On November 9 – 10, Sweden is being reviewed by the UN Committee Against Torture, which monitors how UN member states comply with the Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading T...
Welcome to Civil Rights Defenders survey about human rights in compulsory care. The survey is intended for those who have personal experience of compulsory care in Sweden and who are currently in a lo...
Civil Rights Defenders has conducted a survey of education, training and training materials for personal representatives. Read the report in swedish here.
In September 2020, Civil Rights Defenders and the Swedish National Association for Social and Mental Health (RSMH) sent out a survey to map how human rights are complied with within compulsory care. T...
Are you confined in compulsory care, or know someone who is? Today, Civil Rights Defenders and the Swedish National Association for Social and Mental Health (RSMH) are launching a handbook about your ...
Civil Rights Defenders is working to monitor the human rights situation within Sweden’s locked institutions – in jails, prisons, custody, and compulsory care institutions. We are pursuing several case...