Rettspolitisk mobilisering og strategisk sakførsel mot isolasjon i norske fengsler
Abstract Solitary confinement in prison and police detention has been a widespread criminal policy and human rights problem in the Scandinavian countries for decades. However, in recent years, there has been a significant legal mobilization in Norway whereby lawyers individually and collectively hav...
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2021-03-01
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Solitary confinement in prison and police detention has been a widespread criminal policy and human rights problem in the Scandinavian countries for decades. However, in recent years, there has been a significant legal mobilization in Norway whereby lawyers individually and collectively have challenged solitary confinement in the courts. This use of strategic litigation has been directed towards solitary confinement in police custody, remand and during imprisonment. Based on qualitative interviews and documents, we analyze the organizational and legal strategy behind this legal mobilization, along with its effects and preconditions. We find that strategic litigation by lawyers has played an important role in the struggle against solitary confinement in Norway, but that it has benefited from – and played in tandem with – a legal and political opportunity structure consisting of national as well as international actors, processes, and legal frameworks. These findings raise the question of whether lawyers and civil society can contribute in similar ways in the other Scandinavian countries. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-957d4d39430b4b339c22a64d05136b0c2025-01-07T13:22:08ZdanDe Nordiske KriminalistforeningerNordisk Tidsskrift for Kriminalvidenskab2446-30512021-03-01108111813510.7146/ntfk.v108i1.125567118737Rettspolitisk mobilisering og strategisk sakførsel mot isolasjon i norske fengslerKjersti LohneMarte RuaAbstract Solitary confinement in prison and police detention has been a widespread criminal policy and human rights problem in the Scandinavian countries for decades. However, in recent years, there has been a significant legal mobilization in Norway whereby lawyers individually and collectively have challenged solitary confinement in the courts. This use of strategic litigation has been directed towards solitary confinement in police custody, remand and during imprisonment. Based on qualitative interviews and documents, we analyze the organizational and legal strategy behind this legal mobilization, along with its effects and preconditions. We find that strategic litigation by lawyers has played an important role in the struggle against solitary confinement in Norway, but that it has benefited from – and played in tandem with – a legal and political opportunity structure consisting of national as well as international actors, processes, and legal frameworks. These findings raise the question of whether lawyers and civil society can contribute in similar ways in the other Scandinavian countries.https://tidsskrift.dk/NTfK/article/view/125567legal mobilizationstrategic litigationhuman rightssolitary confinementthe norwegian lawyers’ associationrettslig mobiliseringstrategisk sakførselmenneskerettigheterisolasjonadvokatforeningen |
| spellingShingle | Kjersti Lohne Marte Rua Rettspolitisk mobilisering og strategisk sakførsel mot isolasjon i norske fengsler Nordisk Tidsskrift for Kriminalvidenskab legal mobilization strategic litigation human rights solitary confinement the norwegian lawyers’ association rettslig mobilisering strategisk sakførsel menneskerettigheter isolasjon advokatforeningen |
| title | Rettspolitisk mobilisering og strategisk sakførsel mot isolasjon i norske fengsler |
| title_full | Rettspolitisk mobilisering og strategisk sakførsel mot isolasjon i norske fengsler |
| title_fullStr | Rettspolitisk mobilisering og strategisk sakførsel mot isolasjon i norske fengsler |
| title_full_unstemmed | Rettspolitisk mobilisering og strategisk sakførsel mot isolasjon i norske fengsler |
| title_short | Rettspolitisk mobilisering og strategisk sakførsel mot isolasjon i norske fengsler |
| title_sort | rettspolitisk mobilisering og strategisk sakforsel mot isolasjon i norske fengsler |
| topic | legal mobilization strategic litigation human rights solitary confinement the norwegian lawyers’ association rettslig mobilisering strategisk sakførsel menneskerettigheter isolasjon advokatforeningen |
| url | https://tidsskrift.dk/NTfK/article/view/125567 |
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