22 July

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Thursday, 16 Feb 2023 09:00-10:30

Terrorism Ill-Defined? Data, Health Services, and the Law

Recent acts of terrorism in Norway – the 22 July attack, the 2019 Bærum mosque attack, the 2021 Kongsberg killings and the 2022 Oslo Pride Parade attack – illustrate a phenomenon observed in other countries: that perpetrators and would-be perpetrators of terrorist attacks often suffer from mental illness.

Time: 16 Feb 2023 09:00-10:30

Place: PRIO, Hausmanns gate 3, Oslo

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Monday, 10 Oct 2022

Successful PhD Defence by Rojan Tordhol Ezzati

Rojan Tordhol Ezzati defended her PhD successfully on 10 October 2022 at the University of Oslo. The title of her thesis is: Debating diversity, affirming unity: Contestations over we-hood in post-terror Norway.

Congratulations from all at PRIO!

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

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Monday, 10 Oct 2022

Successful PhD Defence by Rojan Tordhol Ezzati

Congratulations from all at PRIO!

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, ...

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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 ...

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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.

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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 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

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 — ...

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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 ...

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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

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 ...