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On the contrary, they should be a call to the international community to step up its efforts to promote and defend human rights.
On the contrary, they should be a call to the international community to step up its efforts to promote and defend human rights.
Human right defenders at risk
Human right defenders at risk
When pressure on human rights increases, so does the pressure on human rights defenders.
When pressure on human rights increases, so does the pressure on human rights defenders.
You are often the first target of repression.
You are often the first target of repression.
The price you pay can be high.
The price you pay can be high.
Human rights defenders continue to be victims of assassinations, disappearances, arbitrary detentions, torture, death threats and harassments.
Human rights defenders continue to be victims of assassinations, disappearances, arbitrary detentions, torture, death threats and harassments.
In some cases, your families and friends also become targets.
In some cases, your families and friends also become targets.
How can we respond?
How can we respond?
As State Secretary, one of the challenges I face is finding ways of influencing states in which the human rights situation is worsening.
As State Secretary, one of the challenges I face is finding ways of influencing states in which the human rights situation is worsening.
It is crucial that change comes from within.
It is crucial that change comes from within.
But we have an obligation to support and protect those who are working so hard to bring about change.
But we have an obligation to support and protect those who are working so hard to bring about change.
Norway remains committed to supporting human rights defenders.
Norway remains committed to supporting human rights defenders.
You are key partners in our efforts to promote and protect human rights.
You are key partners in our efforts to promote and protect human rights.
You make sure that human rights are always high on our agenda.
You make sure that human rights are always high on our agenda.
And you remind us of our duty to act, and the cost of inaction.
And you remind us of our duty to act, and the cost of inaction.
In Norway, we are currently revising our guidelines for how we can best support human rights defenders.
In Norway, we are currently revising our guidelines for how we can best support human rights defenders.
Our aim is to protect and promote human rights more effectively without making the situation for human rights defenders even more difficult.
Our aim is to protect and promote human rights more effectively without making the situation for human rights defenders even more difficult.
Sometimes we are concerned that our support might trigger reprisals and put human rights defenders at risk.
Sometimes we are concerned that our support might trigger reprisals and put human rights defenders at risk.
That is why it is so important for us to hear about your experience on the ground.
That is why it is so important for us to hear about your experience on the ground.
Norway is also placing more emphasis on a rights-based approach in its development policy.
Norway is also placing more emphasis on a rights-based approach in its development policy.
We will work harder to increase citizens' knowledge of their rights, and to hold governments accountable.
We will work harder to increase citizens' knowledge of their rights, and to hold governments accountable.
In the UN, Norway continues to be a strong advocate for the protection of human rights defenders.
In the UN, Norway continues to be a strong advocate for the protection of human rights defenders.
Under our leadership, the UN General Assembly adopted the first ever resolution on protecting women human rights defenders in 2013.
Under our leadership, the UN General Assembly adopted the first ever resolution on protecting women human rights defenders in 2013.
This autumn we will present a new resolutionon the protection of human rights defenders to the General Assembly.
This autumn we will present a new resolutionon the protection of human rights defenders to the General Assembly.
The main topic of this year's Trygve Lie Symposium is the importance of an active civil society for the protection of human rights and the rule of law.
The main topic of this year's Trygve Lie Symposium is the importance of an active civil society for the protection of human rights and the rule of law.
Norway is particularly worried about the increasing pressure on civil and political rights in many countries.
Norway is particularly worried about the increasing pressure on civil and political rights in many countries.
Freedom of expression and freedom of assembly are fundamental rights in themselves.
Freedom of expression and freedom of assembly are fundamental rights in themselves.
But they are also preconditions for your work as human rights defenders.
But they are also preconditions for your work as human rights defenders.
We must continue to work together to counter laws and practices that restrict human rights and the role of civil society organisations.
We must continue to work together to counter laws and practices that restrict human rights and the role of civil society organisations.
We must protect your right to be human rights defenders.
We must protect your right to be human rights defenders.
Closing remarks
Closing remarks
We must never stop reminding ourselves and each other that human rights are fundamental and universal.
We must never stop reminding ourselves and each other that human rights are fundamental and universal.
As universal as humanity itself.
As universal as humanity itself.
I deeply admire your courage and your endurance in standing up for human rights in your respective countries.
I deeply admire your courage and your endurance in standing up for human rights in your respective countries.
Tonight's celebration is well-deserved.
Tonight's celebration is well-deserved.
Address at Human Rights House Network's 20th Anniversary
Tale ved Human Rights House Networks 20-årsjubileum
State Secretary Tone Skogen's address at the 20th anniversary for Human Rights House Network - celebrated in Oslo 9 September 2015.
Statssekretær Tone Skogens tale ved 20-årsjubileet til Human Rights House Network - som ble markert i Oslo 9. september.
Hull of Norwegian-owned vessel launched in Turkey
Sjøsatte norsk skipsskrog i Tyrkia
The vessel will now be towed to Norway and completed at the Bergen Group Fosen shipyard in Rissa, near Trondheim.
Fartøyet skal nå taues til Norge og ferdigstilles ved Bergen Group Fosens skipsverft i Rissa i Trøndelag.
“Norway and Turkey have a long tradition of business cooperation in the maritime sector.
- Norge og Tyrkia har lange tradisjoner med forretningssamarbeid innen maritim sektor.
Tersan shipyard alone now has a total of eight hulls and ships on order for Norwegian interests, worth a total of almost NOK 2 billion,” Mr Stoltenberg said.
Tersan-verftet alene, har nå til sammen 8 skrog og skip i ordre for norske interesser, til en samlet verdi av nesten 2 milliarder kroner.
Mr Stoltenberg was also able to see the M/S Høydal, a Norwegian ship which is being built at the yard on behalf of the company NSK Shipping, based in North Norway.
Stoltenberg fikk også se det norske skipet M/S Høydal, som bygges på verftet på oppdrag fra Harstadselskapet NSK Shipping.
The M/S Høydal is a specially designed cargo ship that will be assigned to the fish feed manufacturer BioMar in Norway.
M/S Høydal er en spesialdesignet fraktebåt, som skal gå i oppdrag i Norge for fiskefôrprodusenten BioMar.
Natural gas (LNG) propulsion will make the vessel environmentally friendly and reduce emissions of NOx (nitrogen oxides) by over 90 %.
Dette reduserer utslipp av NOx (Nitrogenoksider) med over 90%.
The visit to the shipyard was the last item on Mr Stoltenberg’s schedule during his two-day visit to Turkey.
Besøket på verftet var Stoltenbergs siste programpost i et to dagers besøk i Tyrkia.
Op-ed for international newspapers (*), 16 November 2011
Op-ed for international newspapers (*), 16. november 2011
In our view, it can’t.
In our view, it can’t.
(* published in full or shortened version in Austrian, Danish, Japanese newspapers, among others)
(* published in full or shortened version in Austrian, Danish, Japanese newspapers, among others)
Later this month, member states of the 2008 Cluster Munitions Convention have the chance to demonstrate how seriously they take the hard won international ban on cluster munitions.
Later this month, member states of the 2008 Cluster Munitions Convention have the chance to demonstrate how seriously they take the hard won international ban on cluster munitions.
During the upcoming Review Conference on the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW), states might decide on a new legal instrument that could undermine existing international humanitarian law.
During the upcoming Review Conference on the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW), states might decide on a new legal instrument that could undermine existing international humanitarian law.
Cluster munitions are particularly insidious in their effects: They contain numerous, often hundreds, of submunitions which explode over a wide area making them highly problematic weapons as far as the obligation to distinguish between military targets and civilians is concerned.
Cluster munitions are particularly insidious in their effects: They contain numerous, often hundreds, of submunitions which explode over a wide area making them highly problematic weapons as far as the obligation to distinguish between military targets and civilians is concerned.
Moreover, many cluster munitions fail to explode as intended.
Moreover, many cluster munitions fail to explode as intended.
As a consequence, unexploded devices contaminate large areas not only posing grave dangers for life and limb but also impeding all further productive use of the land.
As a consequence, unexploded devices contaminate large areas not only posing grave dangers for life and limb but also impeding all further productive use of the land.
Several decades after the war in South East Asia, Laos still suffers from the use of cluster munitions.
Several decades after the war in South East Asia, Laos still suffers from the use of cluster munitions.
The unacceptable humanitarian consequences in South Lebanon following the large scale use of cluster munitions there in 2006 constitutes another grim example.
The unacceptable humanitarian consequences in South Lebanon following the large scale use of cluster munitions there in 2006 constitutes another grim example.
More than 100 states agreed to a total ban on the use, production, transfer and stockpiling of cluster munitions.
More than 100 states agreed to a total ban on the use, production, transfer and stockpiling of cluster munitions.
Just as the Mine Ban Treaty of 1997 with its prohibition of antipersonnel mines, the CCM process succeeded in putting humanitarian considerations above perceived military utility.
Just as the Mine Ban Treaty of 1997 with its prohibition of antipersonnel mines, the CCM process succeeded in putting humanitarian considerations above perceived military utility.
With one important difference: Whereas by the 1990s deployment of landmines had reached epidemic proportions, the use of cluster munitions in comparison has been with a few, albeit very notable exceptions, limited.
With one important difference: Whereas by the 1990s deployment of landmines had reached epidemic proportions, the use of cluster munitions in comparison has been with a few, albeit very notable exceptions, limited.
As such the CCM provided something rare in international humanitarian law, a prohibition of an indiscriminate weapon having a primarily preventive effect.
As such the CCM provided something rare in international humanitarian law, a prohibition of an indiscriminate weapon having a primarily preventive effect.
What is more, through its compelling humanitarian argument, the CCM created not only a legal norm but also an effective political stigma against cluster munitions.
What is more, through its compelling humanitarian argument, the CCM created not only a legal norm but also an effective political stigma against cluster munitions.
It thus seriously increased the political price that any users of cluster munitions would have to pay, irrespective of whether they were legally bound by the convention.
It thus seriously increased the political price that any users of cluster munitions would have to pay, irrespective of whether they were legally bound by the convention.
For the past four years, largely unnoticed, a negotiation process has been underway in Geneva and is expected to be concluded at the end of this month.
For the past four years, largely unnoticed, a negotiation process has been underway in Geneva and is expected to be concluded at the end of this month.
Countries that still possess cluster munitions have in the context of the CCW, since the adoption of the CCM in 2008, worked on an alternative instrument on cluster munitions.
Countries that still possess cluster munitions have in the context of the CCW, since the adoption of the CCM in 2008, worked on an alternative instrument on cluster munitions.
As was to be expected, the level of ambition in this instrument is far lower than in the CCM.
As was to be expected, the level of ambition in this instrument is far lower than in the CCM.
It is presented - by those states not yet in a position to support an outright ban - as an important step in the right direction, addressing the humanitarian concerns caused by cluster munitions.
It is presented - by those states not yet in a position to support an outright ban - as an important step in the right direction, addressing the humanitarian concerns caused by cluster munitions.
And, it is argued that the seventy CCM states that are also party to the CCW should naturally support such intermediate steps.
And, it is argued that the seventy CCM states that are also party to the CCW should naturally support such intermediate steps.
This would not only be a most unfortunate and unprecedented regression of international humanitarian law but would also constitute misuse of the CCW as an instrument aimed at enhancing the protection of civilians.
This would not only be a most unfortunate and unprecedented regression of international humanitarian law but would also constitute misuse of the CCW as an instrument aimed at enhancing the protection of civilians.
From a humanitarian point of view it would also be unprecedented to adopt a protocol that the International Committee of the Red Cross, guardian of international humanitarian law, has stated may perpetuate, rather than prevent, the civilian suffering caused by cluster munitions.
From a humanitarian point of view it would also be unprecedented to adopt a protocol that the International Committee of the Red Cross, guardian of international humanitarian law, has stated may perpetuate, rather than prevent, the civilian suffering caused by cluster munitions.
The actual use of cluster munitions has dropped drastically in recent years.
The actual use of cluster munitions has dropped drastically in recent years.
This is due to the general recognition of their unacceptable humanitarian and developmental impact, and limited military utility.
This is due to the general recognition of their unacceptable humanitarian and developmental impact, and limited military utility.
On this basis it should be possible to continue dialogue and cooperation on addressing the specific consequences of cluster munitions and the improvement and progress of international humanitarian law among all parties concerned without establishing alternative standards.
On this basis it should be possible to continue dialogue and cooperation on addressing the specific consequences of cluster munitions and the improvement and progress of international humanitarian law among all parties concerned without establishing alternative standards.
Any such steps could and should now be taken by these states nationally.
Any such steps could and should now be taken by these states nationally.
Since 2008, the global benchmark is the Convention on Cluster Munitions.
Since 2008, the global benchmark is the Convention on Cluster Munitions.
A new legal standard whose intended or unintended consequence would be to undermine this existing norm against cluster munitions is surely unprecedented in the history of international humanitarian law.
A new legal standard whose intended or unintended consequence would be to undermine this existing norm against cluster munitions is surely unprecedented in the history of international humanitarian law.
Member states of the CCM are facing an important question: How may the commitment towards a total ban on cluster munitions be reconciled with allowing the continued use of these weapons?
Member states of the CCM are facing an important question: How may the commitment towards a total ban on cluster munitions be reconciled with allowing the continued use of these weapons?
Taking International Humanitarian Law Seriously
Taking International Humanitarian Law Seriously
It is a pleasure to see you all.
It is a pleasure to see you all.
Some of you have travelled far to be here today.
Some of you have travelled far to be here today.
A special thanks to you for coming all this way to share your valuable experience and knowledge.
A special thanks to you for coming all this way to share your valuable experience and knowledge.
Today, as you may know, is Human Rights Day, an occasion to commemorate the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights on 10 December 1948.
Today, as you may know, is Human Rights Day, an occasion to commemorate the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights on 10 December 1948.
And an appropriate day to hold this seminar.
And an appropriate day to hold this seminar.
Health is often seen as a development issue.
Health is often seen as a development issue.
Health is just as much a human rights issue.
Health is just as much a human rights issue.
Applying a human-rights-based approach to health makes it possible to bring two worlds together.
Applying a human-rights-based approach to health makes it possible to bring two worlds together.
This seminar will help us take stock of where we are, and provide guidance on how to advance.
This seminar will help us take stock of where we are, and provide guidance on how to advance.
We can only move forward if we are willing to share experiences and learn from each other.
We can only move forward if we are willing to share experiences and learn from each other.
Looking back, we have made great progress in health at the global level.
Looking back, we have made great progress in health at the global level.
More than 15 million people have access to HIV treatment.
More than 15 million people have access to HIV treatment.
Deaths from AIDS have been dramatically reduced.
Deaths from AIDS have been dramatically reduced.
Child and maternal mortality has been halved since the 1990s.
Child and maternal mortality has been halved since the 1990s.
We have a better data and knowledge base, and we can see more clearly where and how to direct our efforts, and who to partner.
We have a better data and knowledge base, and we can see more clearly where and how to direct our efforts, and who to partner.
Health systems in general have improved.
Health systems in general have improved.
Norway remains committed to further enhancing global health.
Norway remains committed to further enhancing global health.
We have focused on improving the health of groups that have lagged behind, including women and children, and on improving access for people who are marginalised.
We have focused on improving the health of groups that have lagged behind, including women and children, and on improving access for people who are marginalised.
We are also engaged in key reproductive health issues such as access to contraceptives and access to safe abortion services.
We are also engaged in key reproductive health issues such as access to contraceptives and access to safe abortion services.
Norway is a strong supporter of human rights efforts at both operational and normative level.
Norway is a strong supporter of human rights efforts at both operational and normative level.
We have supported the Human Rights Council resolutions on maternal health as a human right.
We have supported the Human Rights Council resolutions on maternal health as a human right.
We were actively engaged in the drafting of the landmark 2011 Human Rights Council decision on recognition of the importance of human rights for all, regardless of sexual orientation and gender identity.
We were actively engaged in the drafting of the landmark 2011 Human Rights Council decision on recognition of the importance of human rights for all, regardless of sexual orientation and gender identity.
This resolution is highly relevant in the context of health.
This resolution is highly relevant in the context of health.
These are some examples where we have seen that working in partnership with others has achieved good results.
These are some examples where we have seen that working in partnership with others has achieved good results.
Despite our collective efforts, too many people still suffer ill health and die too early.
Despite our collective efforts, too many people still suffer ill health and die too early.
Rights related to reproductive and sexual health are still under pressure in several countries.
Rights related to reproductive and sexual health are still under pressure in several countries.
Our work is not done.
Our work is not done.
One key challenge is that good health is not evenly distributed.
One key challenge is that good health is not evenly distributed.
Research shows clearly that health is determined by a range of factors, such as income, where a person lives, social status, sexual orientation, and gender.
Research shows clearly that health is determined by a range of factors, such as income, where a person lives, social status, sexual orientation, and gender.
War and humanitarian crises put vulnerable societies under further pressure and exacerbate existing differences.
War and humanitarian crises put vulnerable societies under further pressure and exacerbate existing differences.
These inequalities must be addressed.
These inequalities must be addressed.
The principles of equality and non-discrimination must be put into practice.
The principles of equality and non-discrimination must be put into practice.
The Sustainable Development Goals with their key principle of ‘leave no one behind’ puts human rights squarely at the centre of our development efforts.
The Sustainable Development Goals with their key principle of ‘leave no one behind’ puts human rights squarely at the centre of our development efforts.
What is the added value of bringing in a human rights perspective?
What is the added value of bringing in a human rights perspective?
Firstly, all states parties to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights have a legal obligation to fulfil the right of everyone to the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health.
Firstly, all states parties to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights have a legal obligation to fulfil the right of everyone to the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health.
It is not a question of charity, but of realising the rights of the people.
It is not a question of charity, but of realising the rights of the people.
Secondly, all citizens have this right, regardless of race, religion, gender, disability, sexual orientation or any other status.
Secondly, all citizens have this right, regardless of race, religion, gender, disability, sexual orientation or any other status.
While the level of physical and mental health attainable will depend on factors like the availability of resources, the prohibition against discrimination is absolute.
While the level of physical and mental health attainable will depend on factors like the availability of resources, the prohibition against discrimination is absolute.
Human rights are important in themselves.
Human rights are important in themselves.