THE CHILDREN’S COMMITTEE SPECIALLY THANKED CHILDREN FROM NORWAY
May 2025
On 12-13th of May, the Norwegian authorities responded to questions from the committee in Geneva. The committee had taken the input from children under 18 in Norway very seriously. The committee justified several of its questions with knowledge from children, in the reports from the Children’s Committee. They thanked children in Norway in particular for having informed the committee in engaging ways. Tavar and Glorija from CF followed the reporting, to follow how the views of children were important in the hearing.
Norway’s reporting began more than a year ago. Civil society and children have contributed all the way. Changefactory has sent reports to the committee in two rounds, on the status of how children’s rights are secured in Norway, from the perspective of different groups of children in vulnerable life situations, in kindergarten and in school. In February, young people under 18 from the Children’s Committee participated in a pre-session, where they presented the reports and received questions from members of the Children’s Committee.
The committee asked questions about:
🤩How Norway intends to ensure that children’s views are included when laws are made
🤩Why Norway has not secured children’s procedural rights in all laws that apply to children
🤩Why Norway has not secured children’s rights better in barnahus
🤩How Norway intends to secure children’s rights in the health laws
THANK YOU to the Children’s Committee for taking children in Norway seriously🥳
