Denmark8

Reservations:

       "Article 40, paragraph 2 (b) (v) shall not be binding on Denmark.

       "It is a fundamental principle of the Danish Administration of Justice Act that everybody shall be entitled to have any penal measures imposed on him or her by a court of first instance reviewed by a higher court.  There are, however, some provisions limiting this right in certain cases, for instance verdicts returned by a jury on the question of guilt, which have not been reversed by the legally trained judges of the court."

Denmark

10 February 1997

With regard to the reservation made by Brunei Darussalam upon accession:

       "The Government of Denmark finds that the general reservation with reference to the Constitution of Brunei Darussalam and to the beliefs and principles of Islamic law is of unlimited scope and undefined character. Consequently, the Government of Denmark considers the said reservation as being incompatible with the object and purposes of the Convention and accordingly inadmissible and without effect under international law. Furthermore, it is a general principle of international law that national law may not be invoked as justification for failure to perform treaty obligations.

       The Convention remains in force in its entirety between Brunei Darussalam and Denmark.

       It is the opinion of the Government of Denmark, that no time limit applies to objections against reservations, which are inadmissible under international law.

       The Government of Denmark recommends the Government of Brunei Darussalam to reconsider its reservation to the Convention on the Rights of the Child."

With regard to the reservation made by Saudi Arabia upon accession:

        [Same objection, mutatis mutandis, as the one made with regard to Brunei Darussalam.]