Use of Force in Somatic Treatment of Adults in Denmark

Abstract

The article provides a critical analysis of the new Danish Act on Use of Force in Somatic Treatment of Adults with a Permanently Impaired Ability to Give Consent (FTAC, Act no. 655 of 8 June 2017), which covers adults unable to give an informed consent. The rules in the Act are included in the legal framework governing medical treatment with and without consent in Denmark, and the article draws on international human rights in connection with the subject matter. The aim of the article is also to highlight the grey areas that still exist despite the new rules and to provide legal argumentation for solutions to the issues that can arise in these legal grey areas.

The fourth generation of human rights: European standards and national experience

“…However, the Internet also contains a certain amount of potentially inappropriate, indecent, offensive, or illegal information and can sometimes be used as a means of criminal activity. Although the benefits of the Internet far outweigh its potential drawbacks, these problems cannot be ignored (Adolphsen, 2019;Nepyipa, 2020). Documents adopted by the UN, the Council of Europe, the OSCE, and other international organizations are important for understanding the standards of information dissemination on the World Wide Web.…”