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
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148
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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);
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154
155
156
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159
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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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