[9 May 2012] - The interest in the way media report on ethnic and religious issues has increased in the last decade. The examples of unethical reporting on immigration, globalisation, economic insecurity, and multiculturalism have raised the...
[9 February 2012] - The Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on a communications procedure which was adopted at the sixty-sixth session of the General Assembly of the United Nations, will be open for signature at a signing...
Summary: Acknowledging that forced co-operation and shared custody do not work for all divorced families, politicians rethink law. [13 February 2012] - In a unanimous decision, the political parties agreed last week on a plan to change the...
This 22nd annual World Report summarises human rights conditions in more than 90 countries and territories worldwide in 2011. It reflects extensive investigative work that Human Rights Watch staff has undertaken during the year, often in close...
Summary: A compilation of extracts featuring child-rights issues from the reports submitted to the Universal Periodic Review. There are extracts from the 'National Report', the 'Compilation of UN Information' and the 'Summary of Stakeholder's...
Summary: Information about institutions in Denmark that monitor children's rights.
Children's Ombudsperson
Denmark’s National Council for Children (Børnerådet; http://www.boerneraadet.dk) was first established in 1994, and is now...
TitleP.S. and ors. v. Denmark
Court/Judicial Body:Human Rights Committee
Citation:Communication No. 397/1990
Date:Date of communication: 15 February 1990
Instruments Cited:International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
Summary:P.S. and the...
TitleKashif Ahmad v. Denmark
Court/Judicial Body:UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
Citation:Communication No. 16/1999
Date:Date of communication: 28 May 1999
Instruments Cited:International Convention on the Elimination of All...
TitleC.P and ors. v. Denmark
Court/Judicial Body:Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
Citation:Communication No. 5/1994
Date:15 March 1995
Instruments Cited:International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial...
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