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Norway - OPCAT Situation

Updated 16.05.2013

Norway signed the OPCAT in 2003 and expressed its commitment to ratify it since then. In May 2013, the ratification of the treaty was being examined by the Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defense of the Parliament.

The role of the Ombudsman as future NPM is also being discussed.

Opcat status
OPCAT Signature September 24, 2003
UNCAT Ratification July 9, 1986
Information
Population 4 610 820
Area (sq km) 324 220
Number of prisons 47
Prison population 3 446
Quick links

CAT: Concluding Observations (February 2008)

UPR: Report of the Working Group (November 2009)

CPT: Visit Report (May 2010) and Government's Response

Commissioner for Human Rights (Council of Europe): Report (2001) and Follow Up (2001-2005)