NORWAY: Children's Ombudsperson

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Summary: Information about institutions in Norway that monitor children's rights.

Children's Ombudsperson

Norway has a specific Ombudsman for Children under the Act 5 of 6 March 1981. The Committee on the Rights of the Child expressed regret, however, that recent reforms had not extended to the inclusion of a power to receive complaints from children within the mandate of the Ombudsman.

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