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Article: PROMOTING HUMAN RIGHTS AND NORWEGIAN LAW.
- Article from:
- International Journal of Humanities and Peace
- Article date:
- January 1, 2000
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Human rights are central to the Norwegian Government's policies. With the focus, "Human rights start at home," the Norwegian Government has submitted a new "Plan of Action for Human Rights," which outlines more than 300 measures and takes a clear stand against ethnic discrimination.
In the last fifty years, the notion of universal human fights has grown from ideas into real commitment. The dream of freedom from violence, bondage and slavery has been transformed from a dream into a contract between the ruler and the ruled, between the organs of the state and the individual human being.
Hilde F. Johnson, Minister for International Development and Human ...