Stine Sofie's Foundation () is a Norway-based
children's rights
Children's rights or the rights of children are a subset of human rights with particular attention to the rights of special protection and care afforded to minors. charity formed to give support to victims of
child abuse
Child abuse (also called child endangerment or child maltreatment) is physical abuse, physical, child sexual abuse, sexual, emotional and/or psychological abuse, psychological maltreatment or Child neglect, neglect of a child, especially by a p ...
or other forms of violence towards children. It also works towards assisting the abused child and their relatives, as well as campaigning and influencing the authorities to strengthen the rule of law and
due process
Due process of law is application by the state of all legal rules and principles pertaining to a case so all legal rights that are owed to a person are respected. Due process balances the power of law of the land and protects the individual p ...
for children on a national level.
It is named after Stine Sofie Sørstrønen, one of the victims of the notorious
Baneheia child murders in May 2000.
References
External links
Official website
Crisis hotlines
Organizations established in 2000
Foundations based in Norway
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