Norway was convicted of human rights violations in a high-profile verdict in November in the Supreme Court. The case concerned a woman from Ethiopia who was searched 23 times, on all occasions she was forced to undress naked.
The woman was in a so-called alien detention facility in Trandum and the crimes occurred between August and December 2019. The woman is also said to have been forced to kneel in a naked state, Norwegian NTB reports.
The Norwegian government attorney is appealing the case to Norway’s highest court, the Høyesterett, reports the newspaper Dagbladet. The appeal is made on behalf of the defunct Ministry of Justice, the Ministry of Justice and Emergency Preparedness.
In the appeal, the government lawyer claims that “there is no basis for the level of body searches to be higher in a detention center for foreigners than in a prison”.
The sentence of a fine of 40,000 Norwegian kroner is also wrong, the Norwegian state’s attorney believes.
The woman’s lawyer is adamant that the sentence is correct:
– I believe that it is correct and that there is no reason for the (supreme court) Høyesterett to issue a clarification, says lawyer André Møkkelgjerd.