The case of Denmark: monitoring human rights during COVID-19
1. Monitoring in Denmark during COVID-19
In the video below, head of the monitoring department Christoffer Badse will discuss monitoring human rights during the COVID-19 lockdown in Denmark. The presentation will focus on the rapid drafting of a monitoring report conducted by DIHR together with the Danish Bar and Lawyers association.
2. Our recommendations in the report
Christoffer Badse outlines the main conclusions and recommendations of the report drafted by DIHR and the Danish Bar and Lawyers association in March 2020. The recommendations include but are not limited to the principles of necessity, proportionality, transparency, and time limitation. The report also includes more abstract recommendations aimed at the political level.
For those interested, an English summary of the report can be found here.
3. How was the report received?
How was the report received by politicians, civil servants, and other state actors? In this final video, Christoffer Badse discusses the reception of the report on COVID-19 actions in Denmark and illustrates how NHRIs work with state actors to protect and fulfil human rights obligations.
Context update: In the new adopted Danish Act on Epidemics, the following improvements are in alignment with the Danish Institute for Human Rights recommendations, namely parliamentary control with certain administrative regulations, and transparency and openness in relation to the recommendations on initiatives of preventing epidemics issued by the Commission of Epidemics.