On Thursday morning, the government held a press conference about the bill. According to the bill, the social welfare committee will be able to make decisions that would require children and young people to submit to drug tests or to stay at home during certain hours.
"We are strongly critical of these proposals," says Erik Ulnes.
"We believe that they go against children's rights."
Focus on punishment
UNICEF is also critical of the government's line:
"We see that it is a shift from the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Children need support and protection. Children should be able to return to society," says Li Melander, child rights lawyer at UNICEF Sweden.
"The proposals that have come forward today are exactly the opposite. It is coercion. We don't see how it can achieve the results that the government wants," she continues.
Foot shackle for young people
In order for the new tools in the bill to work, there is also another proposal for electronic ankle shackles for young people. That is something the National Board of Health and Welfare, among others, has been critical of, saying it is an overly intrusive measure for young people who are not suspected or convicted of a crime.
"We cannot afford in society to wrongly perform such an incredibly invasive procedure on a single child," says Li Melander.
"It is a problem that parents refuse support interventions, but there is no evidence that forcing parents to take action with the threat of a fine helps the children," says Erik Ulnes.
