Parallel report to the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights 2013

This report contains recommendations to the Government of Denmark on the strengthening of the national human rights protection within the scope of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR). Each issue in this report contains a brief description of the human rights regulation, an explanation of the situation in Denmark and one or more specific recommendations to the Government of Denmark.

The selection of issues included in this report is based on recommendations to the Government of Denmark from various international bodies such as UN treaty bodies, UN Special procedures, The Universal Periodic Review of Denmark. Furthermore the selection of issues is based on relevant human rights debates in Denmark, legislative developments, previous recommendations given by the DIHR or civil society through legal briefs, thematic reports etc.

This report consists of two main sections. The first section is focused on structural challenges in Denmark concerning human rights protection. The second section concerns material issues which are sorted according to the relevant articles in the ICESCR.