Greenland says findings on forced contraception genocide allegation not final - BBC News

Experts examined the use of forced contraception on the Inuit community during the 1960s and 70s.

Image source, Inuit AtaqatigiitImage caption, Greenlandic Justice Minister Marianne Paviasen said the government could not say whether there had been a genocide through forced contraception

Greenland's justice minister has said the government cannot conclude whether genocide was committed against the Inuit community after experts examined the use of forced contraception in the 1960s and 70s.

"We cannot say, on behalf of the government, whether there was genocide," Marianne Paviasen told reporters. "This is something we can continue to debate."

Two reports on the practice were released on Friday, a year after Denmark apologised for the treatment of Inuit women and girls in its autonomous territory.

Greenlandic Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen said a "reconciliation commission" would be set up while Danish PM Mette Frederiksen promised the governments would work together.