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In the spring of 2025, the UN will review how Sweden respects human rights. Ahead of the review by the UN Human Rights Council, Civil Rights Defenders has submitted a shadow report highlighting seriou...

Theme: Rule of Law and States’ use of Human rights Rights to defend and justify their actions 2025 will mark the 75th anniversary of the adoption of the European Convention on Human Rights. As t...

On May 14, the EU Council gave the green light to the EU Migration and Asylum Pact, which the Swedish EU presidency considers its crowning achievement. However, the Pact paves the way for new rules th...

The following op-ed was first published in Swedish in Global Bar Magazine on 25 January 2024: If the Swedish government would take the initiative in establishing a special rapporteur on democratic ele...

Today, the verdict was announced in the Svea Court of Appeal in Stockholm against an Iranian citizen who was charged with war crimes and murder for his involvement in the mass executions of political ...

In recent decades, a trend of democratic backsliding (also known as autocratisation) has swept across the world. In a new report, we examine last year’s developments from the Tidö Agreement from...

The largest trial in Swedish history is taking place in Stockholm, in which two former representatives of a Swedish oil company are charged with aiding and abetting war crimes. Last week, the Stockhol...

Today marks the end of the trial of the man charged with complicity in the mass executions of political prisoners in Iran in 1988. We have followed the trial for over two years, first in the District ...

More and more Swedes are worried that Sweden is moving in an undemocratic direction, and more and more feel that our basic democratic principles have been threatened over the past 12 months. This is s...

Racism and the law – Examining the Legal Systems’ Ability to Combat Issues of Racial, Ethnic and Religious Inequality 29 September 2023 – Stockholm, Sweden The year 2023 marks both the 75th anniversar...