{"id":249807,"date":"2023-02-07T15:41:29","date_gmt":"2023-02-07T14:41:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/unric.org\/en\/?p=249807"},"modified":"2023-02-07T15:41:29","modified_gmt":"2023-02-07T14:41:29","slug":"denmark-failed-to-take-effective-measures-against-art-exhibition-un-committee-finds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unric.org\/en\/denmark-failed-to-take-effective-measures-against-art-exhibition-un-committee-finds\/","title":{"rendered":"Denmark failed to take effective measures against art exhibition UN Committee finds\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"
Denmark failed to take effective measures against racist hate speech by discontinuing its investigation about an art exhibition showing racist hate images, the\u00a0<\/span>UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination<\/a>\u00a0(CERD) has found.<\/span>\u00a0The Committee issued its\u00a0<\/span>decision<\/a>\u00a0after reviewing a petition filed by Momodou Jallow, former spokesperson for the National Association of Afro-Swedes, and national coordinator for the European Network Against Racism in Sweden.<\/span>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cIt does not suffice merely to declare acts of racial discrimination punishable on paper. Criminal laws and other legal provisions prohibiting racial discrimination, including racist hate speech, must also be effectively implemented,\u201d said Committee member Mehrdad Payandeh.<\/span><\/p>\n