Annex to Norway’s Addendum to the Report of the Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review 26 August 2019 Safeguarding the right to private and family life 147 148 149 150 Ensure that parental rights and right to private and family life are respected in accordance with international and regional human rights standards (Bangladesh); Provide protection and support for the family as a natural and fundamental unit of society (Egypt); Ensure that the right to family life is duly recognized (Turkey); Ensure that the deprivation of parental rights are subject to adequate safeguards and applied as a measure of last resort, bearing in mind the needs and best interests of the child, in accordance with international law (Brazil); Accepted. Accepted, already implemented. Ensuring equal access to healthcare, education and the labour market, and human rights education 151 Take further steps to promote and protect the right to health for all, including by addressing special needs of people with minority backgrounds and improving the mental health of children and young people (Thailand); 152 Strengthen efforts to ensure equal access to healthcare for people belonging to vulnerable groups, including ethnic minorities and persons with disabilities (Viet Nam); Guarantee the right and access to healthcare for transgender people (Spain); Ensure equal access to education for all, including upper secondary education, without discrimination on any grounds (Bahamas); 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 13 Ensure inclusive education targeting those belonging to vulnerable groups, such as children from ethnic minorities and children with disabilities (India); Take additional measures to ensure the full enjoyment of the right to education by children with a migrant background (Portugal); Reduce the school drop-out rate for children of parents with a migrant background and children of parents with a low level of education (Algeria); Integrate human rights education into its national school curricula (Portugal); Continue efforts to achieve gender equality in education and in the labour market, including the incorporation of women belonging to minorities and that Accepted, already implemented. The Norwegian health services are universal and designed to include everyone regardless of their background. The Government has recently presented a plan for stepping up efforts to improve the mental health of children and young people, including those with a minority background. Accepted. Partially accepted. All children who are expected to reside in Norway for more than three months have the right to education. The right to upper secondary education is not, however, granted to young people who do not have a residence permit in Norway. Accepted. Partially accepted. See 154. Accepted.

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