government: parliamentary constitutional monarchy
state of civil and political rights: Free
constitution: 5 June 1953; changed several times, last in 2009 (Danish Act of Succession)
legal system: civil law; judicial review of legislative acts; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction with reservations
legislative system: unicameral People's Assembly (Folketinget)
judicial system: Supreme Court (consists of the court president and 18 judges); Special Court of Indictment and Revision; 2 High Courts; Maritime and Commercial Court; county courts
religion: Evangelical Lutheran (official) 74.7%, Muslim 5.5%, other/none/unspecified (denominations of less than 1% each in descending order of size include Roman Catholic, Jehovah's Witness, Serbian Orthodox Christian, Jewish, Baptist, Buddhist, Church of Jesus Christ, Pentecostal, and nondenominational Christian) 19.8% (2019 est.)
death row:
year of last executions: 0-0-0
death sentences: 0
executions: 0
international treaties on human rights and the death penalty:
situation:
