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.
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 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.
Read the summary of NIMs event at COP27 “Taking stock of climate change”, where recent breakthroughs in human rights climate protection were discussed.
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 […]
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.
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 […]
ENNHRI calls for an immediate cessation of the armed attack on Ukraine by the Russian Federation in accordance with the principles of international law, humanitarian law and human rights law, and urges the Russian government to implement the interim measures granted by the European Court of Human Rights.
In an open letter, NIM and 116 other National Human Rights Institutions (NHRIs) call on the participating States at COP26 to commit to greater emissions reductions to protect the human rights to life and health.
Policy director, Jenny Sandvig, senior advisor Pete Dawson, and advisor Hannah Brænden will represent NIM at COP26 in Glasgow this week.