Legally binding agreement unlikely to emerge from climate summit: Obama
November 16, 2009
[JURIST] US President Barack Obama acknowledged [press release] Sunday that it is unlikely that the December UN Climate Change Conference (COP15) [official website] in Copenhagen, Denmark, will produce a legally binding agreement addressing global climate change. Deputy National Security Adviser for....... [more] 
UN official cites obstacles to climate change agreement
October 27, 2009
[JURIST] Director of the UN secretary-generalā??s Climate Change Support Team Janos Pasztor said [recorded video] Monday that a December UN Climate Change Conference [official website] in Copenhagen, Denmark may not produce a treaty. Pasztor suggested that the success of the conference would be diff....... [more]
Greenland takes over courts, police under new self-rule deal with Denmark
June 21, 2009
[JURIST] Greenlanders Sunday celebrated [press release] their national day with the establishment of a self-rule arrangement that increases the island's autonomy from Denmark. Under the Greenland Self Government Act [draft text, PDF] presented by Denmark's Queen Margrethe [official website] to Green....... [more]
Denmark court rules counterculture group lacks property rights to community
May 27, 2009
[JURIST] The Eastern High Court of Denmark [official website, in Danish] ruled Tuesday that the Copenhagen counterculture group Christiana [community website, in Danish] had not acquired permanent property rights [press release, in Danish] to the abandoned Copenhagen navy base and that the Danish go....... [more]
Somali pirate suspects go on trial in Netherlands court
May 18, 2009
[JURIST] Five Somalians suspected of piracy [JURIST news archive] went on trial Monday before a Dutch court in Rotterdam. The men are accused of attempting to hijack [NRC Handelsblad report] a Dutch Antilles freighter in the Gulf of Aden in January. The Danish navy seized the Somalians in February a....... [more]
Greenland to take over local courts after self-governance referendum
November 26, 2008
'[JURIST] Greenlanders have voted for increased autonomy from Denmark in a national referendum, according to results released Wednesday. The referendum''s"Self Rule" plan gives Greenland natives control over the country''s courts, police, and coast....... [more]
Europe court rejects Lego trademark appeal
November 13, 2008
'[JURIST] The European Court of First Instance on Wednesday denied an appeal by the Danish company Lego to restore its EU trademark for its interlocking toy bricks. The decision upheld an Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market (OHIM) ruling....... [more]
Corruption problematic in both poor and wealthy countries: TI report
September 23, 2008
'[JURIST] Stable, wealthier countries like Denmark, Sweden, and New Zealand have the least perceived corruption and poorer, less stable countries like Haiti, Iraq, Myanmar and Somalia have the most, according to government accountability advocacy group....... [more]
Denmark begins trial of two bomb plot suspects
August 12, 2008
'[JURIST] A Danish court on Monday began the trial of two men accused of planning a bomb attack on the country. The pair admitted to manufacturing an explosive compound, but have denied that they were planning an attack or that they intended to use it....... [more]
Denmark newspaper not liable for Muhammad cartoons
June 19, 2008
'[JURIST] The Vestre Landsret, one of the two second-highest appeals courts in Denmark, denied Wednesday an appeal of a 2006 lower court judgment dismissing a lawsuit concerning caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad. The defamation lawsuit was brought by....... [more]
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