Recommendations
(A/HRC/10/44/Add.2)
Situation during visit in 2008
Information received in the reporting
Steps taken in previous years and (See
A/HRC/13/39/Add.6; A/HRC/16/52/Add.2A) period
limited.‖ The white book lists a number of
restrictions and strict preconditions in this
respect.
assurances to circumvent it.
Non-governmental sources: On 1
September 2010, at an open consultation in
the Parliament‘s Legal Affairs Committee,
the Minister for Refugees, Immigrants and
Integration re-affirmed the government‘s
decision to use diplomatic assurances if this
is considered to be safe in each individual
case.
On 9 April 2010, the Danish Ministry of
Justice decided to extradite a Danish citizen
for prosecution in India. The decision was
taken on the basis of the Indian authorities‘
acceptance of several conditions, including:
i. That capital punishment may not be
executed for the criminal offense,
ii. That the enforcement of the sentence shall
be based on the principle of conversion on
the sentence; and that
iii. That the detention shall be in accordance
with the UN Standard Minimum Rules for
the treatment of prisoners.
Government: The information provided by
the NGO, refers to the consultation of the
Minister for Refugee, Immigration and
Integration Affairs in the Parliament on 1
September 2010 (see column 3).
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(g) Ensure that investigations A Danish documentary
into alleged CIA rendition
broadcast on 30 January 2008
Government: The Governmental report on
secret CIA-Rendition flights in Denmark,
Non-governmental sources: It is
reported that the investigation into the
A/HRC/19/61/Add.3
With respect to the information on decision
to extradite a Danish citizen to India, the
ruling of the court against the extradition has
been subsequently appealed to the High
Court of Eastern Denmark.
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