27/05/2010 //
Norway welcomes the decision of the Russian State Duma to approve ratifcation of Protocol No. 14 to the European Convention on Human Rights.
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27/05/2010 //
A conference on the future of the European Court of Human Rights will be organised in February 2010 in Interlaken, Switzerland. Its purpose will be to draw up a roadmap for the future development of the Court, which celebrates its 50th anniversary this year - with no less than over 100,000 cases pending before it.
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The European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) issued its fourth report on Norway 11 April 2006.
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27/03/2008 //
Terry Davis, Secretary General of the Council of Europe, and Jonas Gahr Støre, the Norwegian Minister of Foreign Affairs, signed on March 14, 2008, in Oslo, an agreement between Norway, the Council of Europe and the Council of Europe Development Bank for the creation of a Human Rights Trust Fund. The main purpose of the Fund is to support national efforts of Member States in implementing the Eu...
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