CRIN - Child Rights Information Network - Organisations - Nordiske Komiteen for Menneskerettigheter, avd. Norge

Further details: The Nordic Committee for Human Rights (NCHR) is an international, non-governmental organisation, free from politics and religion. It aims to:

* Increase the rights and freedoms of private individuals and their families.

* Strengthen respect for basic human rights and fundamental freedoms in the Nordic countries, based upon:

o The UN Declaration of Human Rights;

o The European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms;

o The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.

* Submit yearly reports of suspected violations of families' rights to the UN organ for Human Rights, to the European Commission for Human Rights and to the UN Child Committee.

* Act resolutely to ensure that civil servants who are found guilty of abuse of power or of violating their fellow citizen's private and family life be brought to justice or before disciplinary bodies.

* To create public opinion in order to bring about changes in the present policies whereby residents in the Nordic countries suffer unnecessary interference in their private and family life.

Operational level: International

Organisation type: NGO - non governmental organisation

Organisation mandate: Work with media and press

Areas of expertise: Children and participation, Children without parental care, Individual cases of violations, Refugee and unaccompanied children, Reporting to and monitoring the CRC, Rights based programming

Countries in which this organisation works: Norway

Other organisations based in Norway:

Organisations working in similar fields:

Last updated 02/10/2009 09:28:20

CRIN does not accredit or validate any of our member organisations. The views and activities of our members do not necessarily reflect the views or activities of CRIN's coordination team.