The 2022 Copenhagen Fellowship investigates the rapidly changing relationship between Greenland, the Faroe Islands and Denmark.
Join us for three weeks in Copenhagen, as we dive into the complex issues of The Unity of the Realm and Human Rights.
The 2022 Copenhagen Fellowship investigates the rapidly changing relationship between Greenland, the Faroe Islands and Denmark.
Join us for three weeks in Copenhagen, as we dive into the complex issues of The Unity of the Realm and Human Rights.
Ilulissat, Greenland. Photo by Rene Schwietzke
In 2022, the third year of our special theme, the Copenhagen Fellowship will once again focus on the Unity of the Danish Realm and relevant human rights concerns.
Since 1380 the Faroe Islands have been under the Crown of Denmark, and Greenland likewise since Hans Egede set food there in 1721. In 2005, the Faroese received a self-government agreement and Greenland “self rule” in 2009, leaving the Danish state with virtually no influence over their internal affairs.
In Denmark, the Unity of the Realm refers to the relationship between Denmark, the Faroe Islands and Greenland, which are collectively known as The Danish Realm.
However, since then, the relationship between Denmark, Greenland and the Faroe Islands has been changing rapidly. Climate change, growing global interests in the Arctic, and the increasing focus on Denmark’s colonial past are shaping new possibilities for the future of these three countries. These developments create an urgent need for enlightened and democratic conversations on these relationships and its potential new reality. However, many people in Denmark, let alone abroad, know little to nothing about this social and political union and its implications for the people living within it.
Tórshavn, Capital of Faroe Islands. Photo: Stig Nygaard
The 2022 Copenhagen Fellowship delves into the complex issues of Unity of the Danish Realm through the lens of human rights.
The 2022 Copenhagen Fellowship will examine the union’s long and complex history from a human rights perspective, and the relationship of the majority in Denmark and the capital Copenhagen with the country’s minorities across the North Atlantic.
Join us as we dive into the pressing realities of this often overlooked region and Denmark’s role in shaping it.
Topics of interest include: how climate change is changing the physical and political landscape of the region, how geopolitical interests are shaping the union’s future, and the social, economic, and cultural rights for minorities, specifically indigenous peoples. As a cohort, we will ask: what do Greenlandic and Faroese wishes for independence mean for themselves, and for Denmark and its engagement in the Arctic, what does climate change mean for North Atlantic peoples from a human rights perspective, and how does Denmark cooperate with Greenland to promote human rights domestically. These issues, and more, deal with the changing nature of globalization, modernity, and identity, to name just a few of the program’s themes.
Copenhagen Fellows 2019
We are looking forward to welcoming you to the 2022 Copenhagen Fellowship
Fellows on the 2020 Copenhagen Fellowship
Każdego roku nowi uczestnicy Akademii Praw Człowieka zbierają się w sześciu miastach w Europie i USA, aby dowiedzieć się jak i dlaczego ludzie przeciwstawiają się nietolerancji i bronią demokratycznych wartości.