B. J. v. Denmark
17 March 2000
(Communication No. 17/1999), UN. Doc. CERD/C/57/D/17/1999
Subject:
Article 6 ICERD - just and adequate reparation or satisfaction; States parties shall assure effective remedies:
A Danish engineer of Iranian origin and his friends were denied entry to a disco by a doorman because they were "foreigners". He claimed that the fine imposed on the doorman by the Danish court was not effective satisfaction and reparation.
Conclusion:
No violation of Article 6. But CERD noted in Paragraph 6.3 of its opinion:
"[b]eing refused access to a place of service intended for the use of the general public solely on the ground of a person`s national or ethnic background is a humiliating experience which ... may merit economic compensation and cannot always be adequately repaired or satisfied by merely imposing a criminal sanction on the perpetrator".