All publications on Disability

The Institute for Human Rights submits a report on its work in Greenland to the Greenlandic parliament, Inatsisartut.

In a new report, the Institute for Human Rights focuses on equal access to democratic participation and the barriers that people with disabilities face in connection with the electoral process.

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.

The Institute gives an overview of the development of equal treatment of Danes with disabilities, focusing on four specific areas.

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.

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.

In the report 'Buses for all', the Danish Institute for Human Rights examines the accessibility of buses in Denmark for people with reduced mobility.

This report brings together five sub-studies from a major research project mapping out how people with mental and cognitive disabilities are placed as victims in a criminal case, and how equal treatment for the group can be strengthened

Get an overview of restrictions on housing offers during the COVID-19 crisis, what the consequences are for affected residents and what it means in terms of human rights

Technical education programs lack flexibility and better support for the relatively large proportion of students with disabilities.

In Danish forensic psychiatry, people with mental illness receive disproportionately long sentences. It may pose a discrimination problem.

Read the Department of Human Rights recommendations for a comprehensive plan for the disability area.

This report gives a status on human rights and disabilities in 2019

An analysis of accessibility in elections for people with disabilities.

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

In this report, we focus on key challenges for human rights for people with disabilities in Greenland.

The Institute has developed a matrix to demonstrate the links between the SDGs and the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.

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 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.

Proposal for a ban on discrimination on the basis of disability.

The Institute takes a closer look on the problems within the labor market for persons with disabilities, to help increase employment.

An investigation of the possibility for municipal disability councils to create change.

This publication provides an overview of the human rights situation in Denmark 2015-16.