Denmark’s ‘Ghetto Law’ on trial in European Court of Justice

Is Denmark’s ‘Ghetto Law’ racist? Its Eastern High Court has asked the European Court of Justice to step in with an assessment, as 16 residents of so-called ‘hard ghettos’ in Denmark seek to sue the Danish Ministry of Housing for its plans to forcibly evict them.

Mjølnerparken in Copenhagen’s Nordvest neighbourhood is designated as a ‘hard ghetto’ by the Danish state, and is therefore subject to forced evictions, home sales and urban redevelopment to reshape the demographic under Denmark’s controversial Ghetto Law. Photo: Leif Jørgensen

Oct 3, 2024

The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has this week opened a case to review whether Denmark’s controversial ‘Ghetto Law’ breaches EU law on ethnic discrimination.Introduced in 2018, the ‘Ghetto Law’ (later rebranded as the ‘Parallel Society Law’) allows the Danish state to reshape the demographics of certain neighborhoods via forced evictions, home […]

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