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Recommendations to the Norwegian Government on Human Rights in 2003

15 organizations from the “Norwegian NGO Forum” has made recommendations on human rights issues which the Norwegian Government should focus on in this year´s meeting in the UN Human Rights Commission. One of the issues is the situation for civilians in Iraq in case of a war. (20 February, 2003)

Published: February 20, 2003

“Norwegian NGO Forum” has made recommendations on human rights issues which the Norwegian Government should focus on in this year´s meeting in the UN Human Rights Commission. One of the issues is the situation for civilians in Iraq in case of a war. (20 February, 2003)

The following 15 organizations from the NGO Forum have signed the recommendations:

Antirasistisk senter
Amnesty International Norway
Church of Norway Council on Ecumenical and International Relations
Human Rights House Foundation
Norwegian Council for the Rights of the Kurdish People
Norwegian Peoples Aid
Norwegian Psychological Association’s Human Rights Committee
Norwegian Refugee Council
Save the Children Norway
Norwegian Helsinki Committee
Norwegian Humanist Association
Norwegian PEN
Norwegian Organisation for Asylum Seekers
Norwegian Tibet Committee
World View Rights

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