The UN believes that Denmark's psychological tests of Greenlandic parents in connection with forced removals may "constitute ethnic discrimination".
This is reported by The Guardian.
In a letter written to the Danish government, three UN officials have, according to the British media, asked the government to answer several questions regarding families with a Greenlandic background.
Here they write that they have reason to believe "that human rights violations have occurred".
The case stems from the psychological tests of parents - known as FKU - that have been used in cases of forced removal of children.
The tests have been sharply criticized for not being adapted to the Greenlandic language and culture. According to critics, this could mean that parents wrongly had their children removed.
The use of the tests has subsequently been stopped in cases involving Greenlandic parents.
According to The Guardian, the letter was written by Reem Alsalem, the UN Special Rapporteur on Violence against Women and Girls, together with the UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and the Special Rapporteur on Contemporary Forms of Racism.
Access to Redress
The letter was sent at the end of April, it says.
- While we welcome the decision that such tests will not be used on Greenlandic parents in the future, those who have been subject to decisions based on the FKU assessment should have access to justice and redress, the UN officials write according to the newspaper.
More specifically, they mention the case of Keira Alexandra Kronvold from Thisted.
According to the newspaper, they refer, among other things, to "the blatant lack of respect for her decisions regarding reproduction and contraceptive choices over the years".
Alsalem says, according to The Guardian, that she will follow Kronvold's trial and see how the Danish authorities react before deciding on further action.
