A.W.R.A.P. v Denmark

Communication No. 37/2006 UN Committee on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination The petitioner argued that the decision not to prosecute a member of the Danish People’s Party for comments made against Muslims violated, inter alia, Article 4 of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination. The Committee […]

P.S.N. v Denmark

Communication No. 36/2006 UN Committee on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination  The petitioner argued that the decision not to prosecute a member of the Danish People’s Party for comments made against Muslims violated, inter alia, Article 4 of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination. The Committee […]

Quereshi v Denmark

Communication No. 22/2003 UN Committee on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination The petitioner, a member of Denmark’s parliament at the material time argued that Denmark had violated, amongst others, Article 4 of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination for not proceeding with the conviction of some […]

Andersen v Denmark

Communication No. 1868/2009 UN Human Rights Committee The author argued that the  decision of Denmark not to prosecute the leader of the Danish People’s Party who compared the Muslim headscarf to the Nazi swastika constituted a violation of Article 20(2) ICCPR. The Human Rights Committee found that the author failed to demonstrate that she was […]

Rabbae, A.B.S and N.A v The Netherlands

Communication No. 2124/2011 UN Human Rights Committee Between 2006 and 2009, the police received hundreds of reports from individuals and organizations concerning insults and incitement to discrimination, violence and hatred by Geert Wilders, a Member of Parliament and the founder of the Party for Freedom. The court acquitted Wilders and the authors held that this […]