Knut Braa
Encyclopedia
Knut Arnljot Braa is a Norwegian author and veteran of United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon
who won a lawsuit against Ministry of Defence (Norway) in 2006.
mental disorders after service as a UN-soldier. There had been no debriefs while serving UNIFIL, and there was no follow-up after his service had ended.
A verdict
of Trondheim District Court
of October 18, 2006 resulted in Norway's government being ordered to pay compensation for tortious injury
— Norwegian kroner 1 215 374.
United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon
The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon, or UNIFIL, was created by the United Nations, with the adoption of Security Council Resolution 425 and 426 on 19 March 1978, to confirm Israeli withdrawal from Lebanon which Israel had invaded five days prior, restore international peace and security,...
who won a lawsuit against Ministry of Defence (Norway) in 2006.
Trial
The Ministry of Defence admitted that Braa acquiredmental disorders after service as a UN-soldier. There had been no debriefs while serving UNIFIL, and there was no follow-up after his service had ended.
A verdict
Verdict
In law, a verdict is the formal finding of fact made by a jury on matters or questions submitted to the jury by a judge. The term, from the Latin veredictum, literally means "to say the truth" and is derived from Middle English verdit, from Anglo-Norman: a compound of ver and dit In law, a verdict...
of Trondheim District Court
Trondheim District Court
Trondheim District Court was a district court located in and serving Trondheim, Norway. From 1 January 2010, it was merged with Sør-Trøndelag District Court, which was located in the same building. It was subordinate Frostating Court of Appeal....
of October 18, 2006 resulted in Norway's government being ordered to pay compensation for tortious injury
Tort
A tort, in common law jurisdictions, is a wrong that involves a breach of a civil duty owed to someone else. It is differentiated from a crime, which involves a breach of a duty owed to society in general...
— Norwegian kroner 1 215 374.
Articles
- FN veteran advarer mot krigen i Afghanistan. (TV2 innslag 31 mars 2008)
- Hjalp vi forbryterne til makten (Kronikk i Dagbladet 5.11. 2008)
- Veteranene (Dagbladet 12.7. 2009)
- «De usynlige soldatene», kronikk i VG, papirutgaven, 16.09.2009
- «Forsvarets verveplakater, kronikk i VG, papirutgaven, 1.07.2010
- TV og radiointervju i NRK
- Minnenes terror - NRK faktor
- En meget sterk rus (Verdens Gang, papirutgave 12.10.10)
- E 14: En stat i staten (Kronikk i Dagbladet 10.02.11)