Denmark

The Director of Public Prosecutions has issued detailed guidelines on the handling of hate crime cases within the police and prosecution service. The guidelines are updated on a regular basis. The guidelines are complemented by a system for vetting hate crime prosecutions by the Director of Public Prosecutions – this approach ensures uniformity of prosecution practice nationally.

The Copenhagen Police co-operates with the Municipality of Copenhagen and the civil society group Danish Institute for Human Rights on a project against discrimination and hate crime in the city, called “Stigmatized”. The Municipality of Copenhagen has developed a mobile application which makes it possible for citizens to register and report incidents of discrimination and hate crime. The reported information gives the municipality an overview of where, when and against whom the incidents occur. The municipality shares the incoming data with the Copenhagen Police Department to target the police’s preventative efforts.

As a follow-up on the action plan from 2009, the government initiated the development of a new national strategy on the prevention of radicalization and extremism. The national strategy was launched in September 2014. It focuses on strengthening co-operation with and support to civil society.