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==Career== |
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He was born in [[Oslo]], and graduated with the [[cand.jur.]] degree in 1974, and after spending the year 1975 as a [[research assistant]] at [[Aarhus University]] he was hired as a consultant in the [[Norwegian Ministry of Transport and Communications]]. He |
He was born in [[Oslo]], and graduated with the [[cand.jur.]] degree in 1974, and after spending the year 1975 as a [[research assistant]] at [[Aarhus University]] he was hired as a consultant in the [[Norwegian Ministry of Transport and Communications]]. He occupied the following posts: |
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- Higher executive officer, Equal Status Council, 1977-79 |
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Since 1994 he has been the administrative director of the [[Supreme Court of Norway]]. In Norway this is neither a judicial office nor the head of the Supreme Court, but corresponds to the head of [[human resources]], ranking below the chief justice and the 19 justices. |
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- Head of division, Equal Status Ombudsman, 1979-86 |
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- Deputy Judge, Strømmen District Court, 1984-85 |
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- Town Clerk of Oslo, 1986-89 |
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- Chief Judge of the Court of Probate, Bankruptcy and Enforcement in Oslo, 1989-94 |
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Since 1994 he has been the Secretary General of the [[Supreme Court of Norway]]. |
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==Membership of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women== |
==Membership of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women== |
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In 2016 the Norwegian government nominated him as a member of the [[Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women]], a UN body of experts on discrimination against women, and he was subsequently elected to this committee. His nomination was controversial because all the women's rights organizations in the Nordic countries had nominated [[Anne Hellum]], the Director of the Institute of Women's Law at the University of Oslo |
In 2016 the Norwegian government nominated him as a member of the [[Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women]], a UN body of experts on discrimination against women, and he was subsequently elected to this committee. His nomination was controversial because all the women's rights organizations in the Nordic countries had nominated [[Anne Hellum]], the Director of the Institute of Women's Law at the University of Oslo. The nomination was criticized by several jurists and other experts on gender equality in Norway, among them [[Hege Skjeie]], [[Inga Bostad]], [[Helga Hernes]], Cecilia Bailliet, Ingunn Ikdahl, Vibeke Blaker Strand and Aslak Syse, as discriminatory towards women. Bergby was the third man in a row from the Nordic countries nominated to this committee, while no women from the Nordic countries had been nominated since the 1990s. He is nonetheless the only man (among 22 women) currently sitting in the comittee as an expert <ref>Cecilia Bailliet: [https://ilg2.org/2016/03/15/a-call-for-transparency-in-nominations-to-international-committees-and-tribunals/ A Call for Transparency in Nominations to International Committees and Tribunals], ''Voices on international law, policy, practice''</ref><ref>[http://www.advokatbladet.no/2016/03/oppnevnte-mann-til-kvinnekomite/ Oppnevnte mann til kvinnekomité], ''Advokatbladet''</ref><ref>"Forbigår den beste: Driver Utenriksdepartementet (UD) radikal kjønnskvotering av menn – som er forbudt i arbeidslivet?" ''[[Dagens Næringsliv]]'' 31 March 2016</ref><ref>[[Hege Skjeie]] and [[Helga Hernes]]: "Ikke til å tro." ''[[Dagens Næringsliv]]'' 2 April 2016</ref><ref>Hilde Firman Fjellså: "Likestilling: Et liv i kamp: Anne Hellums yrkesliv startet med diskriminering. Det har ikke gitt seg ennå". ''Klassekampen'' 20 May 2016 pp. 32–33 ["En samlet kvinnebevegelse i de nordiske landene ville ha Anne Hellum innstilt til FNs kvinnekomité da det i år var Norges tur til å nominere. Slik gikk det ikke. Beslutningen har vært sterkt kritisert av en rekke ledende fagfolk. Det er stilt spørsmål om Utenriksdepartementets nominasjon av en mindre kvalifisert mann er i tråd med norsk og internasjonalt regelverk som godtar moderat, men ikke radikal kjønnskvotering."]</ref> |
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==References== |
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Revision as of 14:43, 13 March 2018
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Gunnar Bergby (born 28 August 1947[1]) is a Norwegian civil servant and jurist. He was the administrative director of the Supreme Court of Norway from 1994.
Career
He was born in Oslo, and graduated with the cand.jur. degree in 1974, and after spending the year 1975 as a research assistant at Aarhus University he was hired as a consultant in the Norwegian Ministry of Transport and Communications. He occupied the following posts:
- Higher executive officer, Equal Status Council, 1977-79
- Head of division, Equal Status Ombudsman, 1979-86
- Deputy Judge, Strømmen District Court, 1984-85
- Town Clerk of Oslo, 1986-89
- Chief Judge of the Court of Probate, Bankruptcy and Enforcement in Oslo, 1989-94
Since 1994 he has been the Secretary General of the Supreme Court of Norway.
Membership of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women
In 2016 the Norwegian government nominated him as a member of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, a UN body of experts on discrimination against women, and he was subsequently elected to this committee. His nomination was controversial because all the women's rights organizations in the Nordic countries had nominated Anne Hellum, the Director of the Institute of Women's Law at the University of Oslo. The nomination was criticized by several jurists and other experts on gender equality in Norway, among them Hege Skjeie, Inga Bostad, Helga Hernes, Cecilia Bailliet, Ingunn Ikdahl, Vibeke Blaker Strand and Aslak Syse, as discriminatory towards women. Bergby was the third man in a row from the Nordic countries nominated to this committee, while no women from the Nordic countries had been nominated since the 1990s. He is nonetheless the only man (among 22 women) currently sitting in the comittee as an expert [2][3][4][5][6]
References
- ^ Gunnar Bergby
- ^ Cecilia Bailliet: A Call for Transparency in Nominations to International Committees and Tribunals, Voices on international law, policy, practice
- ^ Oppnevnte mann til kvinnekomité, Advokatbladet
- ^ "Forbigår den beste: Driver Utenriksdepartementet (UD) radikal kjønnskvotering av menn – som er forbudt i arbeidslivet?" Dagens Næringsliv 31 March 2016
- ^ Hege Skjeie and Helga Hernes: "Ikke til å tro." Dagens Næringsliv 2 April 2016
- ^ Hilde Firman Fjellså: "Likestilling: Et liv i kamp: Anne Hellums yrkesliv startet med diskriminering. Det har ikke gitt seg ennå". Klassekampen 20 May 2016 pp. 32–33 ["En samlet kvinnebevegelse i de nordiske landene ville ha Anne Hellum innstilt til FNs kvinnekomité da det i år var Norges tur til å nominere. Slik gikk det ikke. Beslutningen har vært sterkt kritisert av en rekke ledende fagfolk. Det er stilt spørsmål om Utenriksdepartementets nominasjon av en mindre kvalifisert mann er i tråd med norsk og internasjonalt regelverk som godtar moderat, men ikke radikal kjønnskvotering."]
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