19.12.2019
Norway is notorious for human rights infringements, in particular when it comes to respecting family life. The European Court of Human Rights will soon rule on a case involving a group of families torn apart by the country’s child welfare services – the Barnevernet.
12.11.2019
Denis Lisov, a Russian national who fled from Sweden to Poland, returns to Russia with his children.
29.10.2019
The case of employees of the Norway's government office for children – Barnevernet, who took away a Polish child without any legal basis, should be re-examined by the court. Such a decision was issued by the District Court in Tarnów.
16.09.2019
The European Human Rights Court in Strasbourg (EHRC) issued a ruling stating that the Kingdom of Norway violated the right to respect of family life, which is protected by article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights. The case concerns a Norwegian woman Trude Strand Lobben and her son. Recently the EHRC accepted applications for revi
Family and marriage
1. Introductory remarks
23.08.2019
The Kingdom of Norway withdrew the European Arrest Warrant against a citizen of that country who had fled to Poland together with her daughters and son. Barnevernet, the Norwegian Child Welfare Authority, attempted to unreasonably take the children away from the woman. Earlier, the District Court in Myślibórz decided that minors could stay in Poland with their mother.