Universal Period Review Working Group -19th Session

Universal Periodic Review of Norway

Statement by Rwanda

Mr President,

My delegation warmly welcomes the delegation of Norway to this Session of the UPR Working group and we thank them for the detailed presentation of their national report.

Rwanda appreciates the numerous measures carried out by the Government of Norway, since its last UPR. In particular we appreciate the fact that gender equality is among the government’s top priorities despite many challenges to be addressed.

Rwanda also applauds the many efforts undertaken by Norway in fulfilling its human rights commitments. In Particular we commend the government’s effort to improve accessibility for persons with disabilities, the establishment of action plan against forced, fighting against FGM as well as efforts to combat and prevent domestic violence are noteworthy.

we also commend Norway for the way its handles the cases of Genocide suspects by prosecuting and extraditing them.

In conclusion, Rwanda would like to recommend Norway to:

Take concrete measures to address wage-gap based on gender inequality in order to ensure that women and men receive equal pay for work of equal value.

Adopt concrete measures to prevent and combat all forms of discrimination against persons with immigrant background.

We wish the delegation of Norway success in its UPR engagement.

I thank you