Denmark: Citizen Proposal to Ban Minors’ Use of Tiktok, Snapchat, and Instagram Qualifies for Parliamentary Consideration
On November 26, 2024, the Danish Parliament announced that a citizen initiative to ban minors from using Tiktok, Snapchat, and Instagram reached 50,000 supporters, qualifying the initiative for parliamentary review. On December 12, 2024, members presented the initiative to Parliament, which will hold a first reading of the proposal on February 20, 2025.Rules on Citizen’s … Continue reading “Denmark: Citizen Proposal to Ban Minors’…
Denmark: Majority of Parties in Parliament Agree to Rules on Deepfake Content
On June 3, 2024, a majority of parties in the Danish Parliament announced that they had agreed to general terms on artificial intelligence use by parliamentary parties, in particular the use of deepfake photos and sound.The agreement was signed by the Social Democrats, Liberal, Denmark Democrats, Green Left, Moderate, Conservative People’s, Red-Green Alliance, Danish Social … Continue reading “Denmark: Majority of Parties in Parliament…
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Hofverberg, Elin
Date:2024-06-30
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Denmark: Government Enters Agreement to Extend Right to Free Abortion
On May 3, 2024, the Interior Ministry announced that the Danish government reached a political agreement with the leaders of opposition parties to extend the right to free abortion (fri abort), that is, abortion on request, to 18 weeks of pregnancy from the current 12 weeks. The Danish government, currently made up of the Social … Continue reading “Denmark: Government Enters Agreement to Extend…
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Hofverberg, Elin
Date:2024-06-10
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Denmark: Parliament Approves Government Amendment of Penal Code Criminalizing ‘Inappropriate Treatment’ of Holy Texts
On December 7, 2023, the Danish parliament voted to amend the Danish Penal Code (Straffeloven (LBK nr 1360 af 28/09/2022) to criminalize “inappropriate treatment of a text that has a significant religious importance to a recognized religious community, or an object, that appears to be such a text.” (§ 110 e stk 2 Straffeloven, as … Continue reading “Denmark: Parliament Approves Government Amendment of…
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Hofverberg, Elin
Date:2023-12-14
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Denmark: Parliament Advises Members against TikTok Use
In a press release on February 28, 2023, the Danish Parliament Presidium, consisting of the speaker of the parliament and four deputies, announced that it had decided to strongly recommend that members and staff delete the Chinese social media platform TikTok from devices issued by parliament.The decision followed guidance issued by the Danish Centre for … Continue reading “Denmark: Parliament Advises Members against TikTok…
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Hofverberg, Elin
Date:2023-05-31
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Greenland; Denmark: Greenlandic Parliament Votes to Shift Time Zone
On November 24, 2022, the Greenlandic Parliament voted to adopt a government proposal to shift its time zone to align it more closely with Denmark’s and Europe’s time zones. The new rules will place Greenland’s time zone three hours ahead of the United States’ Eastern Standard Time Zone and three hours behind the Central European … Continue reading “Greenland; Denmark: Greenlandic Parliament Votes to…
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Hofverberg, Elin
Date:2023-01-24
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Denmark: Parliament Hears Citizen Proposal for Use of DNA Records from Genealogy Sites in Criminal Investigations
On October 5, 2022, a citizen’s initiative (B10) to use genealogy resources in criminal investigation was presented to the Danish Parliament and is now being discussed in the Legal Affairs Committee.The citizen’s initiative proposes that the police be allowed to use genealogy-site information to narrow criminal suspect searches and find DNA-related profiles.Rules on Citizen’s Initiatives … Continue reading “Denmark: Parliament Hears Citizen Proposal for…
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Hofverberg, Elin
Date:2022-10-30
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Greenland: Ban on Uranium Mining Enters into Force
On December 2, 2021, a law prohibiting preliminary investigation, exploration, and exploitation of uranium entered into force in Greenland on the day following its promulgation. (Inatsisartutlov nr. 20 af 1. december 2021 om forbud mod forundersøgelse, efterforskning og udnyttelse af uran mv. [Greenlandic Parliament Act of December 1, 2021, on a Ban on Preliminary Investigation, … Continue reading “Greenland: Ban on Uranium Mining Enters…
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Hofverberg, Elin
Date:2022-01-02
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Denmark: Supreme Court Orders Dissolution of Association for Violating Constitution
On September 1, 2021, the Danish Supreme Court ruled that a violent street gang association, Loyal to Familia, was unconstitutional because it lacked a legal purpose, and ordered it dissolved. (Danish Supreme Court, Sept. 1, 2021, Sag 123/2020.) The case was highly unusual in that it was the first time since 1924 that the Supreme … Continue reading “Denmark: Supreme Court Orders Dissolution of…
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Hofverberg, Elin
Date:2021-09-16
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Greenland: Residents Vaccinated Against COVID-19 Eligible for Danish Corona Passports
On July 14, 2021, the Greenlandic government announced that residents who have been vaccinated against COVID-19 in Greenland are eligible to apply for a Danish Corona Passport.According to the announcement, the passport must be requested at the Greenlandic citizen service website, sullissivik.gl. Following the request, the Danish Corona Passport will be available for download within … Continue reading “Greenland: Residents Vaccinated Against COVID-19 Eligible…
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Hofverberg, Elin
Date:2021-07-15
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Denmark: Political Parties Agree on Changes to Citizenship Naturalization Rules
(May 19, 2021) On April 20, 2021, the Danish Parliament’s Social Democratic Party, Liberal Party, Conservative Party, and Liberal Alliance announced that they had entered into a political agreement (politisk aftale) concerning the conditions for acquiring Danish citizenship through naturalization. In accordance with the political agreement, no foreign citizen previously sentenced to imprisonment for a […]
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Hofverberg, Elin
Date:2021-05-19
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Denmark: Corona Passport Requirement Enters into Force
(Apr. 13, 2021) On April 6, 2021, a Danish government requirement for patrons entering “nonessential” businesses to present a “Corona Passport” (Coronapas) indicating their current COVID-19 status took effect. The Corona Passport is part of an expedited planned reopening of Danish society that was agreed to by the nine largest parties represented in the Danish […]
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Hofverberg, Elin
Date:2021-04-13
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Denmark: Parliament Establishes Committee to Oversee New Epidemics Act
(Mar. 9, 2021) On March 2, 2021, the Danish Parliament (Folketinget) established a new parliamentary committee, the Epidemic Committee (Epedimiudvalget). The committee is tasked with reviewing the use of power by the Danish government under the newly adopted Epidemics Act, which entered into force on March 1, 2021. The Epidemics Act gives the Danish government, […]
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Hofverberg, Elin
Date:2021-03-09
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Denmark: Parliament Votes to Initiate Impeachment Proceedings against Former Immigration Minister
(Feb. 19, 2021) On February 2, 2021, the Danish Parliament voted to initiate impeachment court proceedings against former Minister for Immigration, Integration and Housing Inger Støjberg for issuing a directive in 2016 requiring the automatic separation of asylum-seeking spouses when either spouse was under the age of 18. The directive was in force during February […]
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Hofverberg, Elin
Date:2021-02-19
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Denmark: Parliament Extends Working Rules to Prevent Spread of COVID-19
(Jan. 4, 2021) On December 10, 2020, the Danish Parliament announced it will extend to February 28, 2021, its current working rules to limit the spread of COVID-19. These working rules follow a decision of November 3, 2020, to adopt new working rules to limit the spread of COVID-19 within the Parliament building. The current […]
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Hofverberg, Elin
Date:2021-01-04
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Denmark: Health Authority Issues New Guidance for COVID-19 Tracing Including Updated Rules for Danish COVID App
(Dec. 23, 2020) On November 24, 2020, Sundhedssyrelsen (the Danish Health Authority) published an updated version of its guides on tracing COVID-19. The guide, COVID-19: Opsporing og håndtering af nære kontakter (COVID-19: Tracking and Managing Close Contacts), is the third version discussing how to trace transmission of COVID-19 in Denmark. The guide contains updated rules […]
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Hofverberg, Elin
Date:2020-12-23
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Denmark: Appeals Court Rules Coughing on and Screaming “Corona” at Police Officer Constitutes Threat of Violence
(Aug. 13, 2020) On June 2, 2020, a Danish appeals court, the Western High Court (Vestre Landsret), convicted a man for coughing on and screaming “corona” at a police officer, ruling that these actions when done together constituted a threat of violence under the Danish Criminal Code. (Vestre Landsret, Case No. V.L. S-0831-20, U.2020.2985-2899, June […]
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Hofverberg, Elin
Date:2020-08-13
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Denmark: Parliament Returns to Pre-Pandemic Voting Procedures
(June 11, 2020) On June 2, 2020, the Danish Parliament announced that, as of the same day, it would return to pre-pandemic voting procedures in which members of Parliament (MPs) are all expected to vote together in the Parliament building. On March 12, 2020, the Parliament had decided to limit the number of persons allowed […]
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Hofverberg, Elin
Date:2020-06-11
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Denmark: Supreme Court Rules Status as Co-mother Cannot Be Revoked
(Nov. 26, 2019) On November 12, 2019, the Danish Supreme Court ruled that a co-mother cannot opt out of her status as the co-mother of a legally recognized child. (Sup. Ct., Nov. 12, 2019, Sag BS-48699/2018-HJR.) Since 2013, co-mothers—lesbian partners of birth mothers who have received medical assistance to become pregnant—have been afforded the same […]
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Hofverberg, Elin
Date:2019-11-26
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Denmark: Government Asks Parliament to Quickly Pass Act to Administratively Revoke Danish Citizenship
(Oct. 24, 2019) On October 14, 2019, the Danish government asked the Danish Parliament to pass legislation that would allow the minister for Immigration and Housing to administratively strip Danish citizens of their citizenship. Following a legislative amendment that took effect in 2015, Denmark began recognizing dual citizenship. However, the country has also allowed the […]
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Hofverberg, Elin
Date:2019-10-24
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Denmark: Supreme Court Upholds Conviction of Danish Citizen for Illegal Presence in Syria
(Sept. 18, 2019) On August 27, 2019, the Danish Supreme Court sentenced a Danish citizen for unlawful presence in al-Raqqa, Syria, while fighting against the Islamic State (ISIS). The Court thereby affirmed the appellate court decision, finding that the citizen’s presence violated section 114 j of the Danish Criminal Code. (Supreme Court Case No. 27/2019, […]
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Hofverberg, Elin
Date:2019-09-18
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Denmark: Copenhagen Limits Number of Electric Scooters on Its Streets
(June 13, 2019) On June 3, 2019, the Technical and Environmental Committee for the Municipality of Copenhagen decided to cap the number of electric scooters and electric bicycles available on the streets of certain areas of Copenhagen. The decision provides that only 200 e-scooters and 200 rental e-bikes may be placed in the most crowded […]
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Hofverberg, Elin
Date:2019-06-13
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Denmark: Supreme Court Decides Person Born in Denmark Can Lose Citizenship After Joining ISIS
(Nov. 28, 2017) On November 14, 2017, the Danish Supreme Court (Højesteret) stripped a Danish-born citizen of his Danish citizenship for having joined and fought in Syria for the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL, also known as ISIS or IS). (Høejesterets dom [Supreme Court Verdict] (Nov. 14, 2007), Case No. 119/2017, Supreme […]
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Hofverberg, Elin
Date:2017-11-28
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Denmark: Blasphemy Law Repealed
(July 6, 2017) On June 8, 2017, the Danish Parliament repealed the blasphemy provision in the Danish Penal Code. The repeal took effect on the day after publication in the Lovtidende (Danish official gazette), i.e., on June 10, 2017. (Lov om ændring af straffeloven, LOV nr 675 af 08/06/2017 [Law on Amending the Penal Code, […]
