Background information about Norway:
- BBC country profile: Norway
- Governments on the WWW: Norway
- politicalresources.net: Norway
- OHCHR country page on Norway
- UPR documentation on Norway
Universal Periodic Review
Norway was examined under the Human Rights Council's Universal Periodic Review mechanism during the 6th session of the UPR Working Group on 2 December 2009.
- UPR documentation on Norway, including outcome report
Treaty Bodies
Forthcoming
Committee Against Torture
Norway will be examined by the UN Committee Against Torture (CAT) - which is responsible for monitoring the implementation of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment - at its 49th session, 29 October - 23 November 2012.
Recent
Human Rights Committee (civil and political rights)
Norway was examined by the Country Report Task Forces of the UN Human Rights Committee (HRC) - which is responsible for monitoring the implementation of civil and political rights as defined in the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights - at its 101st session, 11 March - 1 April 2011, in New York. This was in preparation for a full examination to be conducted by the HRC at a future session.
Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women
Norway was examined by the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) - which is responsible for monitoring the implementation of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women - at its 51st session, 13 February - 2 March 2012, in New York.
Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
Norway was examined by the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination - which is responsible for monitoring the implementation of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination - at its 78th session, 14 February - 11 March 2011, in Geneva.
Committee on the Rights of the Child
Norway was examined by the Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) - which is responsible for monitoring the implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child - at its 53rd session, 11-29 January 2010 in Geneva.
Special Procedures
UN Independent Expert on foreign debt and human rights, Mr Cephas Lumina, visited Norway and Ecuador from 28 April to 8 May 2009.
- UN expert urges countries to acknowledge shared responsibility for debt, drawing lessons from Norway and Ecuador - press release, 12 May 2009
