Greenland’s government says it cannot yet determine whether Denmark’s forced contraception programme against Inuit women and girls amounted to genocide. Two expert reports reached different conclusions, underlining the legal and political difficulty of judging the practice while recognising that the women’s rights were violated.

Archive records show that 4,500 Greenlandic women and girls, some aged 13, were fitted with IUDs between 1966 and 1970, often without consent. Denmark apologised in 2025 and has legislated compensation of 300,000 Danish crowns per affected woman; Greenland now plans a reconciliation commission. One report said genocidal intent remained possible, while the other found no evidence authorities intended to destroy the Greenlandic population.