Human-rights cases against Denmark
14 cases from ECHR, CPT, UN special procedures, and other named oversight bodies.
- CASE OF POULSEN v. DENMARK2026-05-05ECHRviolationArticle 3 ECHR
Violation of Article 3 - Prohibition of torture (Article 3 - Degrading treatment;Inhuman treatment) (Substantive aspect)
- CASE OF MAKKI v. DENMARK2026-03-31ECHRviolationArticle 3 ECHR, Article 41 ECHR
Violation of Article 3 - Prohibition of torture (Article 3 - Degrading treatment;Inhuman treatment) (Substantive aspect);Non-pecuniary damage - award (Article 41 - Non-pecuniary damage;Just satisfaction)
- ECHRno violationArticle 35 ECHR, Article 6 ECHR, Article 1 ECHR
Remainder inadmissible (Art. 35) Admissibility criteria;(Art. 35-1) Exhaustion of domestic remedies;(Art. 35-3-a) Ratione materiae;(Art. 35-3-a) Ratione personae;No violation of Article 6 - Right to a fair trial (Article 6 - Civil proceedings;Article 6-1 - Access to court;Fair hearing;Adversarial trial;Equality of arms)
- ECHRno violationArticle 35 ECHR, Article 8 ECHR, Article 9 ECHR
Remainder inadmissible (Art. 35) Admissibility criteria;(Art. 35-3-a) Manifestly ill-founded;No violation of Article 8 - Right to respect for private and family life (Article 8-1 - Respect for private life) read in the light of Article 9 - (Art. 9) Freedom of thought, conscience and religion (Article 9-1 - Freedom of religion)
- CASE OF DAUGAARD SORENSEN v. DENMARK2024-10-15ECHRviolationArticle 3 ECHR, Article 8 ECHR
Violation of Article 3 - Prohibition of torture (Article 3 - Effective investigation;Positive obligations) (Procedural aspect);Violation of Article 8 - Right to respect for private and family life (Article 8 - Positive obligations;Article 8-1 - Respect for private life)
- CASE OF EL-ASMAR v. DENMARK2023-10-03ECHRviolationArticle 3 ECHR, Article 41 ECHR
Violation of Article 3 - Prohibition of torture (Article 3 - Effective investigation) (Procedural aspect);Violation of Article 3 - Prohibition of torture (Article 3 - Degrading treatment;Inhuman treatment) (Substantive aspect);Non-pecuniary damage - award (Article 41 - Non-pecuniary damage;Just satisfaction)
- CASE OF BJERG v. DENMARK2022-12-13ECHRno violationArticle 5 ECHR
No violation of Article 5 - Right to liberty and security (Article 5-4 - Review of lawfulness of detention)
- CASE OF SAVRAN v. DENMARK2021-12-07ECHRno violationArticle 3 ECHR, Article 8 ECHR, Article 41 ECHR
No violation of Article 3 - Prohibition of torture (Article 3 - Expulsion) (Turkey);Violation of Article 8 - Right to respect for private and family life (Article 8 - Expulsion;Article 8-1 - Respect for private life) (Turkey);Non-pecuniary damage - finding of violation sufficient (Article 41 - Non-pecuniary damage;Just satisfaction)
- ECHRno violationArticle 14 ECHR
No violation of Article 3 of Protocol No. 1 - Right to free elections-{general} (Article 3 of Protocol No. 1 - Vote);No violation of Article 14 - Prohibition of discrimination (Article 14 - Discrimination) read in the light of Article 3 of Protocol No. 1 - (P1-3) Right to free elections-{general} (Article 3 of Protocol No. 1 - Vote)
- CASE OF AGGERHOLM v. DENMARK2020-09-15ECHRviolationArticle 3 ECHR, Article 41 ECHR
Violation of Article 3 - Prohibition of torture (Article 3 - Degrading treatment;Inhuman treatment);Non-pecuniary damage - award (Article 41 - Non-pecuniary damage;Just satisfaction)
- CASE OF SAVRAN v. DENMARK2019-10-01ECHRviolationArticle 3 ECHR, Article 41 ECHR
Violation of Article 3 - Prohibition of torture (Article 3 - Expulsion) (Conditional) (Turkey);Non-pecuniary damage - finding of violation sufficient (Article 41 - Non-pecuniary damage;Just satisfaction)
- ECHRviolationArticle 5 ECHR, Article 34 ECHR, Article 41 ECHR
Preliminary objections joined to merits and dismissed (Art. 34) Individual applications;(Art. 34) Victim;Violation of Article 5 - Right to liberty and security (Article 5-1 - Lawful arrest or detention;Article 5-1-a - After conviction);Non-pecuniary damage - finding of violation sufficient (Article 41 - Non-pecuniary damage;Just satisfaction)
- CASE OF S., V. AND A. v. DENMARK2018-10-22ECHRno violationArticle 5 ECHR
No violation of Article 5 - Right to liberty and security (Article 5-1 - Deprivation of liberty;Lawful arrest or detention;Article 5-1-c - Reasonably necessary to prevent offence)
- CASE OF J.M. v. DENMARK2012-11-13ECHRno violationArticle 5 ECHR
No violation of Article 5 - Right to liberty and security (Article 5-3 - Length of pre-trial detention)
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