Reports
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Language of Hatred
2005-09-09 - Reports
The society’s strongest weapon against hate speech is the criminalisation of incitement to racial hatred, which limits the freedom of expression by prohibiting threatening and disdaining comments. This is a report by Civil Rights Defenders (former Swedish Helsinki Committee) about national and international legislation and practice in cases of incitement to racial hatred. (in Swedish) [...]
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Alternative Report to the HR Committee, 2003
2003-09-09 - Reports
Alternative report to “Comments by the Government of Sweden on the Concluding Observations of the Human Rights Committee”. The report is prepared by Civil Rights Defenders (former Swedish Helsinki Committee for Human Rights) and the Swedish NGO Foundation for Human Rights. Download the report.
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Alternative Report CAT 2002
2002-09-09 - Reports
Regarding Sweden’s fourth periodic report, April 2002. Participating organisations: Civil Rights Defenders (former Swedish Helsinki Committee), Save the Children Sweden, Swedish NGO Foundation for Human Rights, Swedish Red Cross and the Swedish Section of the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom. Download the report.
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Alternative Report to the HR Committee, 2002
2002-09-09 - Reports
With respect to Sweden’s commitments under the International Convenant on civil and political rights. The report is prepared by the Swedish NGO Foundation for Human Rights and Civil Rights Defenders (former Swedish Helsinki Committee for Human Rights). Download the report.
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The riots in Gothenburg
2001-09-09 - Reports
The EU meeting in Gothenburg in 2001 attracted a huge media attention. What was meant to be peaceful demonstrations turned into fierce riots with extensive destruction of personal property and attacks towards the police. There were also examples of police acting surprisingly harsh. Civil Rights Defenders (former Swedish Helsinki Committee) closely followed the legal consequences [...]
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Bugging and secret surveillance
2000-09-09 - Reports
In the fight against crime it is probably not possible to completely avoid the use of secret surveillance, but it is an absolute necessity to provide reliable guarantees of the citizens’ legal rights. Civil Rights Defenders’ (formerly the Swedish Helsinki Committee) report (publ. 2000) shows that the present Swedish legislation lacks such guarantees. (in Swedish) [...]