Certain matters concerning custody, residence and visitation in cases of domestic violence

The plan explicitly states that the child's perspective must be strengthened in custody disputes and that it should not be possible for perpetrators of violence to retain joint custody. The counter-proposal's demand that a perpetrator of violence does not share custody and that children are not forced into unsupervised contact is the same thing in substance. The plan also puts the child's best interests first and sees violence as a structural social problem.

• no joint custody for perpetrators of violencedecisive»Barnperspektivet måste stärkas i vårdnadstvister och det ska inte vara möjligt för våldsutövare att behålla gemensam vårdnad.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The child's perspective must be strengthened in custody disputes and it should not be possible for perpetrators of violence to retain joint custody.”
• the child's best interests first»Vänsterpartiets politik ska utformas så att barnens bästa kommer i första rummet.« (party programme ↗)“The Left Party's politics shall be designed so that children's best interests come first.”
• protection for those leaving violence»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 considers that it must also be a right to get help with a long-term secure housing solution for anyone who needs it to leave violence exposure.”
• structural family violence»Mäns våld mot kvinnor är ett strukturellt samhällsproblem.« (party programme ↗)“Men's violence against women is a structural social problem.”

The stance rests on the quoted commitment in the party's own documents; the actual vote deviated. Click the quote to verify it in the document.

The plan establishes that the child's best interest should be considered in all decisions and that all children have the right to an upbringing free from violence. The counter-proposal's requirement that a violent parent should not share custody and that children should not be forced into unprotected contact follows directly from that. The plan's forceful measures against men's violence against women and its feminist basic stance strengthen the conclusion.

• child's best interest in all decisionsdecisive»Alla barn ska ha rätt till en trygg uppväxt i enlighet med FN:s barnkonvention. Barnens bästa ska beaktas vid alla beslut.« (party programme ↗)“All children should have the right to a safe upbringing in accordance with the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. Children's best interests should be considered in all decisions.”
• upbringing free from violence»Alla barn och ungdomar ska ha rätt till likvärdiga villkor och till en trygg uppväxt fri från droger och våld.« (party programme ↗)“All children and young people should have the right to equivalent conditions and to a safe upbringing free from drugs and violence.”
• forceful measures against men's violence»Krafttag för att stoppa hedersrelaterat våld, sexualbrott och mäns våld mot kvinnor.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Forceful measures to stop honour-related violence, sexual crime and men's violence against women.”
• feminist basic stance»Med denna grundsyn är socialdemokratin ett feministiskt parti.« (party programme ↗)“With this basic stance, social democracy is a feminist party.”

The plan establishes that children's right to safety weighs heavier than violent parents' right to their children and wants to protect children from being forced to have contact with a violent parent. The party programme furthermore requires that children's legal certainty be strengthened at suspicion of violence. The counter-proposal's requirement that a violence-committing parent does not share custody and that contact is not forced is therefore directly supported.

• no forced contact with violent parentdecisive»skydda barn från att tvingas till umgänge med en våldsam förälder.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“protect children from being forced to have contact with a violent parent.”
• children's safety before parental right»I vårt Sverige väger barns rätt till trygghet tyngre än våldsamma föräldrars rätt till sina barn.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“In our Sweden, children's right to safety weighs heavier than violent parents' right to their children.”
• strengthened legal certainty for children»Barnets rättstrygghet måste stärkas om det« (party programme ↗)“The legal certainty of the child must be strengthened if there”

The stance rests on the quoted commitment in the party's own documents; the actual vote deviated. Click the quote to verify it in the document.

The party programme gives every child unconditional protection against violence and degradation within and outside the home and puts the child's rights first. The election manifesto promises forceful action against violence against children and men's violence against women. That a violent parent should not share custody or be given unsupervised access follows from these commitments, which weigh heavier than a presumption of shared custody.

• unconditional protection for childrendecisive»villkorslöst skydd mot våld och förnedring inom och utom hemmet« (party programme ↗)“unconditional protection against violence and degradation within and outside the home”
• the child's rights first»Av största betydelse är då barnens rättigheter och perspektiv.« (party programme ↗)“Of greatest importance are then the children's rights and perspectives.”
• forceful action against violence against children»med krafttag mot såväl gängbrottslighet, våld mot barn och mäns våld mot kvinnor« (2022 manifesto ↗)“with forceful action against both gang crime, violence against children and men's violence against women”
• post-violence shall end»Brottsofferperspektivet måste stärkas och eftervåldet upphöra.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The victim perspective must be strengthened and post-violence ended.”

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 children shall not be forced into contact with a parent who has subjected the child to abuse or violence and that children who experience violence within the family are themselves crime victims. The counter-proposal's demand that a violent parent does not share custody, that contact does not occur unprotected, and that violence against other family members is weighed in is a direct application of this. The Convention on the Rights of the Child as Swedish law and the demand that the public actively prevent violence against children point in the same direction.

• no forced contact with violencedecisive»Barn ska inte tvingas till umgänge med en förälder« (party programme ↗)“Children shall not be forced into contact with a parent”
• children who experience violence»som upplever våld inom familjen är brottsoffer.« (party programme ↗)“who experience violence within the family are crime victims.”
• the convention on the rights of the child as law»Genom att FN:s barnkonvention införlivats i svensk lag tydliggörs barns och ungas rättigheter.« (party programme ↗)“By the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child being incorporated into Swedish law, children's and young people's rights are clarified.”
• prevent violence against children»Det offentliga ska också aktivt förebygga våld och övergrepp mot barn« (party programme ↗)“The public shall also actively prevent violence and abuse against children”

The stance rests on the quoted commitment in the party's own documents; the actual vote deviated. Click the quote to verify it in the document.

The plan makes the best interests of the child decisive in all decisions concerning children and establishes that abuse and oppression can never be tolerated within the family. That an abusive parent shall not share custody and that children shall not be forced into unprotected contact follows from this together with the requirement that victims of violence be given adequate support and protection. The plan's emphasis on the child's right to contact with both parents must give way when violence has occurred.

• best interests of the child firstdecisive»barnets bästa ska komma i främsta rummet.« (party programme ↗)“the best interests of the child shall come first.”
• abuse never tolerated in family»kan aldrig tolereras inom familjen, lika litet som någon« (party programme ↗)“can never be tolerated within the family, any more than any”
• protection for victims of violence»nära relation ska ges adekvat stöd och skydd.« (party programme ↗)“close relationship shall be given adequate support and protection.”
• child's right to both parents»behöver och har rätt till kontakt med båda sina föräldrar.« (party programme ↗)“needs and has the right to contact with both their parents.”

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 wants murder in intimate relationships to always result in life imprisonment and that a person convicted of violence in intimate relationships can be prohibited from being in the victim's residential area even after release. That a violent parent should not share custody or have unsupervised contact follows from the same protective principle, as does the plan's requirement that more children be taken into care. The programme states that violence against women and children should be met with clear consequences.

• life sentence for intimate partner homicidedecisive»Ändra i lagen så att mord i nära relation alltid leder till livstids fängelse« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Change the law so that murder in intimate relationships always results in life imprisonment”
• continued protection after sentence»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 a ban on being in a certain area for persons convicted of violence in intimate relationships, so that someone who has subjected their former partner to violence and abuse can be prohibited from being in a certain residential area even after release from prison”
• protect children from violent environments»Säkerställa att fler omhändertas enligt LVU« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Ensure that more are taken into care under LVU (Care of Young Persons Act)”
• clear consequences for violence»Våld har ingen plats i vårt samhälle.« (party programme ↗)“Violence has no place in our society.”

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 decisive commitment is that the best interests of the child shall always be considered and that practice shall be based on the child's right to their parents, not the other way around. That a perpetrator of violence shall not share custody and that children shall not be forced into unprotected contact follows from that, as does the plan's requirement for intervention in child cruelty and violence in close relationships. The norm of joint custody weighs less when violence has occurred. The plan states its position on the individual assessment based on the child's best interest that the committee highlights.

• child's best interest guides practicedecisive»Barns intressen och barnets bästa är dock centralt för oss och praxis bör alltid utgå ifrån att barn har rätt till sina föräldrar och inte tvärt om.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The interests of children and the best interests of the child are however central to us and practice should always be based on the principle that children have the right to their parents and not the other way around.”
• child's best interest always»Att barnets bästa alltid ska beaktas« (2022 manifesto ↗)“That the best interests of the child shall always be considered”
• intervention in family violence»Vi vill i ett tidigt skede erbjuda familjemedling. Det kan röra sig om tvister vid vårdnad, i rättsprocessen eller barnfridsbrott vid våld i nära relationer.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We want to offer family mediation early on. This can involve disputes over custody, in legal proceedings or child cruelty in the context of violence in close relationships.”
• joint custody as norm»Gemensam vårdnad ska ses som norm.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Joint custody shall be seen as the norm.”

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.