A/HRC/32/10 Introduction 1. The Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review, established in accordance with Human Rights Council resolution 5/1, held its twenty-fourth session from 18 to 29 January 2016. The review of Denmark was held at the 7th meeting on 21 January 2016. The delegation of Denmark was headed by the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Kristian Jensen. At its 14th meeting, held on 26 January 2016, the Working Group adopted the report on Denmark. 2. On 12 January 2016, the Human Rights Council selected the following group of rapporteurs (troika) to facilitate the review of Denmark: Belgium, Côte d’Ivoire and Panama. 3. In accordance with paragraph 15 of the annex to Human Rights Council resolution 5/1 and paragraph 5 of the annex to Council resolution 16/21, the following documents were issued for the review of Denmark: (a) A national report submitted/written presentation made in accordance with paragraph 15 (a) (A/HRC/WG.6/24/DNK/1); (b) A compilation prepared by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) in accordance with paragraph 15 (b) (A/HRC/WG.6/24/DNK/2); (c) A summary prepared by OHCHR in accordance with paragraph 15 (c) (A/HRC/WG.6/24/DNK/3). 4. A list of questions prepared in advance by Mexico, the Netherlands, Norway, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland was transmitted to Denmark through the troika. These questions are available on the extranet of the universal periodic review. I. Summary of the proceedings of the review process A. Presentation by the State under review 5. The head of the delegation said that the Government looked forward to receiving the recommendations from the current review, and thanked all national stakeholders engaged in the national consultation process leading up to the review, not least the Danish Institute for Human Rights. The high number of refugees and immigrants coming to Europe in 2015 was unprecedented. Within the European Union, Denmark had accepted a large number of asylum seekers relative to its population size, and relative to geographical size, it was one of the countries in the world providing the most humanitarian assistance to Syrian refugees. Danish policies were in full accordance with the country’s international obligations. 6. Denmark had received 133 recommendations during the first universal periodic review. Of them, a total of 102 had been accepted, while 5 had been partially accepted. The head of delegation highlighted some of the actions that the recommendations from the first review had generated. 7. Responding to some of the written questions, he stated that unaccompanied asylumseeking minors were appointed a personal representative who supported and cared for them with regard to personal issues and attended asylum interviews and other meetings with the authorities. Accommodation for all unaccompanied minors was provided at a special children’s centre run by the Danish Red Cross. 3