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 humanitarian grounds based on the applicant‘s long stay in Denmark‖ and the phrase ―Section 9 b, subsequent 1, of the Danish Aliens Act does not allow for granting humanitarian residence permits to groups of persons, as it is granted on the basis of a concrete assessment of a case‖: ―The fact that a person claims to have been exposed to torture cannot, according to the Ministry‘s practice, lead to the granting of a humanitarian residence permit. However, seriously mental or physical illness as a result of torture can form the basis for a humanitarian residence permit. The Ministry‘s practice regarding humanitarian residence permit based on a combination of a serious illness and torture is restrictive.‖ (i)The Special Rapporteur recommends, as a priority for the Greenland Home Rule Government, that it develop and implement an adequately resourced plan of action against domestic violence in Greenland in cooperation with actors with relevant experience, such as the Ministry of Welfare and Gender Equality. The Home Rule Government had committed to elaborating a ―National strategy for prevention of rape, sexual harassment and assaults‖. Non-governmental sources: According to an inquiry into the matter, in February 2009 a draft [National Strategi for sundhedsfremme og forebyggelse af vold og seksuelle overgreb] was expected ―soon‖. Government: The multi-faceted approach in the National Action Plan to combat domestic violence 2005-08 and the former action plan will continue as 35 million Danish kroner has been allocated to a new National Strategy to combat violence in intimate relations 2009-12. This strategy is currently being developed and the two main ambitions are to fully integrate the specific initiatives on partner violence in the existing support system and to improve prevention of partner violence at all levels. The national strategy will ensure a continued focus on this problem, including among the public. 45 Non-governmental sources: On 1 September 2010, the Danish Minister of A/HRC/19/61/Add.3 High incidence of assault and sexual offences against women in Greenland: a study by the National Institute for Public Health showed that 60 per cent of women in Greenland aged 18 to 24 were victims of assaults or threats; a third of whom were victims of aggravated assaults. 34 per cent of these women were victims of sexual assaults; 12.5 per cent already when they were children. Among female victims, 58 per cent claimed that the offender was their husband or live-in partner.

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