Article examines Denmark's reform of laws on atrocity crimes, highlighting significant legislative changes.
This Article examines Denmark’s legal framework for the domestic prosecution of atrocity crimes, including genocide, war crimes, crimes against humanity, torture, and the crime of aggression. It analyses the substantive and procedural provisions of the Danish Penal Code ( dpc ) and related legislation enabling the investigation and adjudication of such crimes. Following Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Denmark undertook a long-overdue reform of its criminal legislation, leading to the incorporation of atrocity crimes in the dpc and the ratification of the icc Kampala Amendments on the crime of aggression. The Article reviews limited Danish case law, including extradition cases, and argues that the legislative reform is a significant step forward to close the impunity gap for atrocity crimes. It calls for building the necessary infrastructure allowing for the effective prosecution of atrocity crimes following the adoption of the comprehensive atrocity crimes legislation.
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