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.
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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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