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Overview

Denmark is covered by the OHCHR Regional Office for Europe (ROE), whose primary function is to advance human rights in the European Union (EU) through technical assistance, advocacy, and reporting on human rights, based on the recommendations of UN human rights mechanisms. The office works to address human rights gaps in EU legislation, budgeting and policy-making, seizing the impetus created by the Sustainable Development Agenda. 

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News & Statements

Latest news

10 Feb 2023

Special Procedures

Denmark and Greenland: UN expert calls for greater effort to create inclusive societies

07 Feb 2023

Treaty bodies

Denmark failed to take effective measures against art exhibition curating racist hate speech, UN Committee finds

30 Jan 2023

Special Procedures

UN expert on Indigenous Peoples’ rights to visit Denmark and Greenland

03 Dec 2021

Treaty bodies

UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination publishes findings on Chile, Denmark, Singapore, Switzerland and Thailand

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Latest statements & messages

28 Sep 2023

Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights

People power

14 Jan 2021

Multiple Mechanisms

An online event “Sustainable Recovery Lab: Building on human rights and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development” organised by the Danish Institute for Human Rights in conjunction with the Human Rights Council’s 3rd intersessional meeting on Human Rights and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development

13 Oct 2017

Special Procedures

End-of-visit statement by the United Nations Special Rapporteur on toxics and human rights, Baskut Tuncak on his visit to Denmark and Greenland, 2-13 October 2017

06 Jun 2017

Multiple Mechanisms

Denial of access and lack of cooperation with UN bodies will not diminish scrutiny of a State's human rights record

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Featured Stories

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13 December 2019 Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights

Human Rights Committee gives top grades for follow-up to five countries

The Human Rights Committee has given top ratings to five countries for satisfactorily implementing its recommendations.
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Universal Periodic Review

Core documents for the current and previous cycles

The Universal Periodic Review (UPR) is a unique process which involves a review of the human rights records of all UN Member States. The UPR is a State-driven process, under the auspices of the Human Rights Council, which provides the opportunity for each State to declare what actions they have taken to improve the human rights situations in their countries and to fulfil their human rights obligations.

Special Procedures

Reports

A/HRC/54/31/Add.1: Visit to Denmark and Greenland - Report of the Special Rapporteur on the rights of Indigenous Peoples

A/HRC/39/48/Add.2: Report of the Special Rapporteur on the implications for human rights of the environmentally sound management and disposal of hazardous substances and wastes on his mission to Denmark and Greenland - Note by the Secretariat

A/HRC/39/48/Add.4: Report of the Special Rapporteur on the implications for human rights of the environmentally sound management and disposal of hazardous substances and wastes on his mission to Denmark and Greenland: comments by Denmark

A/HRC/39/48/Add.5: Report of the Special Rapporteur on the implications for human rights of the environmentally sound management and disposal of hazardous substances and wastes on his mission to Denmark and Greenland: comments by Greenland

A/HRC/34/50/Add.1: Report of the Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion and belief on his mission to Denmark

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Special Procedures country visits

Treaty Bodies

Reports

CERD/C/DNK/CO/22-24: Concluding observations on the combined twenty-second to twenty-fourth periodic reports of Denmark

CEDAW/C/DNK/CO/9: Concluding observations on the ninth periodic report of Denmark

E/C.12/DNK/CO/6: Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights: Concluding observations on sixth periodic report of Denmark

CRC/C/DNK/CO/5: Committee on the Rights of the Child: Concluding observations on the fifth periodic report of Denmark

CCPR/C/DNK/CO/6: Concluding observations on the sixth periodic report of Denmark

CAT/C/DNK/CO/6-7: Concluding observations on the combined sixth and seventh periodic reports of Denmark

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Status & Reporting

Status of Ratifications Reporting Status Standing invitation to Special Procedures Voluntary Pledges and Commitments

External Resources

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Contact Information

Headquarters

Field Operations and Technical Cooperation Division (FOTCD)
Contact is in Geneva, Switzerland.

Europe and Central Asia Section

Telephone: +41 22 917 9220
Email: [email protected]

 

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