UN Human Rights Council Universal Periodic Review – 47th Session

Universal Periodic Review of Norway

4 November 2024

Statement by Australia

Thank you, President.

Australia welcomes Norway’s sixth action plan against domestic violence, directed toward combating gender-based violence and violence against children and strengthening the investigative capacity of police and prosecutors. Australia notes steps to advance the rights of Indigenous Peoples since 2019.

Australia recommends Norway:

1. Adopt a legal definition of rape in the Penal Code that places the absence of consent at its centre.
2. Advance the economic, social and cultural rights of the Sámi people, including in relation to land, language and education.
3. Address multiple and intersectional forms of discrimination against at-risk groups, including women and girls, Indigenous Peoples, ethnic minorities and people with disability.