8.4.2019

The Parliamentary Ombudsman’s National Preventive Mechanism report on segregation in mental healthcare institutions

In the period between 2015 and 2018, the Parliamentary Ombudsman’s National Preventive Mechanism has visited 12 hospitals where patients are admitted for compulsory mental healthcare. During these visits, it was…

4.4.2019

CPT’s visit to Norway

The Council of European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) has recently published a report on a visit to Norway carried out…

24.4.2018

The NPM to the Un Committee against Torture: Worried about extensive use of isolation in all sectors.

In the preparing meeting with the UN subcommittee of prevention of torture, the NPM expressed concerns about the use of isolation and similar practices in prisons, mental healthcare, child welfare institutions and police immigration detention centre.

21.3.2018

The annual report from 2017 is published

The annual report of 2017 contains lists and reports of acctivities carried out under the Parliamentary Ombudsman’s preventive mandate. Read the full report here.   …

27.2.2018

Reinsvoll Psychiatric Hospital

Read the report’s summary and recommendations in English here.

11.12.2017

Åna Prison

Read the report’s summary and recommendations in English here…

7.12.2017

The UN recommends that Norway improve the conditions for women in prison

The UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) has recently recommended that Norway increase its efforts to improve the conditions for women in prison. Several of the conditions mentioned were pointed out by the Parliamentary Ombudsman’s thematic report on women in prison from 2016.

9.11.2017

The Parliamentary Ombudsman: The Klokkergården Collective uses disturbing methods to treat young people with substance abuse and behavioural problems

The Klokkergården Collective in Hedmark, which treats young people with substance abuse and behavioural problems, uses disturbing methods, according to a report from the Parliamentary Ombudsman following a visit to the institution in June this year. ‘The pressure put on young people through the collective’s use of involuntary motivational trips is a cause for concern,’ says Parliamentary Ombudsman Aage Thor Falkanger.

24.10.2017

Inadequate documentation threatens due process protection

During a visit to the emergency psychiatric unit at Akershus University Hospital in May 2017, the Parliamentary Ombudsman found several examples of poor and incorrect documentation in administrative decisions relating to the use of force. This can make it difficult to understand why force was used and can affect the patients’ due process protection.

24.10.2017

Oslo University Hospital, psychosis treatment unit, Gaustad

The visit report is available here…