A group of women in Greenland are looking for compensation from Denmark for the campaign forced birth control was started in the 1960s, his lawyer said Monday.

Because no official investigation will be presented by the government of Greenland and its former colonial ruler Denmark. until May 2025the group is now demanding compensation given that some women between 70 and 80 years.

“Why do we need this when we clearly know that there have been violations of the law and human rights?” Reuters Naja Libert, one of the women seeking compensation.

The scandal came to light when a Danish TV presenter D.R. Last year it was reported that records showed that between 1966 and 1970 4,500 intrauterine devices for women and girls aged 13 years and olderwithout your knowledge or consent.

The governments of Denmark and Greenland commissioned a team of researchers to uncover the scale of the cases and the decision-making process that led to the campaign in years between 1960 and 1991when Greenland gained control of its health care system.

women ask DKK 300,000 ($42,380) each, he said Reuters women’s lawyer Mads Prumming.

On Monday he sent a complaint to the office Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen on behalf of women. The Prime Minister’s Office did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Greenland was a Danish colony until 1953, but is now a semi-sovereign Danish territory with a population of only 57,000 inhabitants.

In recent years there have been accusations of misconduct by Danish authorities against the population of their former colony.

Last year Denmark publicly apologized to the victims of a 1950s experiment in which Children from Greenland were taken to Denmark.

Reuters