengthened resources to social services, student health and social support. Child rights budgeting and measurable goals are tools for making just that into practice. The plan does not mention the budgeting method as such, so the position is derived.

• realize children's rightsdecisive»Utvecklingen mot starkare rättigheter för barn är en av de progressiva« (party programme ↗)“Development towards stronger rights for children is one of the progressive”
• resources for child protection»förstärk socialtjänsten med tillräckliga resurser och kunskap för att arbeta både förebyggande och med barnskydd.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“strengthen social services with sufficient resources and expertise to work both preventively and with child protection.”
• early intervention for children»Det krävs satsningar inte bara på undervisning utan också på elevhälsa, specialpedagoger, fritidsverksamhet och socialt stöd.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“This requires initiatives not only in teaching but also in student health, special educators, leisure activities and social support.”

The plan sets up a society where children do not grow up in poverty and measures that secure good economic standard for families with children as a goal, and wants resources to be directed where needs are greatest. Child rights budgeting, strengthened coordination and measurable goals are tools for planning and following up precisely this. The plan, however, does not mention child rights budgeting as a method.

• no children in povertydecisive»Ett samhälle där barn inte växer upp i fattigdom.« (party programme ↗)“A society where children do not grow up in poverty.”
• secure economy for families with children»Insatser som främjar jämställdhet och tryggar god ekonomisk standard för alla« (party programme ↗)“Measures that promote equality and secure good economic standard for everyone”
• early measures for children»Håll barn borta från kriminalitet och se till att de hamnar rätt från början.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Keep children away from crime and ensure they get on the right track from the beginning.”
• resources according to need»De mest utsatta skolorna och förskolorna måste få mer resurser.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The most vulnerable schools and preschools must get more resources.”

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 states that the Convention on the Rights of the Child is law and that the child's best interests shall always be decisive when decisions are made regarding children, and that children are active co-creators with the right to influence. Child rights budgeting, strengthened coordination and auditable goals are tools for realising precisely this. The plan moreover emphasises that children shall not grow up in economic vulnerability, which requires that the budget is followed up from the child's perspective.

• child's best interests decisivedecisive»Barnkonventionen är svensk lag och barnets bästa« (party programme ↗)“The Convention on the Rights of the Child is Swedish law and the child's best interests”
• children's right to influence»Barn är aktiva medskapare av samhället« (party programme ↗)“Children are active co-creators of society”
• no child poverty»Ekonomisk utsatthet ska inte gå i arv.« (party programme ↗)“Economic vulnerability shall not be inherited.”

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's rights and perspective are of paramount importance and that preventive measures shall permeate the whole of society, with the foundation laid already in preschool and school. Demands for clear verifiable goals and strengthened coordination of children's rights work accord with that. The plan says nothing about child rights budgeting as a method, so support is weakly derived.

• child's perspective firstdecisive»Av största betydelse är då barnens rättigheter och perspektiv.« (party programme ↗)“Of paramount importance are children's rights and perspective.”
• prevention permeates society»Därför är det viktigt att förebyggande insatser genomsyrar hela samhället och att det offentliga lägger grunden redan i förskolan och skolan.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Therefore it is important that preventive measures permeate the whole of society and that the public lays the foundation already in preschool and school.”
• every child's right protected»Särskilt viktigt är att värna varje barns rätt att bli respekterad och att bli sedd för den man är.« (party programme ↗)“Particularly important is to protect 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 the Convention on the Rights of the Child as law clarifies children's rights, that early and preventive measures are decisive, and that a rights perspective shall be present when political decisions are prepared and made. To plan and follow up the budget from a child rights perspective with measurable targets is an application of the same principle. The plan, however, does not mention child rights budgeting, which is why the support is derived and uncertain.

• the Convention on the Rights of the Child as lawdecisive»Genom att FN:s barnkonvention införlivats i svensk lag tydliggörs barns och ungas rättigheter.« (party programme ↗)“By incorporating the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child into Swedish law, children's and young people's rights are clarified.”
• early preventive measures»Tidiga och förebyggande insatser är avgörande.« (party programme ↗)“Early and preventive measures are decisive.”
• rights perspective in decisions»och att funktionsrättsperspektivet alltid finns med när politiska beslut förbereds och fattas« (party programme ↗)“and that the disability rights perspective is always present when political decisions are prepared and made”
• quality for vulnerable children»En hög kvalitet i verksamheter för barn och ungdomar är därför särskilt viktig för barn i utsatta situationer.« (party programme ↗)“High quality in activities for children and young people is therefore particularly important for children in vulnerable situations.”

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 requires that efforts for children start from the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child and that the child's best interest is guiding in all decisions concerning children, and that all political decisions be analyzed based on consequences for families and close relationships. Child rights budgeting, strengthened coordination and measurable goals are methods for realizing just this. The principle of stewardship also requires that decisions be weighed based on a future perspective.

• child's best interest guidingdecisive»vara styrande i all familjepolitik och vid alla beslut som rör barn.« (party programme ↗)“be guiding in all family policy and in all decisions concerning children.”
• Convention on the Rights of the Child as starting point»med utgångspunkt i FN:s barnkonvention och bygga på det nära nätverk som finns runt« (party programme ↗)“starting from the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child and based on the close network that exists around”
• consequence analysis of decisions»analyseras utifrån vilka konsekvenser de får för familjer och nära relationer.« (party programme ↗)“be analyzed based on what consequences they have for families and close relationships.”
• stewardship in decision-making»Alla politiska beslut bör fattas i enlighet med förvaltarskapsprincipen« (party programme ↗)“All political decisions should be made in accordance with the principle of stewardship”

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 child policy is based on the premise that responsibility for children above all lies with parents and shall be emphasized and strengthened, and it invests in concrete measures in social services and schools rather than in new governance instruments. Child rights budgeting, expanded state coordination and new measurable targets are precisely the kinds of expanded public apparatus that the plan wants to hold back. The demand therefore lacks support in the plan.

• parental responsibility firstdecisive»Betona och förstärka föräldraansvaret« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Emphasize and strengthen parental responsibility”
• children's development is central»Samhällets viktigaste investering för framtiden är barns utveckling.« (party programme ↗)“Society's most important investment for the future is children's development.”
• prioritize core tasks»Politiken har en viktig uppgift att prioritera och välja bort,« (party programme ↗)“Politics has an important task to prioritize and choose not to,”
• concrete social services reforms»Undanröja alla sekretesshinder mellan socialtjänst och polis« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Remove all secrecy barriers between social services and police”

The plan states that the child's best interests always must be considered and that every public investment must show clear results, which lies close to the counter-proposal's demand for measurable goals and a child rights perspective in budget work. However, the plan also wants a minimum of bureaucracy to permeate all public activities, which makes the support weak. On balance, the plan leans towards supporting the demand.

• child's best interests in all decisionsdecisive»Att barnets bästa alltid ska beaktas« (2022 manifesto ↗)“That the child's best interests always be considered”
• measurable goals»Begära tydliga resultat för varje offentlig satsning« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Demand clear results for each public investment”
• child perspective as starting point»Den centrala utgångspunkten för Sverigedemokraternas familjepolitik är att barnens bästa skall beaktas i alla situationer inom familjepolitikens område.« (party programme ↗)“The central point of Sweden-democrats' family policy is that children's best interests shall be considered in all situations within the family policy area.”
• minimum of bureaucracy»Centralt för partiet är att respekt för skattebetalarnas pengar och strävan efter ett minimum av byråkrati skall genomsyra all offentlig verksamhet.« (party programme ↗)“Central to the party is that respect for taxpayers' money and striving for a minimum of bureaucracy shall permeate all public activities.”

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.