ClaimShunning and familysupported2020sIndependent finding

Gemeinschaftsentzug und Familie · Claim record

Am 4. März 2024 bestätigte das Bezirksgericht Oslo die Verweigerung staatlicher Zuschüsse und der Registrierung durch Norwegen; es befand, die Ausschlusspraxis verletze das Recht getaufter Minderjähriger auf freien Austritt (es sei für sie 'nearly impossible' — nahezu unmöglich —, ihn auszuüben) und komme psychischer Gewalt gleich, und verurteilte die Organisation zur Übernahme der Kosten von rund 1,14 Millionen NOK.

Claim ID claim-shunning-norway-2024-district-courtConcerns 4. März 2024Unabhängige Feststellung

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Am 4. März 2024 bestätigte das Bezirksgericht Oslo die Verweigerung staatlicher Zuschüsse und der Registrierung durch Norwegen; es befand, die Ausschlusspraxis verletze das Recht getaufter Minderjähriger auf freien Austritt (es sei für sie 'nearly impossible' — nahezu unmöglich —, ihn auszuüben) und komme psychischer Gewalt gleich, und verurteilte die Organisation zur Übernahme der Kosten von rund 1,14 Millionen NOK. Source: Oslo tingrett (Oslo District Court), judgment TOSL-2022-186588 / TOSL-2023-23178, 4. März 2024Source: jw.org Newsroom, 28. März 2024Source: Supreme Court of Norway (Høyesterett), judgment HR-2026-1009-A (case no. 25-089326SIV-HRET), official English translation published 16 July 2026, 29. April 2026

Die Position der Organisation oder ihre spätere Erklärung: jw.org (28. März 2024) bezeichnete das Urteil als verfassungswidrig und kündigte Berufung an.

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Amtliches öffentliches Dokument Gestützt

Oslo tingrett (Oslo District Court), judgment TOSL-2022-186588 / TOSL-2023-23178, “Jehovas vitner v. Staten v/Barne- og familiedepartementet”

4. März 2024 · sections 3.1, 3.3 (as extracted) · Oslo tingrett (published on Lovdata)

“For døpte mindreårige i den alderen vil det være tilnærmet umulig å utøve retten til fri utmelding”

Judge Ole Kristen Øverberg acquitted the State and ordered the organisation to pay costs of NOK 1,140,505, holding that the exclusion practice infringed baptised minors' right of free withdrawal and amounted to 'psykisk vold' (psychological violence); the judgment quoted the lv appendix ('Lojale kristne familiemedlemmer leter ikke etter unnskyldninger for å ha kontakt ...').

Hinweis zu Herkunft und Überprüfung for Oslo tingrett (Oslo District Court), judgment TOSL-2022-186588 / TOSL-2023-23178, Jehovas vitner v. Staten v/Barne- og familiedepartementet

Hinweis zur Vertrauensangabe. Lovdata page opened via the fetch tool, which returned the case numbers, date, judge, outcome, costs and extracted Norwegian passages; the full judgment text was not read line by line, so the extracted quotations are reported as the summary gives them, and the claim they support is labelled supported. Downgraded to supported after review: the page was opened but the wording or date recorded here was tool-summarised, translated or inferred rather than confirmed by eye; re-read before upgrading.

Untermauert durch. src-jworg-2024-0328-norway-appeal-release, src-court-no-2026-0429-supreme-court

Notes. Norwegian-language source.

Abgerufen. 19. September 2026 · Quellenkennung. src-court-no-2024-0304-oslo-district-court

Primärveröffentlichung von Jehovas Zeugen Geprüft

jw.org Newsroom, “Jehovah’s Witnesses to Appeal Unconstitutional Ruling in Norway”

28. März 2024 · Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania

“The position of the State now remains that it will continue to deny legal recognition to Jehovah’s Witnesses in the country of Norway unless we change our practices regarding the removal of unrepentant wrongdoers from the congregation.”

Organisation's response to the Oslo District Court judgment of 4 March 2024; notes loss of grants and of authority to officiate weddings.

Hinweis zu Herkunft und Überprüfung for jw.org Newsroom, Jehovah’s Witnesses to Appeal Unconstitutional Ruling in Norway

Hinweis zur Vertrauensangabe. Page opened; date and wording confirmed.

Abgerufen. 19. September 2026 · Quellenkennung. src-jworg-2024-0328-norway-appeal-release

Amtliches öffentliches Dokument Geprüft

Supreme Court of Norway (Høyesterett), judgment HR-2026-1009-A (case no. 25-089326SIV-HRET), official English translation published 16 July 2026, “The State (Ministry of Children and Families) v. Jehovah’s Witnesses; European Association of Jehovah’s Witnesses (intervener)”

29. April 2026 · paras 4, 39-45, 94-102, 110-127, 149-152, 227-230 · Norges Høyesterett

“Members of the religious community are thus not to associate with former members, whether disfellowshipped or withdrawn. This also applies to close relatives, unless they belong to the same household. Family ties are not severed, but with regard to family members other than those with whom one lives, contact is permitted only in necessary family matters. It is undisputed that the threshold for such contact is relatively high.”

3-2 majority (Steen, Arntzen, Hellerslia; Poulsen and Falkanger dissenting) dismissed the State's appeal and declared the refusals of registration and grants invalid; unanimous that infringement of children's rights was not proved; majority: practice 'may entail a clear psychological pressure not to withdraw' (para 123) but not 'improper pressure' under Art. 9 ECHR; dissent: right to withdraw infringed. Costs NOK 2,165,461. Quotes od 2019 p. 148, lvs pp. 39-40, ks 2019 ch. 12 par. 17, w24 Aug p. 24 par. 18, the 2022 jw.org FAQ and a JW brochure 'Jehovah’s Witnesses and Disfellowshipping'.

Hinweis zu Herkunft und Überprüfung for Supreme Court of Norway (Høyesterett), judgment HR-2026-1009-A (case no. 25-089326SIV-HRET), official English translation published 16 July 2026, The State (Ministry of Children and Families) v. Jehovah’s Witnesses; European Association of Jehovah’s Witnesses (intervener)

Hinweis zur Vertrauensangabe. Official English translation PDF (https://www.domstol.no/globalassets/upload/hret/translated-rulings/2026/hr-2026-1009-a.pdf) downloaded and read; all quoted paragraphs confirmed. Norwegian original: https://www.domstol.no/globalassets/upload/hret/avgjorelser/2026/april/hr-2026-1009-a.pdf

Herkunft des Scans. Supreme Court of Norway, Communication Department translation (legal authenticity remains with the Norwegian text).

Abgerufen. 19. September 2026 · Quellenkennung. src-court-no-2026-0429-supreme-court

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