Ratification CERD: yes in 1972, Denmark has also agreed to individual petitions under Article 14.

Extracts from state reply to Durban Review questionnaire:
The government has taken several initiatives of political and legal nature in the area of combating discrimination and promoting equal treatment. The initiatives include a government action plan, project funding, funding of research on the scale and origins of discrimination etc., establishment of a Board on Equal Treatment and implementation of legislation against discrimination. In May 2003, the Danish Parliament adopted the Danish Government's Act on Ethnic Equal Treatment. In November 2003, the Danish Government launched its "Action Plan to Promote Equal Treatment and Diversity and Combat Racism".

Link to the full document:
http://www2.ohchr.org/english/issues/racism/DurbanReview/docs/session1/MemberStates/Denmark.pdf

Extracts from ECRI's third report (adopted in December 2005):
In Denmark, the racist motive of an ordinary crime is now considered to be an aggravating circumstance during the sentencing phase of a criminal trial. However the progress that has been made, the Nationality Act and the Aliens' Act have been modified in a manner that disproportionately restricts the ability of persons belonging to a minority group to acquire Danish citizenship. The general climate has continued to deteriorate, with some politicians and parts of the media constantly projecting a negative image of minority groups in general and Muslims in particular. In this regard the relevant law on incitement to racial hatred is seldom applied, creating a sense of impunity.

Link to the full document:
http://www.coe.int/t/e/human_rights/ecri/1-ecri/2-country-by-country_approach/denmark/denmark_cbc_3.asp#P76_3735

ECRI land reports in French and when present in the original language of the country:
French