that the Danish Government bears responsibility or co-responsibility for alleged illegal activities of the CIA or other foreign authorities’ activities. The existing Danish control regimes are adequate to ensure that the relevant authorities have the necessary possibilities to intervene should the authorities receive concrete knowledge of an extraordinary rendition heading towards or being in Danish, Greenlandic or Faroese airspace.7 In connection with the publication of the report on Secret CIA-flights in Denmark, Greenland and Faroe Islands on the 23 October 2008, the Danish Government endorsed the recommendations made by the Inter-ministerial Working Group and immediately initiated the implementation process of the recommendations. 7 The report is available in Danish (English Summary at page 99) at http://www.um.dk/NR/rdonlyres/7325C86F-F9DA-4329-8B16B3F135BDC24F/0/CIA.pdf (20.08.2009) 57 A/HRC/13/39/Add.6 In accordance with the recommendations, the Danish Government informed the US Government of the Danish position and law in relation to renditions, through a note verbale dated 27 October 2008. In the note, the Danish Government strongly condemned the use of extraordinary renditions defined as transport of individuals which takes place outside the scope of national and international law. Further, the Danish Government stressed that such renditions constitute a violation of the fundamental human rights of the detained individuals and cannot be justified regardless of the circumstances or

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