GLOBAL DATABASE ON VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN AND GIRLSCOUNTRY-PROFILEDENMARKMEASURESLEGISLATION AGAINST STALKING, DIGITAL HARASSMENT AND GROOMING
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Legislation against stalking, digital harassment and grooming
Type of Measure
Laws > Other relevant laws
Form of Violence
Technology-facilitated violence against women and girls
Year
2021
Brief Description

In December 2021, the Parliament unanimously passed a new legislation strengthening the fight against stalking by criminalizing it as an independent crime. In May 2023, the Parliament unanimously passed new legislation strengthening the fight against digital harassment and abuse through changes to the Danish Criminal Code. These changes included, i.a., the addition of a new provision criminalizing grooming as well as the expansion of existing protection against sextortion or misuse of power or authority to obtain sex.

Source of Information
Progress Report on the implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action within the Beijing+30 Review, Denmark , 2024
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