Body searches – balancing security and dignity
31.3.2017
All of the sectors visited by the National Preventive Mechanism (NPM) conduct body searches. In many cases, these measures involve…
Articles related to prevention of torture
Institutional culture and management: risk or protection?
31.3.2017
The Parliamentary Ombudsman has found in connection with its prevention efforts that institutional culture and management can play an important…
The right to information
31.3.2017
All persons who are deprived of their liberty have a right to and need for good, understandable information. Access to…
The conditions for women in prison in Norway
31.3.2017
In December 2016, the Parliamentary Ombudsman published its first thematic report under its OPCAT mandate. ‘Women in prison’ is a…
Trandum
28.3.2017
The report was published on 22 September 2017.
Visit to the police immigration detention centre at Trandum
28.3.2017
On the morning of Tuesday 28 March 2017, the Parliamentary Ombudsman's National Preventive Mechanism (NPM) initiated an unannounced visit to…
The visit to emergency institution for young people shows the need for clearer procedures for conducting body searches
22.3.2017
After a visit to the child welfare service’s emergency institution for young people, the Parliamentary Ombudsman calls for, among other…
The serving of sentences in the Netherlands is in violation of Norway’s human rights obligations
14.3.2017
‘Inmates who are transferred to Norgerhaven Prison are not guaranteed adequate protection against torture and inhuman or degrading treatment.’ This…
Visit to Juvenile Unit East of Ullersmo Prison
7.2.2017
The Parliamentary Ombudsman’s National Preventive Mechanism (NPM) has today started its visit to Juvenile Unit East, a prison for juvenile…
Meeting with the Nordic NPMs in Helsinki
26.1.2017
The Finnish Ombudsman hosted a meeting gathering representatives from the Nordic NPMs in Helsinki…
Nordic Ombudsmen letter regarding the establishment of the NPM Observatory
7.12.2016
The five Nordic Ombudsmen have written a joint letter to the UN Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture (SPT) outlining their…
First annual meeting of NPMs in the OSCE region
25.10.2016
A gathering for national preventive mechanisms in the OSCE region was organized on 13 and 14 October 2016 in Vienna.