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June 7, 2016

Dispatches: Norway’s Transgender Rights Transformation

Thanks to a new healthcare law voted in by Norway’s Parliament yesterday, the country’s transgender people will be able to self-declare their appropriate legal gender. In the past, they needed to undergo compulsory psychiatric evaluations, diagnoses, and sterilization surgeries in order to be legally recognized as who they are.

LGBT Rights

June 7, 2016 Dispatches

Dispatches: Norway’s Transgender Rights Transformation

Kyle Knight
Researcher, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Rights Program
Refugee Rights

February 3, 2016 News Release

Norway/Russia: Don’t Jeopardize Asylum Seekers
Terrorism / Counterterrorism

December 10, 2014 Commentary

Whatever Happened to Winning Hearts and Minds?

Benjamin Ward
Deputy Director, Europe and Central Asia Division

Published In: Open Democracy

News

October 7, 2013 Commentary

From Sagene to Sanaa

Bede Sheppard
Deputy Director, Children's Rights Division

Published In: Dagsavisen
June 27, 2013 News Release

Burma: Telecom Winners Should Safeguard Users
February 14, 2013 Commentary

Divided We Fall: Intolerance in Europe Puts Rights at Risk

Benjamin Ward
Deputy Director, Europe and Central Asia Division

Published In: open Democracy
October 16, 2012 News Release

Colombia: Make Victims’ Rights Central to Peace Talks
September 11, 2011 Commentary

Confronting Terrorism

Jan Egeland

Published In: New York Times
August 4, 2011 News Release

Q&A: Human Rights in Europe in the Aftermath of the Norway Attacks
July 27, 2011 Fact Sheet

Norway Attacks Highlight Growing Intolerance in Europe
September 2, 2010 News Release

US: European Corporate Hypocrisy
June 4, 2010 News Release

EU: Defer Hasty Returns of Migrant Children
April 18, 2008 News Release

UK: Don’t Water Down Cluster Ban Treaty
February 1, 2007 Impact

Norway: Movement Toward International Cluster Munitions Ban
June 28, 2006 News Release

Europe: Shrinking Safe Haven for War Criminals

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Daily Brief

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