Decided cases - Human Rights
10 mar 2021
Decided Case
Højesteret
Release of child for non-consensual adoption
The National Social Appeals Board’s decision to release a child for adoption was lawful and not in contravention of the ECHR
08 mar 2021
Decided Case
Højesteret
Refusal of adoption after payment of surrogate mother
A was refused step-parent adoption of children on the grounds that their surrogate mother had been paid to consent to adoption
04 feb 2021
Decided Case
Højesteret
Physical restraint in contravention ...
Physical restraint for nine months amounted to an infringement of Article 3 of the European Convention on Human Rights
22 jan 2021
Decided Case
Højesteret
Breach of the code of conduct for solicitors
Solicitor A fined for breach of the code of conduct for solicitors, and no basis for reducing the penalty on the grounds of the long processing time in the...
22 jan 2021
Decided Case
Højesteret
Detention in contact case
Detaining a mother who refused to disclose her daughter's whereabouts and hand her over for contact was lawful
22 jan 2021
Decided Case
Højesteret
Rejection of appeal due to late submission of appeal bundle
Failure to submit appeal bundle led to rejection of appeal
26 nov 2020
Decided Case
Højesteret
Pre-trial detention not a disproportionate measure
Pre-trial detention after fifth violation of reporting duty was not a disproportionate measure
03 nov 2020
Decided Case
Højesteret
Judicial review of readmission
No right to judicial review of readmission decision made in accordance with sentence to psychiatric treatment
05 okt 2020
Decided Case
Højesteret
Fine issued to photo journalist after traffic accident
Photo journalist fined for being inside a police cordon and refusing to obey orders to move
23 sep 2020
Decided Case
Højesteret
Sentence and expulsion
T sentenced to eight months in prison for aggravated violence, extortion and attempted duress and expelled from Denmark with a six-year entry ban
12 aug 2020
Decided Case
Højesteret
Annulment or change of preventive detention sentence
The rights of a person sentenced to secure detention had been infringed under the European Convention on Human Rights, but this could not lead...
23 jun 2020
Decided Case
Højesteret
Not sufficiently clear legal basis to uphold parking ticket
Not sufficiently clear legal basis to uphold parking ticket, as it had been documented that the parking charge had been paid