LawTransform

Bergen Exchanges On Law & Social Transformation 2025 Every year, the Bergen Exchanges on Law and Social Transformation brings together scholars, lawyers, activists and policymakers from a...

Recap Day 5 of
The final day of BeEx2025 focused on how children’s rights can shape the future of welfare systems. Sessions addressed global attitudes and adherence to children’s rights, constitutional recognition of children’s rights, children’s participation and access to justice, and legal accountability. Today’s keynote speaker lectured on how courts apply the best interest of the child, comparing global approaches, focusing on shared values and local differences. During the book launch session, the European human rights rulings on Norwegian child protection, sparked broader discussions on legal and policy reform. In the closing remarks, PhD-course participants from Effects of Lawfare: courts and law as battlegrounds for social change gathered for a last roundtable, exchanging learning experiences. In this roundtable they discuss challenges and possibilities of co-creating digital and academic spaces, rethinking hierarchies, and integrating critical perspectives into legal and social science education and research.

The BeEx team thanks every single participant, volunteer and attendee for making this year’s conference such an amazing experience of learning and unity! 😍🥰🙌