Sweden UN bashes Swedish children's rights

8 Oct 2011 | child rights

‘The Local’ reports that for the fifth time, Sweden has been criticised by the UN’s Committee on the Rights of the Child for not having introduced their children’s rights convention into Swedish law. The UN committee in Geneva has now investigated how well the Swedish government has followed the protocol on protecting children against trafficking, prostitution and child pornography. The government was criticised on more points including on how refugee and asylum-seeking children are treated in Sweden. The government, represented in Geneva by department officials, stated that Swedish laws generally provide children with better protection than the convention does.

Source : The Local