Le 4 mars 2024, le tribunal de district d'Oslo a confirmé le refus par la Norvège des subventions publiques et de l'enregistrement, jugeant que la pratique d'exclusion portait atteinte au droit des mineurs baptisés de se retirer librement ('quasiment impossible' pour eux à exercer) et constituait une violence psychologique, et a condamné l'organisation à des dépens d'environ 1,14 million de couronnes norvégiennes.

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Constat indépendant · 4 mars 2024 Étayé

Le 4 mars 2024, le tribunal de district d'Oslo a confirmé le refus par la Norvège des subventions publiques et de l'enregistrement, jugeant que la pratique d'exclusion portait atteinte au droit des mineurs baptisés de se retirer librement ('quasiment impossible' pour eux à exercer) et constituait une violence psychologique, et a condamné l'organisation à des dépens d'environ 1,14 million de couronnes norvégiennes. Source: Oslo tingrett (Oslo District Court), judgment TOSL-2022-186588 / TOSL-2023-23178, 4 mars 2024 Source: jw.org Newsroom, 28 mars 2024 Source: Supreme Court of Norway (Høyesterett), judgment HR-2026-1009-A (case no. 25-089326SIV-HRET), official English translation published 16 July 2026, 29 avril 2026

Position de l’organisation ou explication ultérieure : jw.org (28 mars 2024) a qualifié la décision d'inconstitutionnelle et a annoncé un appel.

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Document public officiel Étayé

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

4 mars 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 ...').

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Corroboré par. src-jworg-2024-0328-norway-appeal-release, src-court-no-2026-0429-supreme-court

Notes. Norwegian-language source.

Date de consultation. 19 septembre 2026 · Identifiant de la source. src-court-no-2024-0304-oslo-district-court

Publication primaire des Témoins de Jéhovah Vérifié

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

28 mars 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.

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Note de provenance et de vérification

Note sur la fiabilité. Page opened; date and wording confirmed.

Date de consultation. 19 septembre 2026 · Identifiant de la source. src-jworg-2024-0328-norway-appeal-release

Document public officiel Vérifié

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 avril 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'.

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Note de provenance et de vérification

Note sur la fiabilité. 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

Provenance de la numérisation. Supreme Court of Norway, Communication Department translation (legal authenticity remains with the Norwegian text).

Date de consultation. 19 septembre 2026 · Identifiant de la source. src-court-no-2026-0429-supreme-court

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L’affirmation et ses preuves

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

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

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)”