This is an english summary of the report “Hvorfor dømmes Norge i EMD? En statusrapport om barnevernsfeltet”, originally published in Norwegian in December 2020.
This report is an updated and revised English version of the report “Klima og menneskerettigheter”, published by the Norwegian Institution for Human Rights (NIM) in October 2020.
Event Details When: Wednesday 28 April 2021, 10:00 to 11:30 Central European Summer Time (CEST), 18:00 to 19:30 Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST), 20:00 to 21:30 New Zealand Standard Time (NZST) Where: This event will take place on Zoom, please register here: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_GAmzXs1CRgGCX2o_cJicNg Organisers: The Norwegian National Human Rights Institution and the Sámi Parliament of Norway. […]
In this report, NIM reviews the human rights framework in relation to the collection of Sámi statistics.
The report has been updated with the latest recommendations up until march 2020.
Natural resource development in indigenous areas, including the construction of wind parks as part of the national renewable energy initiative, raises several human rights issues. In June 2019, NIM arranged a seminar in Karasjok together with Norway’s National Contact Point for Responsible Business Conduct to discuss the impacts of natural resource development on the Sámi people and the responsibility of businesses to respect human rights. This is the report from the seminar.
Despite Norway’s relatively strong human rights record, there are still several human rights challenges that need to be addressed by the Norwegian authorities.
In this report, we wish to clarify State authorities’ human rights obligations to prevent, combat and investigate violence and abuse where the person exposed to violence or abuse is Sámi. The report also examines the situation today to better understand the challenges that prevent Sámi victims of violence from receiving adequate help and the measures implemented by Norwegian authorities to remedy this problem. We point out deficiencies in the State’s compliance with its obligation to secure the rights and freedoms of the people within its jurisdiction and make a number of recommendations for improvement.
The Norwegian Human Rights Institution (NIM) is an independent public body established by the Norwegian Parliament in 2015 to strengthen the implementation of human rights in Norway.
Norway has a strong record of protecting and promoting human rights and is party to the vast majority of international human rights conventions.