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Section for Humanitarian and Criminal Law

This page shows the event history for this unit.

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

2004-01-01 00:00:00.0 * Regular founding

Name
* Humanitarian and criminal law unit

Short name
Humanitær- og strafferettsenheten

Affiliations
Ministry

Hierarchical level
Office

Superior body
* Section for international law

Located
301 Oslo

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

2005-01-01 00:00:00.0 * 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

Superior body
Department for Legal Affairs

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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

2005-01-01 00:00:00.0 * Change of name

Name
Section for Humanitarian and Criminal Law

Short name
Seksjon for humanitær- og strafferett