One of the major tasks of the Danish Institute for Human Rights is to monitor the human rights situation in Denmark. While the Institute has published yearly status reports, a broad review of the Human Rights situation in Denmark has not been carried out before. This changed with the 2012 report - the new report being a single source for all information on Human Rights issues and recommendations for future implementations.

The status report gives a long list of recommendations for better implementation of human rights, including a recommendation to revise Danish equality legislation and prepare an overall law protecting all groups against discrimination.

The following topics are covered in the report that is published so far:

 Asylum
 Children
 Data protection
 Deprivation of liberty
 Disability
 Gender
 Human trafficking
 Race and ethnic origin
 Citizenship
 Education
 Deportation and extradition
 Freedom of expression

In the near future, more topics will be addressed: religion, fair trial and human rights and business.
Later, even further topics will be included, e.g family life, humanitarian international law and foreign policy and human rights

An English summary of the status report is downloadable below.

DIHR Status Report 2012