New fact sheet reviews laws, regulations and guidelines to ensure that discrimination and offensive actions on the basis of faith and religion do not occur in the workplace.
Protection against discrimination in the armed forces should be strengthened An exception in the Discrimination Act means that conscripts are less protected against discrimination due to disability and age. The Institute for Human Rights recommends that this provision be repealed.
In a new report, the Institute for Human Rights focuses on equal access to democratic participation and the barriers that people with disabilities face in connection with the electoral process.
The proportion of residents in Denmark without Danish citizenship has increased in recent years. In particular, the proportion of children and young people under the age of 18 without citizenship has increased, new analysis shows.
The Institute for Human Rights investigates whether the regulation and use of forced adoption in Denmark sufficiently secures children's and parents' right to family life.
For many years, Danish insurance companies have had unlawful and discriminatory insurance terms and conditions for pregnant women and women in childbirth. This fact sheet describes legislation and compensation options for women who have been discriminated by their insurance company.
Men and LGBT+ people who are exposed to intimate partner violence do not have the same right to crisis assistance as women exposed to violence have. All victims of violence should have the same right to help, states the Institute for Human Rights in a new analysis.
Twice as many wage earners with an ethnic minority background experience discrimination on the labor market compared to ethnic Danish wage earners. This is shown by a new analysis of discrimination in the Danish labor market.
The Institute for Human Rights focuses on hatred against minorities. In a new publication, seven different people talk about the consequences of hateful attacks and expressions.
The Danish Institute for Human Rights publishes its annual report to the Danish Parliament on the development of human rights in Denmark. The report provides an overview of progress and setbacks for human rights in the past year.
The Department of Human Rights examines in an overview note whether Danish legislation contains the right tools to prevent and sanction discrimination in the nightlife.
Ethnic minorities are more often than ethnic Danes charged in cases that end in dismissal or acquittal. This is shown by the Department of Human Rights' comprehensive report on ethnic profiling.
Using an empirical analysis of 22 interviews, this report sheds light on the barriers in Danish politics that politicians with a minority ethnic background encounter.
This note shows that far from all Danish municipalities screen or offer targeted help to fathers who are affected by postpartum depression. The Institute recommends that all municipalities ensure that fathers are screened and treated for postpartum depression.
The next local elections will probably not create significant improvements when it comes to gender equality in local democracy. This is the result of a count of the preliminary leading candidates for the local elections in November 2021.
The current maternity rules should be reformed to ensure equality and self-determination and to take into account the existence of different family forms. This publication focuses on parents' encounter with maternity rules.
Legislation on hate crimes should be enforced more effectively - even when a crime is partly based on the ethnic origin of others, beliefs, sexual orientation or the like, says Institute for Human Rights.
A new study on schooling and socio-economic background on students from vulnerable housing areas show that these students are attending some of the most socially and ethnically divided schools in Denmark.
This parallel report to CEDAW 2021 contains recommendations to the Danish and Greenlandic governments on how to eliminate discrimination against women and enhance equal treatment.
The report provides an analysis of the wage hierarchy between 13 professional groups in the public sector from 1969 and 2019, which shows that the wage hierarchy has been stagnant for the past 50 years.
