Recommendations in the Annual Report to Parliament for 2022
The recommendations presented in the Annual Report to Parliament represent a small selection of issues that raise important human rights questions, to which NIM believes Parliament should pay particular attention.
Drug use and human rights
This is an English summary of the Norwegian report “Rus og menneskerettigheter”. The report covers human rights issues within three areas: The use of punishment in response to drug use; Health and care services for people using drugs; Legal protection against discrimination for people using drugs.
About the wind farms on Fosen and the Supreme Court judgment
There has been considerable national and international attention regarding the protests against the wind farms at Fosen and the Supreme Courts ruling. Here is a brief summary of the case, and NIMs work regarding it.
NIM’s supplementary report to CEDAW
NIM has submitted the report ahead of the Committee’s assessment of Norway in February. The availability of crisis centres (shelters), investigation and prosecution of violence against women, and violence against vulnerable groups of women are some of the topics in the report.
Municipalities in Norway and Human Rights
The full report in Norwegian is available here. Municipalities in Norway have an independent responsibility to protect and promote human rights and they play a key role in safeguarding many human rights in practice. Municipalities are responsible for implementing human rights obligations in areas such as child welfare, care for the elderly and in primary […]
Human Rights Protection against Interference in Traditional Sami Areas
The subject of this report is the legal protection of indigenous peoples and minorities against interference (in the form of for example development projects) in their traditional areas, as enshrined in international human rights law and Norwegian law. Read the report “Human Rights Protection against Interference in Traditional Sami Areas” online here.
The Human Rights Framework for Children’s Right to Protection Aagainst Violence, Abuse and Neglect
This report reviews the human rights framework for children’s right to protection against violence, abuse and neglect. The full report in Norwegian is available here. Chapter 1 of the report introduces the backdrop for and the purpose of the report. Neglect and violence and abuse of children are serious social problems which have major consequences […]
Why Does the ECtHR Find Human Rights Violations in Cases Concerning the Norwegian Child Welfare Services
This is an english summary of the report “Hvorfor dømmes Norge i EMD? En statusrapport om barnevernsfeltet”, originally published in Norwegian in December 2020.
A Human Rights-Based Approach to Sámi Statistics in Norway
In this report, NIM reviews the human rights framework in relation to the collection of Sámi statistics.
Compilation of UN recommendations to Norway 2017-2020
The report has been updated with the latest recommendations up until march 2020.