UN warns Denmark over possible ethnic discrimination in Greenlandic child removal case
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Updated · The Guardian · May 1
UN warns Denmark over possible ethnic discrimination in Greenlandic child removal case
7 articles · Updated · The Guardian · May 1
Three UN rapporteurs questioned the 2024 removal of Keira Alexandra Kronvold’s daughter two hours after birth and sought answers before her Danish high court custody appeal on Friday.
They said discredited FKU parenting tests used on Greenlandic parents may have caused human rights violations; Denmark banned the tests last May, but Kronvold and dozens of Inuit women remain separated from children.
The case has intensified scrutiny of alleged systemic discrimination against Greenlandic people in Denmark. The social affairs ministry said it had received the UN letter but could not respond because no government has formed.
Could Denmark’s removal of Greenlandic children under discredited FKU tests signal a deeper legacy of colonial discrimination still impacting Indigenous families today?
What safeguards should be in place to ensure psychometric tests used in child welfare cases are culturally valid and protect minority rights?