Statutes for the Norwegian Centre for Human Rights

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STATUES/REGULATIONS FOR THE NORWEGIAN CENTRE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS

Statutes/regulations approved by the Dean of the Faculty of Law 28.01.22

§ 1 Purpose

The purpose of the Norwegian Centre for Human Rights (NCHR) is to conduct research, provide education, dissemination and carry out programme activities in human rights.

The Centre is multidisciplinary and shall promote the study of human rights as an academic discipline.

The Centre places emphasis on the connection between research education and practical application of knowledge.

§ 2 The Centre’s Organizational Bodies

The centre shall comprise:

  • A centre advisory council.
  • A head of department ("senterleder"/"centre leader").
  • A deputy for the head of the department ("nestleder"/"deputy centre leader").
  • An administration headed by an administrative manager ("kontorsjef").

The centre leader or the deputy may act in the role as head of research.

§ 3 The Centre Council

§ 3.1 Functional ares for the Council

The Centre Council shall give advice on:

  • General plans, principles, and prioritizations for the centre;
  • Long-term plans, with particular emphasis on research, education and dissemation;
  • Annual plan, annual report, budget and accounts;
  • Internal organization in departments, academic specialist groups and the like, within the framework established by governing bodies;

In addition, the Centre Council shall:

  • Propose an election committee to the Faculty for the election of the center leader.

The centre leader convenes the Center Council with at least 1 week's notice. With the same deadline, one-fifth of the members of the Council may demand that the Council be convened, with a reasoned presentation of the matter that is required to be dealt with.

The council can discuss other issues that the head of department or other members wish to raise. The Council's discussions are advisory to the head of department. The centre leader chairs the council's meetings. In the absence of the center manager, the deputy centre leader chairs the meetings.

§ 3.2 Composition

The Centre Council shall have 8 members:

  • centre leader
  • deputy centre leader.
  • 2 members of the academic staff in permanent tenure.
  • 1 member of the academic staff in temporary tenure.
  • 1 technical/administrative member from the core funded activity.
  • 1 technical/administrative member from the externaly funded projects.
  • 1 student form the centre masters program.

§ 4 Election

The term of office of the council is four years for representatives of the academic staff and the technical/administrative staff. For the temporary scientific staff, the election period is two years. For the student representatives, the election period is one year. The members of the council are appointed by the various groups of employees in accordance with current election rules. A representative or deputy representative resigns if the person's affiliation with the group or the faculty ceases.

§ 5 Centre leader/Head of department

The centre leader is the center's top manager, and leads the center's activities within the framework set by the university board, the faculty's plans, instructions from the dean and with due regard to the center council's recommendations. The centre leader is elected in accordance with specified rules adopted by the University Board. The election period for the centre leader is four years.

The centre leader is the head of the center council and leads the recommendation work for appointments to associate professor positions and research positions assigned to the center. The centre leader is responsible for preparing memo's with proposals for statements in the cases on which the center council is to comment.

The center manager is responsible for external network building, information and contact with external partners.

The center manager can be assigned tasks for the faculty.

§ 6 Deputy centre leader

The center leader appoints his/her deputy. The person in question is the deputy leader in the center council. Only permanent academic staff who are eligible for election to the Center Council can be appointed as deputy centre leader.

§7 Senterleders ledergruppe

Det daglige arbeidet ved senteret ledes av senterleder. For å sikre at senterets aktiviteter er tilstrekkelig koordinert oppnevner senterleder en rådgivende ledergruppe bestående av nestleder (forskningsleder), kontorsjef, undervisningsleder og leder for internasjonal avdeling.

§7 Center leader's management group

The daily work at the centre is led by the centre leaders. To ensure that the center's activities are sufficiently coordinated, the center leader appoints an advisory management group consisting of the deputy leader (head of research), office manager, teaching manager (head of the HUMR program), and head of the international department.

§ 8 Kontorsjef

Kontorsjefen ivaretar ledelsen av senterets administrative og forvaltningsmessige arbeid i samråd med og i henhold til delegasjon fra senterleder. Kontorsjefen skal påse at grunnenhetens administrasjon tilbyr relevant administrativ bistand og service overfor senterleder, ansatte, brukere og samarbeidspartnere. Kontorsjef rapporterer til senterleder.

§ 8 Office Manager

The office manager takes care of the management of the center's administrative and management work in consultation with and in accordance with the delegation from the center leader. The office manager must ensure that the basic unit's administration offers relevant administrative assistance and service to the center leader, employees, users and partners. The office manager reports to center leader.

§ 9 Entry into force

These statsutes/regulations enter into force on 1 January 2022.

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