17.
The Special Rapporteur notes that the Government did not accept the UPR recommendation to assess in an open and
transparent manner the consequences of flights conducted over Danish territory. 14 He reiterates his previous recommendation to
ensure that investigations into alleged CIA rendition flights using airports in Denmark including Greenland are carried out in an
inclusive and transparent manner.
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A/HRC/18/4/Add.1, footnote 96.
A/HRC/18/4/Add.1, recommendation 106.132.
A/HRC/19/61/Add.3
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On the issue of diplomatic assurances, the Special Rapporteur welcomes the June 2011 decision of the High Court of
Denmark, upholding the decision of Hillerød Court not to permit extradition on the grounds that diplomatic assurances. He further
welcomes Denmark‘s assurances that pursuant to section 31 in the Danish Aliens Act a foreigner may not be returned to a country
where he/she will be at risk of the death penalty or of being subjected to torture or inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment,
or where the foreigner will not be protected against being sent on to such a country. The safeguard against refoulement is absolute.13
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