6.5.2022

New visit report – Homes for Adults with Developmental Disabilities in the Municilipality of Hamar

In October 2021, the Parliamentary Ombud’s National Preventive Mechanism visited adults with developmental disabilities living in the Municipality of Hamar receiving an around the clock service. Five people lived in…

1.4.2022

Annual report 2021

The Parliamentary Ombud Hanne Harlem submitted the annual reports for 2021 to the first Vice President of the Storting, Svein Harberg

28.3.2022

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…

14.3.2022

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.  

15.10.2021

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…

13.9.2021

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…

8.9.2021

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…

9.7.2021

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.

8.7.2021

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.

26.4.2021

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…