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This book explains the origins, structure and functioning of the European Convention on Human Rights, and its position in the overall system of protection of human rights in Europe. It discusses and analyses the composition, functions and procedure of the Court of Human Rights. It clarifies the scope of each of the rights and freedoms laid down by the Convention by reference to the case law of the Court. It also explains the status and impact of the Convention in Swedish law and in the law of the European Union. It provides a detailed guide to research sources and methodology for those wishing to investigate human rights issues under the Convention in more detail.

This bookexplains the origins, structure and functioning of the European Convention on Human Rights, and its position in the overall system of protection of humanrights in Europe. It discusses and analyses the composition, functions andprocedure of the Court of Human Rights. It clarifies the scope of each of therights and freedoms laid down by the Convention by reference to the case law of the Court. It also explains the status and impact of the Convention in Swedish law and in the law of the European Union. It provides a detailed guide to research sources and methodology for those wishing to investigate human rightsissues under the Covention in more detail

This blog article focuses on the constitutional law issues arising from the use of recommendations to counter the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic rather than legally binding rules. We use the Venice Commission’s Rule of Law Checklist as the framework for our analysis. 

Detta PM behandlar hur domstolskontroll av lagar och förvaltningsbeslut har fungerat i några andra europeiska länder under det första året av Covid-19 pandemin, dvs mellan februari 2020-mars 2021

Etikprövningslagen ställer krav på etikprövning av forskning. Den dominerande inställningen varit vid de juridiska fakulteterna har varit att rättsdogmatisk forskning inte omfattas av etikprövningslagen i den mån den avser allmänna handlingar och publicerade domar, eftersom det skulle strida mot den grundlagsskyddade rätten att ta del av allmänna handlingar. Central Etikprövningsnämnden (CEPN) har dock i två avgöranden ansett att även traditionell rättsvetenskaplig analys kan vara tillståndspliktig. I denna artikel argumenterar jag att CEPN:s beslut inte är proportionella och således strider mot den grundlagsskyddade informationsfriheten (Regeringsformen 2:1 p2). Om den nya Etikprövningsmyndigheten inte modifierar CEPN:s tidigare beslut kan och bör juridiska fakulteter åberopa sin grundlagsfästa skyldighet att inte tillämpa etikprövningslagen.

Th e focus of thisarticle is the challenges administrative and criminal (and administrative/criminal)procedure face when intelligence material is led as evidence.

The development of EU sanctions has given rise to a range of difficult issues in several fields. The focus of this article is the challenges administrative and criminal (and administrative/criminal) procedure face when intelligence material is led as evidence. The use, or attempted use, of secret evidence in proceedings before the Court of Justice of the EU attempts to balance security concerns with the right to a fair trial. The proposed system poses considerable risks to the right of fair trial.

Det finns flera exempel på fredstida kriser som ställer stater inför mycket svåra utmaningar. Frågan är om det svenska systemet som det ser ut idag ger bästa möjliga förutsättningar att förbereda inför samt hantera en pågående fredstida kris. Det är vår förhoppning att de slutsatser som presenterats i detta temanummer kan vara till nytta i den svenska debatten om svensk krishantering, den konstitutionella nödrättens vara eller inte vara och huruvida regleringen av fredstida kriser bör ske även på grundlagsnivå. I detta avslutande bidrag till temanumret om rättsliga åtgärder mot Covid-19 gör vi en analys av den nordiska, med tyngdpunkt på den svenska, författningsberedskapen som nu har testats i skarpt läge, för att dra tentativa slutsatser om hur god den svenska författningsberedskapen är i fredstida kriser.

In this article, I examine the issue of competing human rights from a legal perspective. European states which are members of the European Union (EU), are bound by three different sets of legally binding rights catalogues, or “rights regimes”; the EU Charter on Fundamental Rights and Freedoms (“Charter”), the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) and national, constitutional, rights catalogues. Freedom of religion is recognized as an important right and protected by the ECHR (Article 9), the Charter (Article 10) and almost every national rights catalogue. What then is the problem, apart from the obvious one that the law can say one thing, but the practice at the national level can be quite different? The problem is that freedom of religion can compete with other rights within the same rights regime, and, moreover, competition can arise between the regimes.

This article examines the history of and limits on individual responsibility for war crimes and crimes against humanity under international criminal law.

The term ‘protective principle’ (Staatsschutzprinzip) is generally used to denote the principle of international criminal jurisdiction permitting a State to grant extraterritorial effect to legislation criminalizing conduct damaging to national security or other central state interests.