Demands for a more democratic, transparent and accountable management of theinternet were strong when preparing for the World Summit on the Information Society Review(WSIS Review), held in 2015. Partly in response to criticism, the United States initiated aprocess for transferring responsibility...

Demands for a more democratic, transparent and accountable management of the internet were strong when preparing for the World Summit on the Information Society Review (WSIS Review), held in 2015. Partly in response to criticism, the United States initiated a process for transferring...

Based on Western Sahara's status as a non-self-governing territory and the rights of peoples in such territories over their natural resources, the article analyzes the Norwegian policy on Norwegian business enterprises relating to Western Sahara. In addition to relevant treaties and resolutions,...

The Chapter starts from the premise that in international human rights law there has traditionally been little emphasis on principles, but that there is a rapid increase in referring to the term principles. The Chapter seeks to identify the content of, general idea behind and purpose of human...

Norwegian non-profit institutions have provided health care and social services in accordance with contracts with various public authorities. These contracts had various specifications concerning pensions. The core message in the contracts was, however, that employees in non-profit institutions...

Tax havens and tax secrecy have risen to the top of the global policy agenda and may constitute the most important impediment for reducing inequalities. Moreover, complex corporate structures allow charging for services undertaken in various countries through one low-tax country. Transferring...

Norway has national legislation concerning processed GM food and feed products that are harmonised with the EU legislation, but as a member of the EEA, Norway has some flexibilities. EU regulations on genetically modified food and feed, among them Regulation 1829/2003 on genetically modified...