WHO CAN REPORT VIOLATIONS ON INHERENT DIGNITY?
THE UN OFFICE OF THE HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS
How to report human right violations to the UN organs?
A report should include:
1. Full name of the victim, as well as contact information. If reporting for someone other than your self, please attach an authorization.
By failing to sign the Additional Protocol to the CRC, Norway has refused to provide children in the country with the opportunity to complain their situation to the United Nations. Nevertheless, minors can report violations on their rights, with assistance from a person 18 years of age.
2. What article(s) in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights/ treaty in question, is/are violated.
3. Name of the perpetrator (s) if available.
4. Time of abuse(s).
5. Documentation. In case you have medical reports, please attach these.
-To be sent to the committee or special rapporteur in question.
Here you find information about the most common violations committed by Norwegian social services:
HOW TO REPORT?
HOW TO REPORT HUMAN RIGHT VIOLATIONS TO THE UN
CONTACT-INFORMATION
Can I report violations on The Universal Declaration of Human Rights and it's conventions to the United Nations?
Human rights violations are serious crimes that many countries have undertaken to prevent, by signing the UN treaties with their optional protocols. Norway is one of the countries that have acknowledged this obligation, and the country has given the UN agencies the opportunity to ensure that human rights are observed.
Reports on human right-abuses can be sent to UN organs by individuals and organizations, if someones rights are violated.
UN treaties are extensions and amplifications of Human Rights.
A short overview of some of the various human rights bodies within the United Nations; The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights.
The highest position at the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, is the High Commissioner for Human Rights. The position is in 2014 possessed by Her Excellence Navanethem "Navi" Pillay.
UN Human Rights Council is the UN organ dealing with the situation in a country as a whole.
By agreeing to a "standing invitation", Norway has permitted representatives from the Human Rights Council, to inspect the country's affairs, if violations on civil liberties are reported.
The Special Rapporteurs belong to the Human Rights Council as well. Some of these deal with the situation in their respective countries, such as North Korea and Ivory Coast.
Others have thematic mandates, such as the Special Rapporteur on the Sale of Children: Special Rapporteur on sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography.
These have the opportunity to get into a dialogue with countries that are reported to the respective Special Rapporteurs.
The Human Rights Committee, however, is one of the UN treaty-bodies, who are dealing with individual complaints about violations on the various treaties. The Human Rights Committee receives complaints on violations on the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.
Practically, this means human rights violations in general.
The Committee on the Rights of the Child, is the body receiving complaints about violations on the Convention on the Rights of the Child.
The Committee on Migrant Workers deals with complaints regarding violations on the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families.
The Torture Committee processes reports of alleged torture, and has the opportunity to intervene where "torture or other inhuman treatment or punishment" is committed. Torture Convention is the treaty of the Torture Committee.
There are nine different treaty bodies.
See also the common human right violations committed by Norwegian authorities:
The UN Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearance
Have one of your family-members been abducted and brought to a secret location?
Is your family denied contact with and information about a family-member?
Enforced disappearance should be reported to The UN Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearance.
Please use the official form to the right on their home-page
"Form to submit a communication on a victim of an enforced disappearance"
Kontaktinfo til FNs Menneskerettighetsråd:
Contactinfo to the UN Human Rights Council:
Human Rights Council
Complaint and Procedure Unit
Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
United Nations Office at Geneva
CH-1211 Geneva 10
Switzerland
E-mail: CP@ohchr.org / urgent-action@ohchr.org
Fax: +41229179011
Special Rapporteur on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography,
Ms. Najat Maalla M'jid
E-mail: srsaleofchildren@ohchr.org
UN Special Rapporteur on the Independence on Judges and Lawyers
E-mail: SRindependenceJL@ohchr.org
Fax +41 22 91 79 006
Special Rapporteur on the situation of Human Rights defenders,
Mr. Michel Forst.
Urgent: E-mail: urgent-action@ohchr.org
Fax: +41229179006
Other: E-mail: defenders@ohchr.org Fax: +41229179006
c/o Office of the High Commisioner for Human Rights
Palais Wilson
United Nations Office at Geneva
CH 1211 Geneva 10
Switzerland
Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection on the right to freedom of opinion and expression
Mr. Frank La Rue
E-mail: freedex@ohchr.org
Fax: +41229179006
Palais des Nations
CH-1211 Geneva 10
Switzerland
Brudd på Konvensjonen om sivilie og politiske rettigheter (menneskerettighetsbrudd generelt) kan rapporteres til Menneskerettighetskomitéen:
Violations on The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (violations in general) can be reported to:
The UN Human Rights Committee
E-mail: ccpr@ochr.org / petitions@ohchr.org
UNOG-OHCHR
CH-1211 Geneva 10
Switzerland
Tel: +41229179261
Fax: +41229179008
Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC)
Human Rights Treaties Division (HRTD)
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)
Palais Wilson - 52, rue des Pâquis
CH-1201 Geneva
Switzerland
Post-adresse:
Mailing address:
UNOG-OHCHR
CH-1211 Geneva 10
Switzerland
Tel.: +41 22 917 91 41
Fax: +41 22 917 90 08
E-mail: crc@ohchr.org
Committee against Torture (CAT)
Human Rights Treaties Division (HRTD)
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)
Palais Wilson - 52, rue des Pâquis
CH-1201 Geneva
Switzerland
Post-adresse:
Mailing address:
UNOG-OHCHR
CH-1211 Geneva 10
Switzerland
Tel.: +41 22 917 97 06
Fax: +41 22 917 90 08
E-mail: cat@ohchr.org
Individuelle klager:
For individual complaints:
Petitions Team
Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
United Nations Office at Geneva
1211 Geneva 10
Switzerland
Fax: + 41 22 917 9022 (hastesaker) (particularly for urgent matters)
E-mail: petitions@ohchr.org
Committee on Migrant Workers (CMW)
Human Rights Treaties Division (HRTD)
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)
Palais Wilson - 52, rue des Pâquis
CH-1201 Geneva
Switzerland
Mailing address:
UNOG-OHCHR
CH-1211 Geneva 10
Switzerland
Tel +41 (0) 22 917 93 35
Fax +41 (0) 22 917 90 08
E-mail: cmw@ohchr.org
Individuelle klager:
For individual complaints:
Petitions Team
Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
United Nations Office at Geneva
1211 Geneva 10
Switzerland
Fax: + 41 22 917 9022 (hastesaker) (particularly for urgent matters)
E-mail: tb-petitions@ohchr.org
Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD)
Human Rights Treaties Division (HRTD)
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)
Palais Wilson - 52, rue des Pâquis
CH-1201 Geneva
Switzerland
Post-adresse:
Mailing address:
UNOG-OHCHR
CH-1211 Geneva 10
Switzerland
Tel.: +41 22 917 97 57
Fax: +41 22 917 90 08
E-mail: cerd@ohchr.org
Individuelle klager:
For individual complaints:
Petitions Team
Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
United Nations Office at Geneva
1211 Geneva 10
Switzerland
Fax: + 41 22 917 9022 (hastesaker)(particularly for urgent matters)
E-mail: tb-petitions@ohchr.org
Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD)
Human Rights Treaties Division (HRTD)
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)
Palais Wilson - 52, rue des Pâquis
CH-1201 Geneva
Switzerland
Post-adresse:
Mailing address:
UNOG-OHCHR
CH-1211 Geneva 10
Switzerland
Tel.: +41 22 917 97 03
Fax: +41 22 917 90 08
E-mail: crpd@ohchr.org
Individuelle klager:
For individual complaints:
Petitions Team
Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
United Nations Office at Geneva
1211 Geneva 10
Switzerland
Fax: + 41 22 917 9022 (hastesaker) (particularly for urgent matters)
E-mail: petitions@ohchr.org
Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances
c/o OHCHR-UNOG CH-1211 Geneva 10 Switzerland
Téléphone: (41-22) 917 90 00 Fax: (+41-22) 917 90 06
E-mail: wgeid@ohchr.org
