Denmark - OPCAT Situation
Updated 07.05.2013
After the ratification of the OPCAT in 2004, Denmark designated the Danish Parliamentary Commissioner for Civil and Military Administration as its NPM in 2007.
Two years later, the Danish NPM concluded agreements with both the Danish Institute for Human Rights and the Rehabilitation and Research Centre for Torture Victims (NGO). The agreements aimed at initiating formal collaboration with civil society organisations in order to strengthen the Ombudsman’s monitoring activities.
The SPT member Mari Amos is the SPT Focal Point for Denmark.
Opcat status
OPCAT Ratification
June 25, 2004
UNCAT Ratification
May 27, 1987
SPT Member
Mr. Hans Draminsky Petersen (2007-2014)
NPM Type
National Human Rights Institution with Civil Society
Information
Population
5 450 661
Area (sq km)
43 094
Number of prisons
57
Prison population
4198
Quick links
Communication to the SPT: Official Correspondence from Denmark (16 October 2007)
UPR: Report of the Working Group (July 2011)
CAT: Concluding Observations (July 2007)
SRT: Report (May 2008)
CPT: Report (September 2008) and News Flash on Greenland (2012)
Commissioner on Human Rights (Council of Europe): Report (2007)
