The Role of Human Rights in Norwegian Foreign and Development Policy
Report | Date: 01/02/2010 | Ministry of Foreign Affairs
The report does not attempt to provide a complete overview of human rights-related activities in the period concerned. It is based on the priorities set out in the Government's policy platform that are particularly relevant to human rights.
The report primarily gives examples of Norway's priority areas and initiatives from the period 2006-2008, but in certain areas it has been updated up to the time of publication, i.e. June 2009. The report does not attempt to provide a complete overview of human rights-related activities in the period concerned. It is based on the priorities set out in the Government's policy platform that are particularly relevant to human rights, which are as follows:
I. A stronger international legal order
II. Democracy and the principles of the rule of law
III. Peace, reconciliation and transitional justice
IV. Economic and social development
June 2009
The Role of Human Rights in Norwegian Foreign and Development Policy (pdf, 02/2010)