government: parliamentary constitutional monarchy
state of civil and political rights: Free
constitution: 5 June 1953; changed several times, last in 2009 (Danish Act of Succession)
legal system: civil law; judicial review of legislative acts; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction with reservations
legislative system: unicameral People's Assembly (Folketinget)
judicial system: Supreme Court (consists of the court president and 18 judges); Special Court of Indictment and Revision; 2 High Courts; Maritime and Commercial Court; county courts
religion: Evangelical Lutheran (official) 74.7%, Muslim 5.5%, other/none/unspecified (denominations of less than 1% each in descending order of size include Roman Catholic, Jehovah's Witness, Serbian Orthodox Christian, Jewish, Baptist, Buddhist, Church of Jesus Christ, Pentecostal, and nondenominational Christian) 19.8% (2019 est.)
death row:
year of last executions: 0-0-0
death sentences: 0
executions: 0
international treaties on human rights and the death penalty:International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (aiming to the abolition of the death penalty)
Convention on the Rights of the Child
Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
Optional Protocol to the Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
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