At its Human Rights meeting from 15 to 17 September, the Committee of Ministers ended its supervision of the execution of the Strand Lobben group of cases. This group concerns interferences with the applicants’ right to family life due to various shortcomings in the decision-making processes in child welfare cases (violations of Article 8).
Since 2019, a broad range of general measures have been taken in this group. In particular, a new Child Welfare Act was adopted, the Supreme Court and lower instances changed their case law, new guidelines for the child welfare services and the domestic courts were put in place, and numerous capacity building and training measures were carried out. The general measures taken have led to the necessary adjustment of the decision-making processes of the Norwegian child welfare authorities and the domestic courts, and to a genuine balancing of competing interests in line with Article 8 of the Convention.
Final Resolution CM/ResDH(2025)259
