NIMs participation at COP28
NIM’s director, Adele Matheson Mestad, is participating in COP28 to promote an appeal to delegations from 120 national human rights institutions and contribute to meaningful discussions on climate and human rights.
Oral statement before the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights
Read the oral statement made before the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights here.
The Metaverse and Human rights
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.
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.
Taking stock of human rights climate protection
Read the summary of NIMs event at COP27 “Taking stock of climate change”, where recent breakthroughs in human rights climate protection were discussed.
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.