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The Norwegian Centre for Human Rights (Norwegian : Norsk senter for menneskerettigheter; abbreviated SMR in Norwegian and NCHR in English) is a multidisciplinary research centre at the University of Oslo Faculty of Law. From 2001 to 2015 it was also the ICC (UN) accredited Norwegian national human rights institution. [1]

Norwegian language North Germanic language spoken in Norway

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Asbjørn Eide is a Norwegian human rights scholar with base in Law and Social Science Research. He was married October 10, 1959 to Professor of nutritional physiology Wenche Barth Eide, and the father of former Norwegian Minister of Defence (2011–12) and Minister of Foreign Affairs (2012-13) Espen Barth Eide.

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  1. ↑ "About The Norwegian Centre for Human Rights" . Retrieved 2012-10-03.
  2. ↑ uniforum.uio.no Inga Bostad blir ny direktør for Norsk senter for menneskerettigheter 13 May 2013
  3. ↑ Ragnhild Hennum ansatt som midlertidig direktør for Norsk senter for menneskerettigheter
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