This note shows that far from all Danish municipalities screen or offer targeted help to fathers who are affected by postpartum depression. The Institute recommends that all municipalities ensure that fathers are screened and treated for postpartum depression.
Citizens with physical and mental disabilities vote less frequently than the rest of the population, new research shows. The Institute calls for a greater focus on making democracy accessible to all.
Lack of capacity, overcrowding and lack of prison officers in Danish prisons affect the inmates and their human rights. The Institute has examined the development of the penitentiary system.
Algorithmic profiling models are built on and process information about citizens. The more data an algorithmic model is trained on, the higher the quality of the results. In this note, the department highlights the importance of data quality being high throughout the life of the model.
The state has human rights obligations to ensure that no citizen is being discriminated. This also applies when public authorities use artificial intelligence to make decisions about citizens. The public sector's use of profiling models creates a risk of discrimination.
The state has human rights obligations to ensure that no citizen is being discriminated. This also applies when public authorities use artificial intelligence to make decisions about citizens. The public sector's use of profiling models creates a risk of discrimination.
There is a lack of openness about the use of artificial intelligence in the public sector. In this overview note, the Institute explains the human rights challenges and dilemmas that artificial intelligence raises.
In Denmark, no clear terms have been set for the public sector's use of algorithmic profiling models. In this overview note, the Institute highlights the need for management tools to ensure a human rights-based approach to artificial intelligence.
The use of artificial intelligence in the public sector is in rapid development, but how does this technology interfere with the rights of the citizens? This report examines the human rights and legal security challenges posed by the use of artificial intelligence in public case processing.
Lack of interpretation can increase the level of conflict in prisons and ultimately lead to increased use of force, this report on communication with foreign prisoners in Danish prisons shows.
States must pursue a criminal policy and organize their penal system in such a way that the human rights of prisoners are respected regardless of the state's economic or logistical difficulties.
There has been a sharp increase in the number of unconditional solitary confinements in Danish prisons over the past six years. At the same time, there has been an explosive increase in the number of long-term solitary confinements of 15 days or more. Preliminary figures for 2021 suggest that the high level will continue.
In this report on donor-conceived children's rights, the Danish Institute for Human Rights calls on the Danish government to give donor-conceived children access to more information about their genetic heritage.
The next local elections will probably not create significant improvements when it comes to gender equality in local democracy. This is the result of a count of the preliminary leading candidates for the local elections in November 2021.
The Institute of Human Rights recommends that the age limit for changing legal gender be abolished altogether. It requires an amendment to the CPR Act.
The Institute of Human Rights has investigated how far Denmark has come in relation to ensuring people with disabilities the right to an independent life with a focus on their opportunities to choose housing.
The current maternity rules should be reformed to ensure equality and self-determination and to take into account the existence of different family forms. This publication focuses on parents' encounter with maternity rules.
Legislation on hate crimes should be enforced more effectively - even when a crime is partly based on the ethnic origin of others, beliefs, sexual orientation or the like, says Institute for Human Rights.
A new study on schooling and socio-economic background on students from vulnerable housing areas show that these students are attending some of the most socially and ethnically divided schools in Denmark.
The use of artificial intelligence in the public sector lacks transparency. In an analysis of citizens' rights in regards to profiling models, the Danish Institute for Human Rights explains the challenges and dilemmas the use of artificial intelligence rises.
The public use of algorithms in case handling have a potential risk of leading to discrimination. The Danish Institute of Human Rights has examined the potential human rights dilemmas that can arise when the public sector uses algorithmic profiling models.