Denmark
ENTRY INTO FORCE of the European Convention on Human Rights
3 September 1953
Number of implemented cases*
34
Examples
Reforms to protect media freedom after a journalist was convicted for a report about extremists
Jens Jersild is a journalist. He was convicted for filming a news report in which extremists made racist remarks. The European court found that convicting Jens for his work was disproportionate and violated his right to free speech. The case helped improve legal protections for media freedom in Denmark.
Denmark
Man infected with HIV through blood transfusion faces years of legal delays
Mr C. was infected with HIV by a hospital blood transfusion. He claimed compensation. However, five years of delays in Danish courts meant that he died of AIDs before the case was examined. The European Court of Human Rights found that the delays had breached Mr C.’s right to have access to a court in a reasonable time. Danish court practice was changed to help avoid such delays in future.
* This figure includes all judgments and decisions from the European Court of Human Rights (including friendly settlements) concerning which the Council of Europe’s Committee of Ministers has decided that all necessary follow-up measures have been taken. Source: the database of the Department for the Execution of Judgments of the ECHR, HUDOC-EXEC.