background face several challenges in relation to enjoying equal treatment and opportunities as to other nationals of the realm. Greenlanders are not considered an ethnic minority, although some experience special linguistic, cultural, and social challenges in Danish society in line with citizens with an ethnic minority background. On 18 January 1996, Denmark ratified the international Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention, 1989 (ILO-convention 169) and voted in favour on the adoption of the proposal of the international Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples on 13 September 2007. Racism The Greenlandic population in the ghetto area Gellerup in Aarhus was subjected to racism in 2008, due to harassment from Arab and Somali immigrants. Culture The Danish Institute for Human Rights (DIHR) recommends that Greenlandic people be recognised in Denmark as a national minority, and that this would lead to better protection of the Greenlandic culture in Denmark. Language According to a 2015 report by DIHR, Greenlandic is not taught adequately in Danish schools and many children of Greenlandic heritage cannot rely on schools to teach the Greenlandic language to an acceptable standard. This contradicts the Danish legislation that languages that are part of the EU/EE community must be available for education if there is a petition granted on behalf of at least 12 children residing with their parents in Denmark. Religion The Greenlandic congregation of the Church of Denmark has approximately 16,000 members throughout the country. The Church of Greenland is an independent diocese of the Church of Denmark. The Church of Greenland and of Denmark are Evangelical Lutheran which is also the official religion Denmark and Greenland. A Greenlandic priest was appointed and inaugurated in Aarhus in December 2020 and conducts services, church services and pastoral care in both Greenlandic and Danish. In Denmark, there are currently two Greenlandic priests. One of the priests serve all Greenlanders in Denmark and resides in the Diocese of Aarhus. The other priest is based in Copenhagen and serves Greenlanders who are on involuntary residence in Denmark. The congregation has applied for an additional position for general pastoral work. In addition, the congregation is in the process of applying for permission to establish a parish council for Greenlanders in Denmark. Greenlandic service is held on the first Sunday of the month in Copenhagen primarily at Helligåndskirken. Arts North Atlantic House or Nordatlantens Brygge is an art and cultural centre located in Copenhagen, Denmark. The