The charity Shared Parenting Scotland expressed concern over the UN investigation, claiming the approach was based on “generalised assertions that are not well founded” and presented an “incomplete, inaccurate and prejudicial picture of a very important and serious issue”.
It added: “Our experience, supported by a number of recent Scottish and English court decisions, is that the unjustified rejection of one parent due to the intentional or unwitting influence of the other parent does happen in some families after separation … We know of both fathers and mothers in Scotland who have been rejected in this manner.”