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 Denmark by or on behalf of any US authorities without the prior explicit permission of Danish authorities. The Government will actively engage in discussions at regional or international level on the question of a common definition of civilian state aircrafts and whether the existing rules on supervision with foreign intelligences, supervision of flights and immunity provide an adequate protection against human rights violations. airspace in the course of the CIA rendition program as part of a larger investigation into the Danish participation in the Iraq war and the war 24 on terror. Non-governmental sources: No independent investigation has been conducted. - On 23 October 2008, the inter-ministerial working group issued a report on the investigation into the secret CIA-Rendition flights in Denmark, Greenland and the Faroe Islands. Three journalists complained to the Ombudsman about not being granted access to information to documents exchanged within the working group. On 18 March 2010, the Ombudsman issued an opinion, stating that ―the so-called CIA working group, which has investigated the alleged CIA-flights in Danish airspace, cannot be considered as an independent authority‖, and requested reconsideration of the request. 24 http://politiken.dk/politik/ECE1382711/villy-soevndal-snublede-i-sin-egen-udenrigspolitik/ 39 A/HRC/19/61/Add.3 Government: Since 2005, the Government has consistently stated that no governmental authority possessed information on CIA over flights or stopovers in Denmark, Greenland and on Faroe Islands. The Government has