The Danish public school system does not live up to the standards defined in articles 28, 29 & 30 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (1), with reference to minority groups. The convention, which has been ratified by every member country of the United Nations except the United States and [...]
There has been a lot of debate in recent days in Denmark about statements from vicars and members of parliament that they would hide illegal refugees to prevent them from being sent back to their countries of origin, such as Iraq.
Politicians, priests, the media, all seem to be missing a fundamental point. These refugees are [...]
Why are minority rights important? Because the true test of a pluralist, democratic society is the extent to which the society includes minorities, allows them to participate and integrate rather than excludes, vilifies and discriminates against them.
The term “minority rights” refers to the rights of individuals and groups that define themselves or are defined by [...]
The Danish Minister of Defense has decided that women in the military may not use Muslim headscarves or hijab. The decision has come in response to a recent debate about a Muslim woman in the Danish Home Guard, that was first promoted as a role model and then told that her headscarf was not allowed, [...]
The Danish parliament recently passed a law forbidding religious symbols in court rooms, after a refusal by the independent Danish Court administration to ban, in a theoretical situation, in the future, a female court official from wearing a hijab. The law covers all overt religious symbols such as hijab, yarmulke, turbans and crosses. However there [...]
Danish police illegally striped and cavity searched the owners of a cafe and their customers. Officially the police were conducting searches in connection with a continuing conflict between Hells Angels and gangs whose members have an immigrant background. I wonder what kind of weapons the police expected to find? This adds to a continuing pattern [...]
The latest news in the Danish media is that the bus company Arriva has been reported to the police for racism after it turns out that a woman wearing a niqab has been refused service before. In another case, another woman has not been allowed to ride on a bus on four separate occasions.
The story [...]
Women and buses can be powerful symbols. Rosa Parks’ refusal to sit at the back of a bus was a powerful symbol for the American Civil Rights movement. A woman initially not allowed to ride a Danish bus the other day, because she was wearing a niqab, can also be a powerful symbol. The symbolism [...]
The Danish Prime Minister, Anders Fogh Rasmussen, is apparently interested in becoming the next Secretary General of NATO. Why do I say “hell no”? Dragging Denmark into the war on Iraq is one good reason. Probable participation with American rendition policies would be another. However, I first and foremost oppose his possible candidature because his [...]
Danish Minister of Defense, Soeren Gade, refuses to publicly comment whether Denmark is in a state of war. The current “war on terror” and the war in Afghanistan give the Danish intelligence services the justification to monitor e-mail, post, telephone, etc. without democratic control under paragraph 17 of the Danish National Defense Act, according to [...]
National boundaries and national school policies are decreasing in importance as new models of organization, learning, cooperation and production (both knowledge and industrial based), are evolving through community, collaboration and ...
The Danish public school system does not live up to the standards defined in articles 28, 29 & 30 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child ...
Creating a democratic constitution that reflects the needs of an organization can prove to be a challenge for someone that has never tried it before. Below is a generic text ...
There has been a lot of debate in recent days in Denmark about statements from vicars and members of parliament that they would hide illegal refugees to prevent them from ...