Norwegian Helsinki Committee

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Norwegian Helsinki Committee
Den norske Helsingforskomité
NicknameNHC
Established1977
HeadquartersOslo
Location
  • Norway
Secretary-general
Berit Lindeman
Websitenhc.no

The Norwegian Helsinki Committee (Den norske Helsingforskomité) is a Norwegian human rights non-governmental organization based in Oslo. It was founded in 1977 following the adoption of the Helsinki Accords. It works to ensure that human rights are respected in practice. It was affiliated with the now defunct International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights.

Objective

The Norwegian Helsinki Committee was founded following the adoption of the

personal security.[1]

Activity

The work of the Norwegian Helsinki Committee is particularly concerned with states in Europe, Central Asia and North America. In the later years the international work has focused particularly on former

Western Balkans, i.e. the countries of the former Yugoslavia and Albania
. Central parts of its activity include monitoring and reporting of human rights violations, human rights education
elections in a wide range of countries, as well as arranged for international election monitoring in Norway.[3]

In addition, the Committee aims at influencing the opinion and authorities concerning current issues, through media statements and participation in the public debate, and putting human rights issues on the public agenda through its own webpage, annual reports and newsletters. The Norwegian Helsinki Committee participates in meetings in the

Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), the Council of Europe and the United Nations. In the recent years, it has also been occupied with promoting the use of international judicial institutions like the European Court of Human Rights and the International Criminal Court
in individual cases of principal importance.

Until it was closed down in 2008, the Norwegian Helsinki Committee was affiliated with the International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights, which was a self-governing group of 44 national Helsinki Committees and associated organizations in Europe, Central Asia and North America.

References

  1. ^ "Den norske Helsingforskomité" [The Norwegian Helsinki Committee]. Nhc.no. Retrieved 2015-04-17.
  2. ^ "Build Bridges not Walls: the role of the Universities in Peacebuilding". Mladiinfo.com. 15 July 2012. Archived from the original on 2013-10-20. Retrieved 2015-04-17.
  3. osce.org
    . 2009-08-04. Retrieved 2015-04-17.

External links

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