Experts report that a Greenland forced contraception programme violates women’s human rights but does not meet the legal definition of genocide. The scheme, which operated mainly from the 1960s through the 1970s (with related activity reported into later decades), involves the administration of intrauterine devices and contraceptive injections without valid consent.
Across the reports, the focus is on human-rights harms—breaches of women’s rights to privacy and family life—rather than proving genocidal intent. One or more outlets report that the case covers at least several thousand Greenlandic women and girls, with some as young as 12, who receive contraception between the mid-1960s and the early 1990s. The reports also note that a truth commission is being established after the expert findings differed on whether the conduct rises to genocide under international law, rather than on whether consent was lacking.
