Country Norway
Year 2014
Type of Measure Violence against women > Constitutional provision
Form of Violence Violence against women and girls

Brief Description


Article 104 of the Constitution adopted in 1814, and amended in 2014, includes the following provisions:Children have the right to protection of their personal integrity. The authorities of the State shall create conditions enabling the child’s development, hereunder secure the necessary economic and social safety, as well as the necessary standard of health, for the child; preferably within its own family.

Source of Information

Constitution of the Republic of Norway 1814 (amended in 2014), UN Women Constitutional Database

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