/* Real data sourced from dobetternorge.no Used by the tool views to back every claim with a real citation. */ window.DBN_DATA = { /* ── Header stats ──────────────────────────────────────────────── */ stats: { echrViolations: 23, echrLossRate: 64, // % ECHR cases lost 2017-22 tribunalDecisions: 1731, pendingStrasbourg: 20, members: 9482, memberTarget: 20000, targetDate: "Dec 2026", }, /* ── ECHR cases against Norway ─────────────────────────────────── */ cases: [ { no: "01", name: "Strand Lobben & Others v. Norway", year: 2019, ruling: "Art. 8", summary: "Adoption by foster parents authorised despite biological mother's objections. Contact limited to 4-6 hrs/yr.", chamber: "Grand Chamber", vote: "13–4", }, { no: "02", name: "Abdi Ibrahim v. Norway", year: 2021, ruling: "Art. 8 + 9", summary: "Somali mother; authorities failed to consider religious upbringing before authorising adoption by Christian foster parents.", chamber: "Grand Chamber", vote: "Unanimous", }, { no: "03", name: "A.S. v. Norway", year: 2019, ruling: "Art. 8", summary: "Long-term foster placement treated as permanent from outset; parenting assessment based on vague, subjective criteria.", chamber: "Chamber", vote: "Unanimous", }, { no: "04", name: "Pedersen & Others v. Norway", year: 2020, ruling: "Art. 8", summary: "Contact between parents and child reduced to two short visits per year. Strict regime of visits cemented separation.", chamber: "Chamber", vote: "6–1", }, { no: "05", name: "Hernehult v. Norway", year: 2020, ruling: "Art. 8", summary: "Emergency removal of three children. Insufficient evidentiary basis and inadequate reunification efforts.", chamber: "Chamber", vote: "Unanimous", }, { no: "06", name: "K.O. & V.M. v. Norway", year: 2019, ruling: "Art. 8", summary: "Restrictions on contact after care order not supported by convincing reasons; authorities failed the reunification duty.", chamber: "Chamber", vote: "Unanimous", }, { no: "07", name: "Johansen v. Norway", year: 1996, ruling: "Art. 8", summary: "Mutual enjoyment by parent and child of each other's company is a fundamental element of family life.", chamber: "Chamber", vote: "12–5", }, ], /* ── Contact-visit benchmarks (visits/year after care order) ───── */ contactBenchmarks: [ { jurisdiction: "Norway", visits: "4–6", note: "post-removal regime" }, { jurisdiction: "Sweden", visits: "12", note: "comparable Nordic" }, { jurisdiction: "Germany", visits: "24", note: "EU benchmark" }, { jurisdiction: "Poland", visits: "26+", note: "EU benchmark" }, { jurisdiction: "ECHR benchmark",visits: "~40", note: "Art. 8 jurisprudence" }, ], /* ── Voices ───────────────────────────────────────────────────── */ voices: [ { initials: "EK", name: "Elena K.", role: "Polish mother — case before Oslo tingrett", quote: "The meeting lasted less than a quarter of an hour. I was told I could see my daughter four times a year, two hours each time. Three years later they said she no longer had a bond with me. I am still her mother.", }, { initials: "TR", name: "Tomasz R.", role: "Verified member · 2023", quote: "Fathers are treated as secondary caregivers by default. My lawyer warned me before the first meeting: Do not expect to be heard. She was right.", }, { initials: "GT", name: "Gro Hillestad Thune", role: "Former ECHR judge (17 yrs)", quote: "This is an extremely serious warning from Strasbourg to the Norwegian authorities. We are talking about a systemic failure, not individual mistakes.", }, { initials: "SS", name: "Stephanos Stavros", role: "Human rights lawyer, Council of Europe", quote: "It is much easier in Norway for child welfare to take children from their parents and cut any contact than to have a real reunification plan. The Court is deeply critical of this.", }, ], /* ── International instruments cited across the tools ──────────── */ instruments: [ { code: "ECHR Art. 8", full: "European Convention on Human Rights, Article 8 — Right to respect for private and family life" }, { code: "ECHR Art. 9", full: "European Convention on Human Rights, Article 9 — Freedom of thought, conscience and religion" }, { code: "ECHR Art. 6", full: "European Convention on Human Rights, Article 6 — Right to a fair trial" }, { code: "ECHR Art. 14", full: "European Convention on Human Rights, Article 14 — Prohibition of discrimination" }, { code: "UNCRC Art. 3", full: "UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, Article 3 — Best interests of the child" }, { code: "UNCRC Art. 9", full: "UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, Article 9 — Separation from parents" }, { code: "UNCRC Art. 12", full: "UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, Article 12 — Right of the child to be heard" }, { code: "ICCPR Art. 23", full: "International Covenant on Civil & Political Rights, Article 23 — Protection of the family" }, { code: "EU CFR Art. 24", full: "EU Charter of Fundamental Rights, Article 24 — Rights of the child" }, { code: "EU CFR Art. 7", full: "EU Charter of Fundamental Rights, Article 7 — Respect for private and family life" }, { code: "Barneloven §31", full: "Lov om barn og foreldre §31 — Child's right to be heard from age 7; great weight from age 12" }, { code: "Barneloven §42", full: "Lov om barn og foreldre §42 — Samværsrett ved samlivsbrudd (contact rights)" }, { code: "Barneloven §43", full: "Lov om barn og foreldre §43 — Avtale eller avgjerd om samvær (contact agreement)" }, { code: "Barnevernloven §4-19", full: "Lov om barnevernstjenester §4-19 — Samvær etter omsorgsovertakelse" }, ], /* ── Headline variants (used by Tweaks: headline_variant) ──────── */ headlines: { twelve: { eyebrow: "Family rights · Norway · since 2019", title: "They took her child in twelve minutes.", sub: "Open a tool. Every answer is cited. Every claim cross-checked.", }, twentythree: { eyebrow: "European Court of Human Rights · 2015 – present", title: "Twenty-three violations. Every one says the same.", sub: "Article 8. Family life. Norway, condemned in Strasbourg.", }, members: { eyebrow: "9,482 of 20,000 · target Dec 2026", title: "Numbers are how courts listen.", sub: "Every member is one more reason the Storting cannot look away.", }, compliance: { eyebrow: "Oslo Syndrome · investigative series", title: "Compliance is love. Trust the process.", sub: "This workbench asks what happens when the process becomes the story.", }, }, };