A/HRC/32/10 41. Denmark emphasized that the Government regarded hate speech and hate crimes, online or not, as a high priority area in crime prevention. A monitoring programme had been launched, the results of which should facilitate better plans and national strategies on hate crime prevention in the future. 42. Danish legislation ensured comprehensive protection against discrimination on the grounds of race and ethnic origin. In an effort to promote tolerance and combat racism and xenophobia, the authorities, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and civil society had carried out several initiatives. 43. The delegation, responding to comments, noted that in 2015, temporary protection status had been introduced for asylum seekers entitled to asylum on the basis of the general situation in their home country. Only about 20 per cent of those who had been granted asylum fell under the temporary protection status category. In general, the right to family reunification was deferred for that group. Exceptions to the deferral were made based on an individual assessment in each case, ensuring observance of the country’s international obligations and ensuring that, where individual circumstances dictated it, family reunification was granted within the initial one-year period. That could be extended to three years pending a proposal that would be debated in Parliament. 44. Regarding seizure of valuables, the Danish welfare State was based on the principle that the State would provide and pay for individuals who were unable to take care of themselves. It would therefore provide for asylum seekers who were unable to take care of themselves. The authorities would be given the power to seize valuables, such as cash, that had a value of over approximately US$ 1,500 in order to cover expenses such as subsistence and housing during the processing of the asylum application. It was a misconception that that authorities would seize jewellery that was of sentimental value to the owner. 45. Newly arrived asylum seekers could be detained only when it was necessary to complete the registration and identification process and would be released immediately after completion of that process. Rejected asylum seekers could be detained only if they did not cooperate on their return and if deportation was possible. Both rules were in conformity with the international obligations of Denmark. A rule had been introduced suspending automatic access to judicial review of a detention within three days. The rule could be applied only in a period when there was a significant increase in refugees and migrants. On request, the lawfulness of a detention would be decided by a court as soon as possible. 46. Responding to a question, the delegation said that all newly arrived immigrants and refugees were offered training in the Danish language and on the basic functions of society, as well as activities to facilitate their access to the labour market or an education. Civil society played an important role in the integration process. For example, the Danish Red Cross ran a project offering a Danish friend to all newly arrived refugees to encourage and support their understanding of how Danish society worked while building bridges between cultures and fostering better cross-cultural understanding. 47. Denmark had made a commitment to ratify the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance. Denmark was currently examining the need for legislative amendments for Greenland and the Faroes in order to meet the obligations under the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography. Denmark was party to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and committed to its full implementation. However, many social and economic rights entailed important macroeconomic choices better decided upon in a parliamentary setting. Therefore there was no intention to ratify the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. Denmark found that the International Convention on the 7