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The Norwegian Centre Against Racism or Anti-Racism Centre(Norwegian: Antirasistisk Senter; NCAR) is a non-governmental organization based in Oslo, Norway established in 1983. The organization’s main objective is to achieve a socially just society through the fight against racism and discrimination. The Centre works toward its objective through the documentation and prevention of racism, racism awareness, and the mobilization of the minority population in Norway.

The Norwegian Centre Against Racism comprises of a political management structure and three main departments :"Agenda X: An activity center for the minority youth population of Norway in which lifeskill workshops and summer camps are organized.""JobbX: A free job application course for minorities between the ages 16 and 26 in Norway. The course teaches how to search for jobs, create a CV, fill out job applications, and interview skills.""The Counseling Office: The office offers counseling to those who have experienced ethnic and racial discrimination."

The Jewish community of Oslo et al. v. Norway and the Case against Tore Tvedt:
On August 19th, 2000, the 'Bootboys', a Norwegian Extremist Group organized a march in Askim to commemorate Rudolf Hess, a Nazi leader. Terje Sjolie headed the march and gave a speech honouring Hess. The following year, Sjolie was charged by the Division Attorney of Oslo for violating section 135a of the Norwegian Penal Code. When appealed, the Supreme Court found that the prohibition of Nazism to be against the right to freedom of speech. The Norwegian Centre Against Racism and Jewish organizations appealed the verdict to the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination(CERD) stated the verdict violated articles four and six of the ICERD Convention. The CERD Committee concluded that Sjolie's statements violated the articles and it should not be protected under Norwegian freedom of speech. In relation to the court case and the Centre's appeal, in 2006, Tore Tvedt in an interview with Verdens Gang stated he wished to 'cleanse out the jews', in addition to other anti-semitic statements. In response to the appeal of the Sjolie Case, the Norwegian Centre Against Racism and the Norwegian Jewish organizations took an effort to prevent a similar situation from occurring again despite the case being acquitted by the Borgarting Court of Appeals. Tore Tvedt received a forty five day sentence for his statements.

Tea Time
The Norwegian Centre Against Racism organized Tea Time as a community building project. Tea Time encourages Norwegian Muslims to invite their neighbours to their homes for tea to break down prejudices through the discussion of life experiences and asking questions to better understand one another. The Centre concluded the contact between the Muslim population and the 'native' Norwegian was on a downward slope and Tea Time would help create unity. The Norwegian government has helped fund the events and the Queen Sonja and Princess Mette-Marit of Norway have attended a Tea Time event as a solidarity pact with the project and its importance towards the unity of the Norwegian population. The results according to the Islamic Information Portal dictates that Tea Time has opened up 200 homes and within the first month, 300 events occurred. Negative attitudes towards Muslims in Norway as a result has fallen by 40%.

Norwegian Red Cross
In the 2015 Red Cross Report, the Norwegian Centre Against Racism and other humanitarian organizations with the Norwegian Red Cross submitted a joint appeal to the Norwegian government to give migrants access to healthcare. The appeal claims that the lack of healthcare to migrants is inconsistent with human rights principals.

NGO Alternative Report, 2015
The NGO Alternative Report is a supplemental commentary by the Norwegian Centre Against Racism and eighteen other Norwegian non-governmental organizations; in response to Norway's twenty-first and twenty-second Periodic Report submitted under the ninth article of the International Convention on Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination. The States Parties of the Convention committed to anti racist principles in many aspects of society, the ninth article requires agreeing States Parties to submit a report on 'the legislative, judicial, administrative or other measures which they have adopted and which give effect to the provisions of this Convention.' Through the NGO Alternative Report, each non-governmental organization contributed their expertise and research to recommend an implementation of various humanitarian policies from grounds of determination, legal aid, unaccompanied asylum seeking minors and other asylum seekers to the elimination of all racial discrimination in Norway's approach to the Convention's principles. The Norwegian Centre Against Racism addressed the issue of cells for solitary confinement. According to the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture stated the solitary confinement cells in prisons such as Trandum are 'unsuitable for detention of any kind.' In 2015, the Norwegian Centre Against Racism Trandum in which the cells were improved, however the organization criticized the prison's lack of mental health professionals to address the mental state of prisoners in order to prevent instances such as self-mutiliation and suicide. Another case the Centre addressed within the Report was the twenty-first recommendation of hate speech and hate crimes. July 2011, Anders Behring Breivik, a far right Norwegian terrorist committed the 2011 Norway attacks; the Norwegian Centre Against Racism documented an increase in attacks against visible minorities on the day as the terrorist was perpetuated as a person from Muslim descent. The Report addressed the issue to further analyze of the relationship between Breivik, racism, Islamophobia, and Norway; to focus on right wing extremism rather than resorting to race.

Feminist Criticism
Negotiating Gender and Diversity in an Emergent European Public Sphere written by Birte Siim examines the ethno-cultural diversity through the feminist perspective. The author studies various 'about us' pages on non governmental organization websites to understand the organizations' scope on humanitarian issues. In reference to the Norwegian Centre Against Racism, Siim states the Centre has a limited indications of gender equality. The Centre prioritizes gender and ethnicity as relative issues; in addition, dignifies gender equality to be an issue for the European Union.

Leadership
=== 2015 ===

Professional Policy Department
"Executive Vice President: Rune Berglund Steen,""Deputy Chairman: Mari K. Linløkke""Deputy Communications: Ervin Kohn""Special Adviser: Shoaib Sultan""Senior Adviser: Vivian Brattsti Sørensen (60%)""Secretary: Fida Jeries Baarli""Adviser: Maria Wasvik"

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Great start! The organization sounds interesting and this will be a good addition to Wikipedia.Dwebsterbu (talk) 22:01, 17 February 2018 (UTC)

Peer Review
First of all, congratulations! You have done an amazing work. The article is very well written, which makes it easy to follow. Just a few observations regarding grammar and punctuation (little mistakes that have been probably done inadvertently): All the information in the article is relevant to the topic and helps to get to know the organization. I would, nevertheless, add some more information (if possible). For instance, it would be great if you could find another source of criticism.
 * Full stop between "Tore Tvedt" and "On August 19th" at the beginning of the Involvement section
 * Change "an" by "a" Norwegian Extremist Group. I would also add a comma after "Group" in that sentence.
 * "The" appears twice in the sentence "within the the first month, 300 events occurred".
 * Where parentheses have been used, sometimes, a space is missing between the word and the parenthesis.
 * In the sentence "... (CERD) stated the verdict violated articles..." I think a "which" is missing between CERD and stated.

Your opening paragraph gives a very clear and concise overview of the topic. I also liked to see the translation of the organization's name to its original language. However, I would explain the departments in the body of the article, instead of the lead section, maybe under a section called "Structure". In fact, I would suggest to add the section "Structure" and divide it in two possible subheadings "Departments" and "Leadership". Another suggestion, you could use a table to organize the information under Leadership (which I think you are still working on), I found it useful when I was writing my article.

I found the first sentence in "NGO Alternative Report, 2015" a bit confusing and I had to re-read it a couple of time. In addition, I wonder if the verb is "published" or "publishes". Is it a periodical report?

You also have a very well organized article under different subheadings, allowing the reader to easily go through the information. Make sure to mark these subheadings as such by using the Wikipedia tool of applying headings, subheadings, etc., so they appear in the contents box. It will help the reader to have a quick general view of the information included in the article and it would make easier to go to what one is interested in. Furthermore, remember to add a title to the article.

I think you have made a well use of the links that can be added to words in the text. While reading your article I found that you could also add links to "Queen Sonja" and "Princess Mette-Marit of Norway".

Once again, excellent work! Angadea (talk) 02:29, 16 March 2018 (UTC)

Peer Review #2:

Your article is very well written and explains the organization very clearly.

Just a few observations/ possible corrections.
 * It might be more clear to remove the Departments from the introduction as it is not as important for the main details of the organization.
 * In the last line of your Tea Time paragraph you repeated 'the' twice.
 * If possible it would be nice if you could elaborate a bit more on the NGO Alternative Report. Perhaps by clarifying who the report is written for (government or just general knowledge) and if it is for the government, has the report had any direct affect on their decision making.
 * If there is any information on available, it could be interesting to see where the organization gets its funding from.
 * Maybe you could make the article a little bit more aesthetically pleasing by creating clearer titles, headings, and subheadings.

The example of the legal trial is very good and gives a clear view into the workings of the organization as well as the influence and power the organization has on the international stage.

You have a great array of sources and you do not just focus on the organizations website.