Annual report 2021
The Parliamentary Ombud Hanne Harlem submitted the annual reports for 2021 to the first Vice President of the Storting, Svein Harberg
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New visit report – Oslo Police Custody
In this study, the Parliamentary Ombud has examined how children’s rights are safeguarded when children are arrested by the police and placed in police custody. The background for the study…
Sharing our insights on extraterritorial prison agreements
Between 2015 and 2018, Norwegian authorities hired extraterritorial prison services from the Dutch authorities at Norgerhaven prison in the Netherlands. The National Preventative Mechanism (NPM) at the Parliamentary Ombud visited the prison in 2016 and was highly critical to the agreement. In February 2022 we were invited to share our experiences at an international conference in Kosovo.
New visit report – Group Homes for Adults with Developmental Disabilities
The Parliamentary Ombudsman’s National Prevention Mechanism (NPM) visited three group homes housing adults with developmental disabilities in the municipality of Drammen in November 2020. The group homes were of varying…
New visit report – Åsgardstrand Elderly Care Home
The Norwegian Parliamentary Ombuds’s National Prevention Mechanism (NPM) visited Åsgårdstrand Elderly Care Home in Horten Municipality in December 2020. Åsgårdstrand is a public care home and is run by the…
New visit report – Høyås Residential Elderly Care and Rehabilitation Centre
The Norwegian Parliamentary Ombud’s National Prevention Mechanism (NPM) visited Høyås Residential Elderly Care and Rehabilitation Centre, Nordre Follo Municipality in October 2020. At the time of the visit, the care…
We have a new name
As of 1 July 2021, when the new Parliamentary Ombud Act comes into force, the Parliamentary Ombud will start using its new name – Sivilombudet. The old name was Parliamentary Ombudsman – Sivilombudsmannen.
Visit to elderly care homes by the Norwegian National Preventive Mechanism
By: Hanne Harlem, the Norwegian Parliamentary Ombudsman and the National Preventive Mechanism
This article was first published in Norwegian in Kommunal Rapport May 6th, 2021.
Article from annual report 2020 – Children’s Rights in Mental Healthcare Should Be Better Safeguarded
During the year, the Parliamentary Ombudsman published three reports from visits to hospital departments where children and adolescents can be admitted without their consent.1 The visit reports show…
Article from annual report 2020 – Increased Isolation and Stricter Conditions in Prison During the COVID-19 Pandemic
In the spring of 2020, the Ombudsman’s Preventive Mechanism (NPM) has investigated the consequences of the pandemic on inmates in several prisons. The investigation concluded that many inmates…