Something Rotten in the State of Denmark?

Denmark negotiated a milestone agreement on further reforms of the European Convention on Human rights system in 2018. The Copenhagen Declaration was formally adopted on the 13 April by all 47 Member States of the Council of Europe following a High-Level Conference in Copenhagen attended by more than 20 European ministers.

The author of this article in the Verfassungsblog was critical and suspicious of this Danish initiative.

• Primary Source

Danish Institute for Human Rights https://www.humanrights.dk/

Denmark: Ministry of Justice: Press Release, 13.04.18: Copenhagen Declaration on ECHR reform adopted http://justitsministeriet.dk/nyt-og-presse/pressemeddelelser/2018/copenhagen-declaration-echr-reform-adopted

Denmark: Ministry of Justice: Copenhagen Declaration http://justitsministeriet.dk/sites/default/files/media/Pressemeddelelser/pdf/copenhagen_declaration.pdf

Open Society Foundations: Publication, April 2018: Civil Society and the Copenhagen Declaration on Reform of the European Court of Human Rights https://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/publications/civil-society-and-copenhagen-declaration-reform-european-court-human-rights

Council of Europe: News, 13.04.18: Copenhagen Declaration on the reform of the European Convention on Human Rights system https://www.coe.int/en/web/human-rights-rule-of-law/-/copenhagen-declaration-on-the-reform-of-the-european-convention-on-human-rights-system

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