Sweden: ICJ submission to the Human Rights Committee
The ICJ provides its views to the Human Rights Committee for the consideration of the 6th Periodic Report of Sweden.
In this submission, the ICJ highlights several issues which it considers should be of particular concern to the Committee in its consideration of the Swedish report.
Sweden-ICJ submission Human Rights Committee-non-légal submission-2009 (full text, PDF)
Sweden-Prohibition of Discrimination in Working Life because of Sexual Orientation Act (1999:133) (2005)
Sweden-Prohibition of Discrimination in Working Life because of Sexual Orientation Act (1999:133)-2005-engConcluding Observations, E/C.12/SWE/CO/5, 1 December 2008: Sweden
9. The Committee welcomes the steps taken to combat violence against women, in particular the adoption of an action plan to combat men’s violence against women, violence and oppression in the name of honour and violence in same-sex relationships’. Link to full text of...Sweden-Discrimination Act (2008)
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