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    PRIO Paper

    2022

    Law after July 22, 2011: Survivors, Memory and Reconstruction

    By Kristin Bergtora Sandvik, Ingunn Ikdahl, Kjersti Lohne, Maja Viktoria Spigseth Vestad, Anniken Sørlie & Marit Moe-Pryce

    PRIO Blogs

    Sunday, 16 Jan 2022

    When Terrorists Mobilize Law: Reflections on justice and closure after July 22

    During January 18-21, the Norwegian terrorist Anders Behring Breivik will have his request for parole adjudicated by the Telemark District Court over a four-day trial. In 2012, he was sentenced to preventive detention for a term of twenty-one years and a minimum period of ten years for the July 22, ...

    PRIO Blogs

    Thursday, 2 Dec 2021

    22 July 2011: Contested Closures

    As part of PRIO’s contribution to the 10 year commemoration of 22 of July, the author challenges perceptions of justice after mass atrocity that equates justice with law and criminal justice with closure. After mass violence, “the promised exercise of legal justice — of justice by trial and law — ...

    PRIO Paper

    2022

    Law after July 22, 2011: Survivors, Memory and Reconstruction

    By Kristin Bergtora Sandvik, Ingunn Ikdahl, Kjersti Lohne, Maja Viktoria Spigseth Vestad, Anniken Sørlie & Marit Moe-Pryce

    PRIO Blogs

    Monday, 13 Sep 2021

    Remembering 22 July: Litigating Memorials

    As of July 2021 the memorials commemorating the 22 July attack include the Government Quarter, with the temporary memorial plaque and the 22 July Centre; Hegnhuset on Utøya; the 1000 iron roses next to Oslo Cathedral; 52 identical commemorative stone sculptures in affected municipalities across Norway; and as well as ...

    Journal Article

    2021

    ‘United through our values’? Expressing unity through value-talk after terrorism in France and Norway

    By Rojan Tordhol Ezzati in Migration Studies

    PRIO Blogs

    Friday, 9 Jul 2021

    Why Did Muslims Become the New Enemy in Norway and Europe?

    Anti-Muslim views have become more widespread in Europe over the past 30 years, but it is important to distinguish between criticisms of certain forms of Islamic practice and the belief that Muslims are taking over Europe. People with anti-Islamic views wish to restrict Muslim immigration and Islamic religious practices. In ...

    PRIO Blogs

    Sunday, 16 Jan 2022

    When Terrorists Mobilize Law: Reflections on justice and closure after July 22

    During January 18-21, the Norwegian terrorist Anders Behring Breivik will have his request for parole adjudicated by the Telemark District Court over a four-day trial. In 2012, he was sentenced to preventive detention for a term of twenty-one years and a minimum period of ten years for the July 22, ...

    PRIO Blogs

    Friday, 23 Jul 2021

    Norway After the Terror

    Preface On the occasion of the 10th anniversary for the terror attacks in in Oslo and at Utøya on 22 July 2011, there is a renewed debate in Norway. The main focus is on the political motivations for the attack, as well as on how Norway has dealt with (or ...

    PRIO Blogs

    Tuesday, 20 Jul 2021

    Terror Did Not Strike Indiscriminately

    22nd JULY 2011: a terrorist killed 68 young people and bombed the Government Quarter, where he killed nine people and injured many more, because the ‘Labour-Party state’ was promoting ethnic, religious and political diversity. “Then they came for me — and there was no one left to speak out for ...

    PRIO Blogs

    Thursday, 2 Dec 2021

    22 July 2011: Contested Closures

    As part of PRIO’s contribution to the 10 year commemoration of 22 of July, the author challenges perceptions of justice after mass atrocity that equates justice with law and criminal justice with closure. After mass violence, “the promised exercise of legal justice — of justice by trial and law — ...

    News

    Wednesday, 21 Jul 2021

    The meaning of 'our values' in the aftermath of terrorist attacks

    ​In a new article published in Migration Studies, Rojan Tordhol Ezzati examines expressions of unity through value-talk after terrorism in Norway (2011) and France (2015). The analysis examines television news in the two countries and shows that the way national leaders talk about 'our values' can either underline unity or further underline conflict.

    PRIO Blogs

    Thursday, 15 Jul 2021

    Democracy’s Scars: Adorno’s Lecture on Right-Wing Radicalism

    The battle against fascism is never over; it must be fought anew by each generation and we must never forget what this ideology stands for. Theodor W. Adorno’s book is a wake-up call, because of its unfortunately continued relevance, writes Katrine Fangen. Liberal democracies are fragile and fascist tendencies will ...

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    Henrik Syse

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    Kristoffer Lidén

    Kristoffer Lidén

    Senior Researcher

    Kristin Bergtora Sandvik

    Kristin Bergtora Sandvik

    Research Professor in Humanitarian Studies

    Simon Reid-Henry

    Simon Reid-Henry

    Research Professor

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    Jan 2020 – Sep 2023

    LAW22JULY: RIPPLES: Rights, Institutions, Procedures, Participation, Litigation: Embedding Security

    Led by Kristin Bergtora Sandvik
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