All publications on Security

The Danish Institute for Human Rights' report for 2023 describes the development of human rights in Denmark with a focus on four areas.

In a new analysis, the Danish Institute for Human Rights reviews how the use of facial recognition interferes with the right to privacy and data protection and recommends that it should only be used with a clear and precise legal basis in police and procedural law.

In the annual report on the Institute’s international work, we present some of the many results we have contributed to in 2022.

The Danish Institute for Human Rights publishes its annual report to the Danish Parliament on the development of human rights in Denmark. The report provides an overview of progress and setbacks for human rights in the past year.

Parallel report to the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination on the 22nd to 24th periodic reports by the Government of Denmark on the implementation of the international convention on the elimination of all forms of racial discrimination.

In the annual report on the Institute’s international work, we present some of the many results we have contributed to in 2020-21.

In the annual report on the Institute’s international work in 2019 we present some of the many results we have contributed to.

This report presents some of the many results the Danish Institute for Human Rights has contributed to in 2018.

An analysis of economical aspects, deprivation and social exclusion in a human rights perspective.

In 2015, the UN General Assembly adopted a new set of standards for prisons - the so-called Mandela rules.

The institute’s annual report to the Danish parliament offers an overview of the most important improvements and setbacks for human rights in Denmark.

This note focuses particularly on police oversight mechanisms after the police operation has been carried out.

This publication provides an overview of the human rights situation in Denmark 2016-17.

The institute’s annual report to the Danish parliament offers an overview of the most important improvements and setbacks for human rights in Denmark.

The institute’s annual report to the Danish parliament offers an overview of the most important improvements and setbacks for human rights in Denmark.

Discussion paper on integrating justice and security into sustainable development planning in Africa.

The Luanda Guidelines aim at improving the treatment of persons subject to arrest, police custody and pre-trial detention in Africa.

This report includes data from a questionnaire survey conducted for the Danish Institute for Human Rights by the National Centre for Social Research.

The institute’s annual report to the Danish parliament offers an overview of the most important improvements and setbacks for human rights in Denmark.

An assessment tool to be used at a national level and input to easily accessible, practical and operational human rights guidelines.