Annual Report on Norway's Efforts to Promote Human Rights 2004/2005 Annual Report on Norway's Efforts to Promote Human Rights

This Annual Report seeks to provide a broad presentation of the Norwegian Government’s efforts to promote human rights. Since every Ministry is responsible for the implementation of human rights in its sphere of activity, the report is based on information provided by the various ministries concerned. Efforts have been made to update the information to October 2005. The information is structured on the basis of the different rights and international implementation mechanisms. Domestic and international conditions are described in the same section to show how they are interlinked. The structure adopted in earlier reports has largely been maintained. However, unlike previous reports, Norway’s accession to new human rights instruments and its incorporation of conventions are described in the appropriate thematic sections.