I. LEGAL FRAMEWORK C. National level 13. Despite the absence of a specific provision, there have been moves by the Ministry of Justice and the legislature towards tightening the legal framework in relation to torture. However, instead of making torture a specific offence, as envisaged by article 4 of the Convention against Torture, the newly […]
4. The Committee welcomes the extensive legislative, administrative and policy measures taken to improve the promotion and protection of human rights since the examination of the fourth periodic report, including: … (e)The establishment, in May 2008, of the Board of Equal Treatment, with competence to receive individual complaints concerning alleged cases of discrimination based on […]
Denmark suggests it would use diplomatic assurances against torture as a basis for the return of foreign nationals to countries where they face a risk of torture, and that it might promote the use of such assurances at an EU level. (more…)
6. The Committee notes with appreciation that section 81 of the Criminal Code, which entered into force on 2 April 2004, introduced an aggravating circumstance for offences based on another’s ethnic origin, faith, sexual orientation or the like. 7. The Committee welcomes the decision of the State party to establish two new reporting systems on […]
On 2 June, the Parliament adopted two new anti-terrorism bills, which entered into force on 9 June. The new laws criminalize various forms of supporting terrorism, oblige carriers to store passenger data for one year and give the Danish Intelligence Police (PET) increased surveillance powers and access to personal data from public authorities, regardless of […]
7.2 The issue before the Committee is whether the State party fulfilled its positive obligation to take effective action against reported incidents of racial discrimination, having regard to the extent to which it investigated the petitioner’s complaint under section 266 (b) of the Criminal Code. This provision criminalizes public statements by which a group of […]
