The State Administration Database

Section for Humanitarian and Criminal Law

This page shows the event history for this unit.

01.01.2004* Regular founding

Name: * Humanitarian and criminal law unit
Short name: Humanitær- og strafferettsenheten
Affiliations: Ministry
Hierarchical level: Office
Located: 301 Oslo

Please note that this event has comments in Norwegian that are for the present not translated into English.

01.01.2005* Change of name

Name: Section for Humanitarian and Criminal Law
Short name: Seksjon for humanitær- og strafferett

01.01.2005* New superior organization and level

(The unit reports to a new superior organization and at the same time changes its form of affiliation/administrative level.)
Affiliations: Ministry
Hierarchical level: Section

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Tasks, 2022:
The Section's areas of responsibility include international criminal law, international law in armed conflict, and matters relating to the use of force, sanctions and restrictive measures. They also include legal issues relating to, inter alia, justice and home affairs cooperation, the fight against terrorism, the protection of human rights, export control, and the legal status of indigenous peoples
Source: regjeringen.no, january 2022

Remarks

* = If a date is denoted with an asterisk (*), this implies that the date is not confirmed.

* = If a name is denoted with an asterisk (*), this implies a direct translation from Norwegian to English. The translation is thus not necessarily the official one (if any exists at all).

Comment to the change-of-name event: Sometimes the old and new name is the same. This occur when the translation to English haven’t taken into consideration minor Norwegian name change.