New visit report-Jong Youth Home
The Parliamentary Ombudsman’s National Preventive Mechanism made an unannounced visit to Jong Youth Home on 25–26 September 2019. Jong Youth Home is a state-run child welfare institution that can receive…
Articles related to prevention of torture
New visit raport – Stendi Nymogården Child Welfare Institution
Representatives from the Parliamentary Ombudsman’s National Preventive Mechanism visited the Stendi Nymogården Child Welfare Institution from 12 to 14 November 2019. …
The use of restraint beds in prisons pose a significant risk of breaching the prohibition against inhumane treatment
Placing an inmate in a restraint bed is one of the most serious coercion methods that Norwegian prisons can use. The Parliamentary Ombudsman has investigated the use of restraint beds in prisons in the period 2013-2018 and recommends in a Special Report that restraint beds should be abolished entirely.
A newsletter from the European NPM Forum
The European NPM Forum har recently published the European NPM Newsletter new series issue no. 6 (March-April 2020) produced by the newly established Torture Prevention Unit within the Council of…
Covid-19 Pandemic: Prevention of inhuman treatment of persons deprived of their liberty
Persons deprived of their liberty are, for various reasons, particularly at risk in the situation that arise from the Covid-19 pandemic. This concerns persons detained in institutions such as prisons,…
Annual reports for 2019 delivered to the Parliament
The Parliamentary Ombudsman submitted its annual reports for 2019 to the President of the Parliament, Tone W. Trøen. Every year, the Parliamentary Ombudsman submits two annual reports to the Parliament.
Follow-up of implementation of the Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights – the NPM provided a parallel report.
Recently there was a hearing in Geneva where the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR) considered Norway’s implementation of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.
Exchanging experiences with colleagues from the Republic of Moldova
Tuesday 10 December the NPM received a visit from a delegation consisting of members of the People’s Advocate Office and Council for the Prevention of Torture of the Republic of…
Visit report Humana child welfare, Jessheim section and Hol gård section
Read the report`s summary and recomendations en english here…
Visit report Buskerud and Vestfold emergency youth centre, Barkåker 2019
Read the report`s summary and recomendations en english here…