Denmark and diplomatic assurances against grave violations of human rights

Europe and Central Asia
Issue: Global Security
Document Type: Open Letter
Date: 2008

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.The ICJ and other human rights groups wrote to the Danish Minister for Justice to express concerns about this suggestion.

Denmark-Diplomatic assurances against grave violations of human rights-Open letters-2008 (full text, PDF)

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