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Recommended measures (1)

• Type of action: Practices and guidelinesLaws and regulationsResourcesResponsible ministries: Ministry of Justice and Public Security
  The Committee reiterates its recommendation (see CAT/C/NOR/CO/6-7, para. 10) that the State party should abolish the use of police detention cells beyond the 48-hour term …

Recommended measures (1)

• Type of action: Practices and guidelinesLaws and regulationsResponsible ministries: Ministry of Justice and Public Security
  The State party should ensure that all persons deprived of their liberty are afforded in law and in practice all fundamental legal safeguards from the …

Recommended measures (4)

• Type of action: Statistics and researchResponsible ministries: Ministry of Justice and Public Security
  The State party should systematically collect comprehensive data about victims of trafficking and report them to the Committee in its next periodic report.
• Type of action: Policies, strategies, and action plansResponsible ministries: Ministry of Justice and Public Security
  The State party should adopt a human rights-based approach in its efforts to combat trafficking, and prioritize the prevention of trafficking and retrafficking, the protection …
• Type of action: Practices and guidelinesAwareness-raising and disseminationResponsible ministries: Ministry of Justice and Public Security
  The State party should create a uniform national system for identifying and following up on women victims of trafficking, ensuring the continuity of rights and …
• Type of action: Laws and regulationsPolicies, strategies, and action plansResponsible ministries: Ministry of Justice and Public Security
  The State party should revise immigration policies to ensure that laws and policies on the deportation of foreign women are not applied in a discriminatory …

Recommended measures (3)

• Type of action: Laws and regulationsResponsible ministries: Ministry of Justice and Public SecurityMinistry of Local Government and Modernisation
  The State party should amend section 291 of the Penal Code in order to ensure that the lack of free consent is at the centre …
• Type of action: Training and capacity buildingResponsible ministries: Ministry of Justice and Public SecurityMinistry of Local Government and Modernisation
  The State party should strengthen the capacity and training of the police, prosecutors and judges to investigate and prosecute more effectively cases of violence against …
• Type of action: Policies, strategies, and action plansStatistics and researchConsultationResponsible ministries: Ministry of Justice and Public SecurityMinistry of Local Government and Modernisation
  The State party should investigate the root causes and develop an action plan aimed at the prevention of, protection from and addressing violence, including sexual …

Recommended measures (9)

• Type of action: Policies, strategies, and action plansResponsible ministries: Ministry of Justice and Public Security
  The State party should develop and implement comprehensive measures for the prevention and elimination of gender-based violence against women and girls, in particular domestic violence …
• Type of action: Training and capacity buildingResponsible ministries: Ministry of Justice and Public Security
  The State party should strengthen the capacity of the police, prosecutors and judges on the strict application of relevant criminal law provisions and gender-sensitive investigations …
• Type of action: Training and capacity buildingResponsible ministries: Ministry of Justice and Public Security
  The State party should systematically implement gender training and capacity-building for judges and lay judges in criminal cases involving gender-based violence, in line with the …
• Type of action: Statistics and researchResponsible ministries: Ministry of Justice and Public Security
  The State party should collect and report to the Committee disaggregated data on the number of: (i) Cases of violence against women that have been investigated …
• Type of action: Policies, strategies, and action plansStatistics and researchResourcesResponsible ministries: Ministry of Justice and Public SecurityMinistry of Local Government and Modernisation
  The State party should devise an action plan for enhanced prevention, protection and redress of gender-based violence, in particular sexual violence, against Sami women and …
• Type of action: Laws and regulationsResponsible ministries: Ministry of Justice and Public Security
  The State party should adopt a legal definition of rape in the Penal Code that places lack of free consent at its centre, in line …
• Type of action: Policies, strategies, and action plansResponsible ministries: Ministry of Justice and Public Security
  The State party should accelerate the development and adoption of a new national plan of action against rape and sexual violence.
• Type of action: ResourcesPractices and guidelinesResponsible ministries: Ministry of Children and Families
  The State party should provide sufficient numbers of shelters for women victims of violence to avoid the need for the relocation of women victims in …
• Type of action: Practices and guidelinesResponsible ministries: Ministry of Justice and Public Security
  The State party should take the necessary measures to overcome the existing practical and legal impediments surrounding reverse attack alarm systems in order to enhance …

Recommended measures (5)

• Type of action: Policies, strategies, and action plansConsultationResponsible ministries: Ministry of Justice and Public Security
  The State party should proceed with plans to launch a new national plan of action to eliminate violence against women and girls, with a focus …
• Type of action: Laws and regulationsResponsible ministries: Ministry of Justice and Public Security
  The State party should amend section 291 of the Penal Code to ensure that the lack of free consent is at the centre of the …
• Type of action: Awareness-raising and disseminationResponsible ministries: Ministry of Justice and Public Security
  The State party should facilitate the reporting of rape and gender-based violence cases by, inter alia, systematically informing women and girls of their rights and …
• Type of action: Awareness-raising and disseminationTraining and capacity buildingPractices and guidelinesResponsible ministries: Ministry of Justice and Public Security
  The State party should strengthen its efforts to raise public awareness of the adverse impact of sexual and gender-based violence. Continue to train judges, prosecutors …
• Type of action: Statistics and researchPolicies, strategies, and action plansResponsible ministries: Ministry of Justice and Public Security
  The State party should investigate further the root causes of higher levels of violence against women in the Sami community. Take effective measures to address …