Salvör Nordal
Salvör Nordal serves as the Children's Ombudsman in Iceland, advocating for children's rights and welfare. Recently, she expressed serious concern over misleading information regarding the duration of child detentions at a police station in Flatahraun, emphasizing the importance of accurate information for oversight bodies to fulfill their responsibilities. Salvör has been vocal about the inadequacies of the current emergency housing conditions for children, deeming them inappropriate and advocating for a limit of one to two days for any such detentions.
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Iceland:
Salvör Nordal, the children's ombudsman, discusses the findings of a report on child-friendly justice.
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Iceland:
Salvör Nordal is the children's ombudsman who has repeatedly raised serious concerns about the use of the police station for emergency detention.
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Iceland:
Salvör Nordal, the children's ombudsman, emphasizes that it has been the policy of the Icelandic government from the beginning to prevent children from being housed in detention cells.
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Iceland:
Salvör Nordal, the Children's Ombudsman, highlighted the immense pressure on parents dealing with the agency's repeated unfulfilled promises of service.
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Iceland:
Salvör Nordal, the children's ombudsman, expressed her concern over misleading information regarding the duration of children's custody.
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