Inkluderandet av barn i planeringsprocesser är en aktiv diskussion i samhället då barn som grupp ofta blir åsidosatta i sitt deltagande. Barn utgör ungefär 25 procent av befolkningen men de utgör 100 procent av vår framtid, vilket innebär att de bör ges möjlighet att påverka det samhälle de växer upp i. År 2020 blev barnkonventionen en svensk lag som främjar barns rättigheter och skyddar barnets bästa. För att uppnå barnets bästa och inkludera barn i planeringsprocesser finns metoden barnkonsekvensanalys. Denna metod analyserar planeringsprojekts konsekvenser, bedömer hur barn påverkas av planeringssituationer samt presenterar lösningar för att uppnå den mest gynnsamma miljön för barn. Denna uppsats syftar till att undersöka möjligheter och utmaningar med barnkonsekvensanalys i planeringsprocesser genom att implementera metoden i Trafikverkets planering för en ny vägplan (väg 684). Undersökningen genomförs baserat på metoderna barnkonsekvensanalys och aktionsforskning för att både möjliggöra en implementering och en reflektion av processen. Tillvägagångssättet för metoderna består av workshops, gåtur och intervju varpå dess resultat analyseras och reflekteras över. Resultatet diskuteras utifrån teorier om barns rättigheter, både i den fysiska miljön samt i planeringsprocesser. Uppsatsens slutsats är att det finns ett flertal utvecklingsmöjligheter för barnkonsekvensanalys som bör beaktas för att metoden ska uppnå sin fulla potential. Detta inkluderar exempelvis att öka förståelsen för barnens perspektiv och ge barnkonsekvensanalys ökat utrymme inom planeringsprocesser. Implementeringen av barnkonsekvensanalysen i Trafikverkets planering ger slutsatsen att förslagen för vägplanen gynnar barnets bästa. Det finns dock utmaningar med metoden som måste hanteras för att barnens delaktighet ska förbättras, exempelvis gällande utformningen av kunskapsinhämtning. / The inclusion of children in planning processes is an active discussion in society as children as a group often become disregarded in their participation. Children constitute about 25 percent of the population, but they constitute 100 percent of our future, which means that they should be given the opportunity to influence the society in which they grow up. In the year 2020, the Convention on the Rights of the Child became a Swedish law that promotes children’s rights and protects what is best for the children. To fulfill the children’s best interests and include children in planning processes, there is a method called child impact assessment. This method analyzes the consequences of planning projects, assesses how children are affected by planning situations, and presents solutions to achieve the most advantageous environment for children. This thesis aims to investigate opportunities and challenges with child impact assessment in planning processes by implementing the method in the Swedish Transport Administration’s planning for a new transportation plan (road 684). The thesis is conducted based on the methods of child impact assessment and action research to enable both an implementation and a reflection of the process. The implementation of the methods consists of workshops, child-led tour, and interview, after which the results are analyzed and reflected on. The results are discussed based on theories about children’s rights, both in the physical environment and in planning processes. The thesis’ conclusion is that there are several development opportunities for child impact assessment that should be considered for the method to reach its full potential. This includes, for example, improved understanding of children’s perspectives and giving child impact assessment more space in planning processes. The implementation of the child impact assessment in the Swedish Transport Administration’s planning gives the conclusion that the proposals for the transportation plan benefit children’s best interests. However, there are challenges with the method that must be addressed in order for the children’s participation to be improved, for example regarding the design of knowledge acquisition.

Le droit à la liberté de pensée, de conscience et de religion expressément reconnu à l’enfant par l’article 14 de la Convention internationale de New York adoptée en 1989 soulève de nombreuses questions. En raison de l’état de dépendance de l’enfant et de sa vulnérabilité, l’exercice de cette liberté apparaît particulièrement fragilisée. Les droits de l’enfant sont en effet menacés de toute part, tant par l’autorité publique, que par sa famille, ou par des tiers, voire par l’enfant lui-même. Les parents tout en étant les premiers protecteurs et les premiers « guides spirituels » de l’enfant pourront parallèlement représenter les premiers obstacles à l’exercice de sa liberté religieuse pleine et entière suscitant un conflit entre droits parentaux et droits de l’enfant. L’État s’érige d’ailleurs en protecteur lorsque ses parents lui font courir un risque au nom même de leurs convictions religieuses. Le juge pourra aussi connaître de conflits familiaux provoqués par un désaccord religieux. Garant de l’ordre public, l’État sera parfois amené à limiter la liberté religieuse de l’enfant et de ses parents en mettant en avant la primauté d’un intérêt social tel la sauvegarde du principe de laïcité. Il apparaît donc nécessaire de considérer la question de la liberté religieuse de l’enfant à la fois dans la sphère familiale et plus largement dans la société en nous interrogeant notamment quant à l’effectivité réelle du droit de liberté religieuse de l’enfant. Comme pour tout sujet touchant aux droits de l’enfant, la recherche de l’équilibre entre liberté et protection s’inscrit sur un chemin difficile dont témoigne l’étude du droit de l’enfant à la liberté religieuse. / The right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion expressly granted to the child under article 14 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child adopted in 1989 raises many questions. Regarding his particular dependence and vulnerability, the exercise of this liberty by the child appears particularly weaken. Children’s rights are indeed threatened from all quarters, so much by public authority as by their family or by third parties, if not by the child himself. Parents, while being his first protectors and first “spiritual guides”, can also represent the first obstacle to the full exercise of the child’s freedom of religion, therefore raising a conflict between parental and children’s rights. It is to be noticed that the State establishes itselfs as the protector of the child whenever parents endanger him even in the name of religious beliefs. The judge might also intervene within family conflicts resulting from religious disagreements. Ensuring public order as well, the State will in some cases subject child’s and parents’ freedom of religion to limitations deemed necessary in regard to the primacy of a particular social interest such as the protection of secularism. It seems therefore essential to consider the question of the child’s religious freedom within the family sphere as well as, to a larger extent, within society, while questioning the effectivity of the right of the child to religious freedom. As for any subject relating to children’s rights, the search for balance between freedom and protection is engaged on a difficult path as evidenced by this study on the right of the child to religious freedom.

With the increase in unaccompanied children in 2015, it has become common to discuss the legal status of unaccompanied children. By the Swedish law persons under the age of 18 are considered to be minors and therefore have no ability to make decisions in personal matters with legally binding effects. A childs case does not always require the same seriousness as adult cases to be able to obtain a residence permit. This leads to at different asylum process for unaccompanied children who lack guardians upon arriving to Sweden. Various assessments are made for unaccompanied children that adults do not need to undergo for a residence permit. Through the legal dogmatic method, an analysis and report has been made in relation to the EU law, current Swedish laws and international commitments that affect unaccompanied childrens rights within Swedish legislation. The courts way of assessing grounds for protection, as well as how these are tried has been analyzed. The concept of unaccompanied children has been defined, but the focus on their rights in Sweden has also been reported. / I samband med ökningen av ensamkommande barn under år 2015 har det blivit ofta förekommande att diskutera ensamkommande barns rättsliga ställning. Personer som är under 18 år betraktas enligt svensk rätt som omyndiga och har därför ingen förmåga att med rättslig bindande verkan fatta beslut i personliga angelägenheter. Ett barns ärende behöver inte alltid ha samma allvar och tyngd som krävs för att vuxna personer ska kunna få uppehållstillstånd vilket leder till en annorlunda asylprocess för ensamkommande barn som saknad vårdnadshavare vid ankomsten till Sverige. Det görs olika bedömningar för ensamkommande barn som vuxna inte behöver genomgå för uppehållstillstånd. Genom den rättsdogmatiska metoden har det gjorts en analys och redogörelse i relation till EU-rätten, gällande svenska lagar och internationella åtaganden som påverkar ensamkommande barns rättigheter inom den svenska lagstiftningen. Domstolarnas sätt att bedöma skyddsgrunder samt hur dessa prövas inför domstolar har bedömts och analyserats. Begreppet ensamkommande barn har definierats men även fokus på deras rättigheter i Sverige har redogjorts.

Bien que non conçue initialement comme une Convention centrée sur l’enfant, laConvention européenne des droits de l’homme a généré, grâce à l’interprétation dynamique de laCour européenne des droits de l’homme, la jurisprudence la plus abondante de tous les instrumentsde ce type concernant les droits de l’enfant. Disposant d’un espace juridique favorable à uneinterprétation dynamique en vue de protéger les droits de l’enfant, la Cour européenne manque detexte sur lequel elle peut fonder une interprétation favorable aux droits de l’enfant. C’est ainsiqu’elle se réfère principalement à la Convention internationale des droits de l’enfant, l’instrumentde protection spécifique des droits de l’enfant le plus précis et le plus adapté. A travers lamobilisation des dispositions de la Convention internationale des droits de l’enfant et l’intégrationde la notion de l’intérêt supérieur de l’enfant contenue dans cet instrument dans son raisonnement laCour européenne utilise cette Convention comme instrument de construction de sa proprejurisprudence relative à la protection spécifique des droits de l’enfant. Mais si l’intégration de cetteConvention dans le raisonnement de la Cour européenne constitue un facteur d’harmonisation dansla mesure où elle incite les Etats membres du Conseil de l’Europe à mettre en oeuvre ce traitéinternational tout en leur fournissant une interprétation commune de ses dispositions, aucuneuniformité absolue ne s’impose. L’étude de la jurisprudence de la Cour européenne souligne savolonté croissante de faire de la Convention européenne des droits de l’homme un instrumentconventionnel subsidiaire de la protection spécifique des droits de l’enfant. / Although not originally designed as a child-centered Convention, the EuropeanConvention on Human Rights generated through the dynamic interpretation of the European Courtof Human Rights, the most abundant case law of all the instruments of this type on the rights of thechild. With a favorable legal space to protect child’s rights, the European Court lacks a text onwhich it can base an interpretation on. That is why it mainly refers to the Convention on the Rightsof the Child, which is the most detailed and the most suitable Convention for protecting child’srights specifically. Through the mobilization of the UN Convention on child's rights and theintegration of the concept of the best interest of the child contained in this instrument in itsreasoning, the European Court uses this Convention as a tool to construct its own case law on thespecific protection of child’s rights. But if the integration of this Convention in the reasoning of theEuropean Court is a factor of harmonization to the extent that it encourages the Member States ofthe Council of Europe to implement the international treaty while providing a commoninterpretation its provisions, no absolute uniformity is required. The study of the European Court’scase law underlines its growing will to make the European Convention on Human Rights asubsidiary conventional instrument to child’s rights protection.