Climate and Human Rights
Laws and regulations Climate Change Act. Act of 16 June 2017 no. 60 on climate targets. Equality and Anti-Discrimination Act: Act of 16 June 2017 no. 51 relating to equality and a prohibition against discrimination. NIM Act: Act of 22 May 2015 no. 33 relating to the Norwegian National Human Rights Institution. Nature Diversity Act: […]
The United Nations recommends that all States have a National Human Rights Institution to protect and promote human rights within their jurisdiction. In Norway, the National Human Rights Institution is called “Norges Institusjon for Menneskerettigheter” or “NIM” for short. We are headquartered in Oslo and have a second office in Kautokeino, with a total of […]
In this report, NIM reviews the human rights framework in relation to the collection of Sámi statistics.
In this report we identify what the Metaverse is and what it may become, as well as what this could entail for people, society, politics and human rights. This report is the result of a collaboration between the Norwegian Board of Technology and the Norwegian National Human Rights Institution.
The Metaverse and Human Rights
Andrae, Anders S. G. (2022) Net global effect of digital – power and carbon. Conference, Future societies – digitalization and energy demand. Retrieved from: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/359267867_Net_global_effect_of_digital_-_power_and_carbon Ball, Matthew (2022) The Metaverse, And How it Will Revolutionize Everything. Liveright Publishing Corporation, New York. Brown, Sara (2022) What Second Life and Roblox can teach us about the metaverse. […]
Climate and Human Rights
Environmental rights also include procedural rights. The procedural rights are not about the content of decisions, but they place certain requirements on the procedure in climate and environmental cases. 7.1. Introduction The main category of procedural rights is what one might call participatory rights. Participatory rights include the right to environmental information, the right to […]
Climate and Human Rights
Over the past few decades, climate change has truly begun to materialise. The world has seen a significant increase in extreme weather, heatwaves, droughts and floods. This has serious consequences for a significant portion of the world’s population. 8.1. Introduction According to the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), there is a risk that […]
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. While existing legal protection is not always strong enough to prevent traditional Sami areas in Norway from […]
The report draws up a broad legal picture, which shows how the international provisions are interpreted in international human rights bodies, in Norwegian courts and in the Norwegian public administration.
Canary in the Coal Mine
Norwegian legal sources Laws and regulations Transparency Act: Act of 18 June 2021 no. 99 relating to enterprises’ transparency and work on fundamental human rights and decent working conditions. Climate Change Act. Act of 16 June 2017 no. 60 on climate targets. NIM Act: Act of 22 May 2015 no. 33 relating to the Norwegian […]