Concluding Observations, CRC/C/SWE/CO/5, 30 January 2015: Sweden
II. Follow-up measures taken and progress achieved by the State party 5. The Committee also welcomes the following institutional and policy measures: (c) The long-term strategy to promote equal rights and opportunities regardless of sexual orientation, gender identity...Concluding Observations, CAT/C/SWE/CO/6-7, 18 November 2014: Sweden
C. Principal subjects of concern and recommendations Hate crimes 15. While noting the priority consideration given by the Equality Ombudsman and the National Police Board to combating and preventing hate crimes, the Committee remains concerned at reports of violence...
ICJ, AIRE Centre and ECRE joint intervention in F.G. v Sweden
Today, the AIRE Centre (Advice on Individual Rights in Europe), the European Council on Refugees and Exiles (ECRE) and the ICJ presented joint written observations to the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights in the case of F.G. v. Sweden (Application No. 43611/11).
The case arises from the Swedish authorities’ dismissal of an asylum application. The submissions focus on:
- the obligation for Parties to the ECHR to ensure that the risk upon removal is addressed in such a way as to guarantee that the Convention’s protection is practical and effective;
- whether requiring coerced, self-enforced suppression of a fundamental aspect of one’s identity, which enforced concealment of one’s religion entails, is compatible with Convention obligations;
- the relevance and significance of the EU asylum acquis and Court of Justice of the EU’s jurisprudence on these matters; and
- the relevance and significance of the 1951 Geneva Refugee Convention.
SWEDEN-ECHR amicus FG vs Sweden-Advocacy-Legal Submission-2014-ENG (full text in PDF)
European Court of Human Rights’ judgment inconsistent with refugee law
The ICJ expresses its disappointment today at the judgment of the European Court of Human Rights in the case of M.E. v. Sweden (Application No. 71398/12).