The most significant human rights problems during the year included violence against women and children. Pretrial detainees sometimes shared cells with convicted prisoners, and juveniles sometimes shared cells with adults. There was some societal discrimination against immigrants, and workers without Icelandic language skills faced an increased risk of occupational accidents.
Other human rights problems included discrepancies in access to the healthcare system for asylum seekers who did not enter the country under international auspices, sexual harassment, trafficking in persons, and occasional discrimination against persons with disabilities in employment and access to public places
