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HRI-CORE-SVN-2020-fr-parsed | 185. The resolution also aims to address the issue of care for the elderly by proposing additional housing solutions. To this end, a community cohabitation project was implemented in 2018 to promote the cohabitation of the elderly as a successful model for improving the quality of life. The resolution provides for a ho... | operative |
HRI-CORE-SVN-2020-fr-parsed | 188. The Ministry of Labour, Family, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities funds a number of comprehensive programmes for the homeless, including housing and food; 310 reception facilities or housing units were financed under these programmes in 2018; approximately 3,900 people benefited from them. In 2018, approximat... | operative |
HRI-CORE-SVN-2020-fr-parsed | 192. The Inter-Ministerial Commission on Human Rights is the central body responsible for coordinating the reports submitted to international human rights monitoring mechanisms, which from 1993 to 2012 was called the Inter-Ministerial Working Commission on Human Rights. The Government established the Commission in Apri... | operative |
HRI-CORE-SVN-2020-fr-parsed | 193. The members of the Commission include representatives of the Prime Minister ' s Office, all ministries, the Government Office for National Minorities and the Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia. In April 2014, the Government expanded the membership of the Commission to include two new representatives fr... | operative |
HRI-CORE-SVN-2020-fr-parsed | 197. The Resolution on the National Programme for Equal Opportunities for Men and Women 2015-2020 sets out, inter alia, the following objectives: "Increasing the proportion of women in management and management positions", "Reducing the gap in participation rates between women and men" and "Reducing vertical and horizo... | operative |
HRI-CORE-SVN-2020-fr-parsed | 198. The representation of women in the National Assembly decreased slightly after the 2018 parliamentary elections, with only 24.4 per cent of elected parliamentarians being women. Slovenia is endeavouring to allow more women to be elected to important positions, notably by promoting links and cooperation between wome... | operative |
HRI-CORE-SVN-2020-fr-parsed | 199. The Labour Relations Act prohibits cross-cutting harassment and harassment in the workplace; the Occupational Health and Safety Act provides that in workplaces where the risk of violence from third parties is higher, the employer must develop and equip its site to reduce this risk and facilitate relief; the employ... | operative |
HRI-CORE-SVN-2020-fr-parsed | 1. The Slovenian Constitution provides for individual rights aimed at preserving the national, linguistic and cultural characteristics of members of all ethnic groups, including article 14 (Equality before the law), article 61 (Expression of national belonging) and article 62 (Right to use one's language and alphabet). | operative |
HRI-CORE-SVN-2020-fr-parsed | 3. The special status and rights of the Italian and Hungarian national communities are set out in Articles 64 and 11 of the Constitution, and their organization and fundamental rights are specified in the Law on the Autonomy of National Communities 1 and their status is defined in numerous laws and other regulations, o... | operative |
HRI-CORE-SVN-2020-fr-parsed | 5. The Act provides for bilingual study programmes and specifications for the level of knowledge and examinations in bilingual fields; the Italian and Hungarian languages must be proposed as extracurricular activities in all primary schools which are not located in multi-ethnic areas if the schools have at least five p... | operative |
HRI-CORE-SVN-2020-fr-parsed | 9. The Ministry of Culture is currently drafting a resolution on the National Language Policy Programme 2020-2024, which will define the guiding principles for decision-making on language policy for the next five years. The key value of this strategy document lies in its comprehensive approach to language policy: it pl... | operative |
HRI-CORE-SVN-2020-fr-parsed | 10. The special situation and rights of members of the Roma community are governed by article 65 of the Constitution, the Law on the Roma Community of the Republic of Slovenia 2 and certain provisions of other laws, and the situation of the Roma community is regulated in all its aspects by a special law, which provides... | operative |
HRI-CORE-SVN-2020-fr-parsed | 11. The National Programme of Measures for Roma for the period 2017-2021, adopted in May 2017, includes comprehensive measures to prevent discrimination against Roma and to improve their situation and social integration. The two main objectives of the National Programme are to improve the situation of members of the Ro... | operative |
HRI-CORE-SVN-2020-fr-parsed | 13. The 2004 Strategy for Roma Education in the Republic of Slovenia, as amended in 2011, provides for a number of measures: inclusion of Roma children in pre-school facilities at least two years prior to their enrolment in primary school; recruitment of a Roma assistant in educational institutions to link the pre-scho... | operative |
HRI-CORE-SVN-2020-fr-parsed | 15. The principle of integration is implemented (without segregation) in all Slovenian educational institutions, which use the methods of individualisation, differentiation in class, flexible groups and skill groups provided for by law for all pupils on an equal basis. Particular attention is paid to educational strate... | operative |
HRI-CORE-SVN-2020-fr-parsed | 16. The State pays special attention to the education of Roma children by providing special funding to the schools they attend; for example, the Ministry of Education, Science and Sports provides additional funds for individual and collective activities for Roma schoolchildren; in addition, the Ministry has adopted mor... | operative |
HRI-CORE-SVN-2020-fr-parsed | 22. The Government of Slovenia is paying particular attention to the protection of children and families. In December 2017, the Resolution on Family Policy 2018-2028, entitled "A welcoming society for all families", was adopted. This family policy is characterized by a comprehensive and inclusive approach, covering all... | operative |
HRI-CORE-SVN-2020-fr-parsed | 25. The Ministry of Labour, Family and Social Affairs has adopted the Resolution on the National Social Assistance Programme 2013-2010 6 , which establishes a network of shelters and shelters for women and children who are victims of violence, with a capacity of some 440 places (2018 figures) spread over several sites ... | operative |
HRI-CORE-SVN-2020-fr-parsed | 31. The Criminal Procedure Act, as amended in 2019 7 , provides additional remedies for victims of criminal offences, including children, thus extending the scope of criminal offences for which minor victims must be represented by an authorized person. At the stages of investigation and trial, minors who are victims of... | operative |
HRI-CORE-SVN-2020-fr-parsed | 33. The adoption of the Law on the Rights of Patients has established a comprehensive framework governing the rights of patients in order to guarantee them equal access to adequate, high-quality and safe health care. The Law, based on trust and respect between a patient and a doctor or any other health professional, go... | operative |
HRI-CORE-SVN-2020-fr-parsed | 35. The rights of patients are: the right to free choice of a doctor and a provider of health services; the right to adequate, high-quality and safe health care; the right to respect for patients' time; the right to information and consultation; the right to decide independently on their treatment; the right to respect... | operative |
HRI-CORE-SVN-2020-fr-parsed | 50. The demographic development of Slovenia 8 is increasingly affecting its economic and social life, particularly as a result of the demographic growth that followed the Second World War, a generation that is now reaching retirement age. | operative |
HRI-CORE-SVN-2020-fr-parsed | 53. The Resolution on the National Social Assistance Programme 2013-2020 was adopted in 2013. In view of recent demographic trends, the Resolution focuses on issues relating to older persons, and its objectives have been adapted to the growing social difficulties of the population, including increased care for older pe... | operative |
HRI-CORE-SVN-2020-fr-parsed | 54. The legislation and legislation on social security, which have an impact on the quality of life of older persons, has facilitated the expansion of the range of services and programmes for older persons, the development of new concepts of working with users (especially people with dementia), the training of qualifie... | operative |
HRI-CORE-SVN-2020-fr-parsed | 66. The events held in Slovenia each year on the occasion of World Refugee Day (20 June) help to promote tolerance towards immigrants and refugees, which include media campaigns to raise awareness among the Slovenian population on issues related to migration and integration as well as social development. | operative |
HRI-CORE-SVN-2020-fr-parsed | 71. The Aliens Act, adopted in the framework of a series of laws broadly referred to as "independence laws", defined the status of aliens and provided that, in respect of nationals of the successor States of the former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (the former Yugoslavia) who had not applied for Slovenian ci... | operative |
HRI-CORE-SVN-2020-fr-parsed | 75. The Law on Compensation for Damage Caused by the Deregistration of the Register of Permanent Residents 12 addresses violations of human rights and fundamental freedoms and implements the judgment of the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights of 26 June 2012 in the case of Kurić et al. v. Slovenia. The ... | operative |
HRI-CORE-SVN-2020-fr-parsed | 77. The amended article 12 abolishes the ceiling on monetary compensation and provides for the payment of interest on late payment due to claimants; eligible persons are entitled to the full amount of the principal compensation for monetary and non-pecuniary damages awarded in court proceedings; article 12 only limits ... | operative |
HRI-CORE-SVN-2020-fr-parsed | 81. The National Assembly adopted the Resolution on the National Programme for the Prevention of Domestic Violence 2009-2014 14 . This strategic document sets out the objectives, measures and main institutions to combat and prevent domestic violence, which aims to merge the measures of the various sectors and thus ensu... | operative |
HRI-CORE-SVN-2020-fr-parsed | 86. The Police Functions and Powers Act contains an amended provision prohibiting offenders from approaching a place or person in order to improve the protection of victims of domestic violence and to enable non-governmental organizations and other organizations active in the field of domestic violence prevention to pr... | operative |
HRI-CORE-SVN-2020-fr-parsed | 87. The Criminal Procedure Amendment Act (ZKP-N) of 2019 extends the list of rights and remedies for victims, including victims of domestic violence, particularly with regard to rights and measures in criminal proceedings and support services. The Act also provides for an assessment of the risks and threats associated ... | operative |
HRI-CORE-SVN-2020-fr-parsed | 90. The Criminal Code criminalizes trafficking in human beings, and the measures adopted by Slovenia to combat trafficking in persons are specified in the action plans to combat trafficking in human beings, which have been drawn up every two years since 2004 by the Inter-ministerial Working Group on Combating Trafficki... | operative |
HRI-CORE-SVN-2020-fr-parsed | 91. The first plan of action served as the basis for the amendments to the Criminal Code in 2015, which covered the definition of the criminal offence of trafficking in human beings. Article 113 was amended to include new provisions criminalizing the exploitation of trafficking in human beings, as well as the confiscat... | operative |
HRI-CORE-SWE-2011-fr-parsed | 2. The principle of the separation of executive and legislative powers was enshrined in the Government Instrument of 1809. Today, fundamental rights and freedoms are protected by the 1974 Government Instrument (see chapter 2 D below), one of the four basic laws of Sweden often grouped under the name of the Constitution... | operative |
HRI-CORE-SWE-2011-fr-parsed | 7. The percentage of 15-74-year-olds in employment rose steadily from 54.6 per cent in 2005 to 56.5 per cent in 2008, but the economic crisis reversed this increase and the percentage fell to 54.4 per cent. This trend was reflected in the overall labour market. Men were more affected than women because the economic rec... | operative |
HRI-CORE-SWE-2011-fr-parsed | 8. The Labour Force Survey shows that between 2005 and 2009 the unionization rate fell from 75.7 per cent to 68.4 per cent, that it is five percentage points higher for men than for women, and that the ratio has not changed significantly in the last five years. | operative |
HRI-CORE-SWE-2011-fr-parsed | 10. The central government, the municipalities and the counties constitute the public sector, which provides services in areas such as health and medical care, care for the elderly and education, and administers household benefits, including child benefits, and health insurance, unemployment insurance and pension syste... | operative |
HRI-CORE-SWE-2011-fr-parsed | 26. The fundamental principles of the Swedish Constitution (the 1974 Instrument of Government) are popular sovereignty, representative democracy, parliamentarism, the autonomy of local authorities and the rule of law; all public functions must be performed in accordance with the law, which applies not only to courts an... | operative |
HRI-CORE-SWE-2011-fr-parsed | 29. The independence of the judiciary is guaranteed by the Government Instrument. No public authority, not even the Riksdag, can decide how a court should deal with a particular case, or apply a rule of law in a particular case. The legislation contains provisions governing the functions of courts in the administration... | operative |
HRI-CORE-SWE-2011-fr-parsed | 42. The principle of equality before the law and the right to have its case examined by an independent, autonomous and impartial tribunal are essential conditions for the proper functioning of a democracy. The independence of the judiciary in Sweden is enshrined in the Instrument of Government. Neither the Riksdag nor ... | operative |
HRI-CORE-SWE-2011-fr-parsed | 45. The number of professional judges serving in the courts was 13.9 per 100,000 inhabitants in 2006 and 11.3 in 2008. In 2006, as well as in 2008, 0.27 per cent of the total annual public expenditure of the State was spent on the financing of courts, excluding prosecution and legal aid. The new accounting arrangements... | operative |
HRI-CORE-SWE-2011-fr-parsed | 50. The number of police officers per 100,000 inhabitants increased from 194 to 220 between 2006 and 2010, while the share of public expenditure on the police increased from 2.13% to 2.49%. The share of public funds allocated to the justice system also increased from 3.78 per cent to 4.45% between 2006 and 2010. The nu... | operative |
HRI-CORE-SWE-2011-fr-parsed | 51. The National Council for Crime Prevention (Brå) produces and disseminates information on crime and prevention work, produces official statistics, evaluates reforms, conducts research and supports prevention work at the local level, and produces the Swedish Crime Barometer on a monthly basis, which lists incidents r... | operative |
HRI-CORE-SWE-2011-fr-parsed | 52. The number of persons imprisoned in 2009 was around 5,500, 2 per cent higher than in 2008. It is now 28 per cent higher than in 2000. Almost one in five of the persons imprisoned in 2009 were sentenced for theft. The same proportion was for persons convicted of an offence against the person (14 per cent), drug offe... | operative |
HRI-CORE-SWE-2011-fr-parsed | 53. The majority of prisoners are men (approximately 93 per cent of the total prison population in 2009), which has remained stable over the past decade. Men make up the majority of prisoners in all offences, among whom they are convicted of sexual offences, as well as of certain offences against life and health. Among... | operative |
HRI-CORE-SWE-2011-fr-parsed | 65. The rights and freedoms enjoyed by persons in Sweden are essentially protected by three fundamental laws: the Government Instrument, the Freedom of the Press Act and the Freedom of Expression Act. The Government Instrument provides that public authorities act with respect for the equal value of all human beings and... | operative |
HRI-CORE-SWE-2011-fr-parsed | 70. The existence of a free press is one of the foundations of a free and democratic society, which is guaranteed by one of the four basic laws of Sweden: the Freedom of the Press Act, which includes in the freedom of information the right of the public to have access to official documents. Freedom of information and f... | operative |
HRI-CORE-SWE-2011-fr-parsed | 75. The courts play a central role in the protection of the rights of individuals in Sweden, whose judicial system offers various remedies to ensure the protection of human rights; judicial proceedings are the responsibility of the general and general administrative courts and also, to a certain extent, administrative ... | operative |
HRI-CORE-SWE-2011-fr-parsed | 77. The human rights issue is an integral part of many types of cases brought before the Swedish authorities and courts, which would make it difficult to provide an exhaustive list of available remedies, and anyone claiming to be a victim of illegal practices can apply to the Public Prosecutor ' s Office for the initia... | operative |
HRI-CORE-SWE-2011-fr-parsed | 81. The Ombudsmen are also responsible for ensuring respect for human rights. Anyone who considers that he or a third party has been treated inappropriately or unjustly by a public authority or by a public official or local government official may lodge a complaint with the Office of Parliamentary Ombudsmen. Swedish na... | operative |
HRI-CORE-SWE-2011-fr-parsed | 82. The Chancellor of Justice also has supervisory functions, such as complaints and actions for damages against the State and the decision on financial compensation for the damage suffered. The Chancellor of Justice was established in 1713 and is a non-political official appointed by the Government. The term of office... | operative |
HRI-CORE-SWE-2011-fr-parsed | 83. The Office of the Equality Ombudsman was established in 2009 to consolidate the functions of the four ombudsmen previously responsible for combating discrimination, namely: the Equal Opportunities Ombudsman, the Ombudsman against Ethnic Discrimination, the Ombudsman for Persons with Disabilities and the Ombudsman a... | operative |
HRI-CORE-SWE-2011-fr-parsed | 84. The Office of the Equality Ombudsman is a governmental institution responsible for combating discrimination and promoting equal rights and opportunities for all. The Ombudsman's mandate is to monitor the implementation of the Anti-Discrimination Act, combat discrimination and promote equal rights and opportunities ... | operative |
HRI-CORE-SWE-2011-fr-parsed | 85. The establishment of a single Ombudsman for discrimination issues was intended to ensure more effective and strict monitoring of the application of the Anti-Discrimination Act; the adoption of a general anti-discrimination law based, to the extent possible, on equal treatment in all fields also underlines the non-h... | operative |
HRI-CORE-SWE-2011-fr-parsed | 92. The Government encourages municipalities and county councils to adhere to its long-term goal of ensuring full respect for human rights; in its second national human rights action plan, the Government invited municipalities and county councils to develop local action plans for the promotion of human rights in a more... | operative |
HRI-CORE-SWE-2011-fr-parsed | 93. The democratic system of government and the long-established constitutional framework in Sweden guarantee the exercise of all rights, while the social protection system contributes to the practical realization of a number of rights, as well as to the relatively good ranking of the country in international compariso... | operative |
HRI-CORE-SWE-2011-fr-parsed | 94. The Government is aware that respect for all human rights at all levels of society (national, regional and local) is a fundamental issue and that, in order to achieve this goal, all relevant actors must have a good knowledge of human rights issues and that the various levels of government work together; the Governm... | operative |
HRI-CORE-SWE-2011-fr-parsed | 97. The State is under an obligation to combat human rights violations, whether through legislation, institutional management, dissemination of information or other means; as of 2002, in the context of the implementation of the first national plan of action for human rights and, subsequently, the second national plan o... | operative |
HRI-CORE-SWE-2011-fr-parsed | 98. The measures for the development of competencies are aimed primarily at persons in positions of responsibility, and the Government focuses its efforts to monitor the observance of human rights in the administration on institutions of particular interest in this regard, such as the National Labour Market Administrat... | operative |
HRI-CORE-SWE-2011-fr-parsed | The budgetary resources allocated specifically to the promotion of human rights over the past four years have been allocated to the Delegation for the Promotion of Human Rights in Sweden (which was active from 2006 to 2010) in order to promote the long-term objective of ensuring full respect for human rights in Sweden,... | operative |
HRI-CORE-SWE-2011-fr-parsed | The protection of human rights is one of the priorities of Sweden's foreign policy and the Government is careful to ensure that policies in all areas, including migration, security and trade, take into account human rights and democratic values; the Government is committed to promoting a coherent and results-oriented h... | operative |
HRI-CORE-SWE-2011-fr-parsed | 109. The Interministerial Working Group on Human Rights was established in 2000 with a mandate to prepare proposals for the first national human rights action plan, and the Interministerial Working Group on Human Rights was co-led by the Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. At the end of its mandate... | operative |
HRI-CORE-SWE-2011-fr-parsed | 110. The responsibility for the preparation of reports under the various United Nations human rights instruments is divided among the various relevant ministries according to their responsibilities; reports covering a wide range of topics, several specialized ministries are involved in the drafting process; for example... | operative |
HRI-CORE-SWE-2011-fr-parsed | 114. The new Anti-Discrimination Act, which entered into force on 1 January 2009, was the most ambitious initiative in recent years to achieve the goal of a society free from discrimination, as mentioned in the paragraphs on the new Ombudsman for Equality (chap. 2, sect. D, paras. 81-86). Under the new Act, discriminat... | operative |
HRI-CORE-SWE-2011-fr-parsed | 115. The provisions of the Act prohibiting discrimination are supplemented by principles relating to active measures, i.e. essentially those aimed at the treatment of employees and other categories collectively and not individually; the purpose of active measures is to exercise an effect of training and to encourage th... | operative |
HRI-CORE-SWE-2011-fr-parsed | 117. The ratification of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in 2008 marked a further step forward in Sweden's efforts to promote equality of rights within its society. During the ratification process, it became clear that difficulties persisted, for example in raising awareness, combating unemplo... | operative |
HRI-CORE-SWE-2011-fr-parsed | 118. The Government Instrument provides (see also above, chap. 2, sect. D) that public authority is exercised by respecting the equal value of all human beings and the freedom and dignity of everyone. In a bill tabled in 2009, the Government proposed amendments to modernize the terminology used in the text of the Gover... | operative |
HRI-CORE-SWE-2011-fr-parsed | 120. The Criminal Code contains two provisions that directly address offensive or discriminatory behaviour motivated by race, colour, national or ethnic origin, religious belief or sexual orientation: one punishes agitation against a national or ethnic group and the other discriminates unlawfully; and the Criminal Code... | operative |
HRI-CORE-SWE-2011-fr-parsed | 121. The protection of the rights of persons belonging to the Sami indigenous people and other national minorities, as well as the rights of migrants, refugees and asylum-seekers, is a constant concern, and the Government will continue to give full effect to the recommendations of the treaty bodies. The policy on natio... | operative |
HRI-CORE-SWE-2011-fr-parsed | 123. The objectives of the policy on older persons are: to enable them to live an active life and to influence society and their daily lives; to age in secure conditions while maintaining their autonomy; to be treated with respect; to be able to remain healthy and to have access to social assistance services; and to pr... | operative |
HRI-CORE-SWE-2011-fr-parsed | 127. The constant increase in the number of asylum applications submitted by unaccompanied minors arriving in Sweden is a problem, and local authorities are responsible for the care of these minors, and municipalities voluntarily enter into agreements with the Swedish Migration Board and receive economic compensation f... | operative |
HRI-CORE-SWE-2011-fr-parsed | 128. The integration policy is to facilitate the integration of recent immigrants into society, to compensate the municipalities hosting refugees and to promote the integration of those concerned, and to cover Swedish nationality and urban planning, with the aim of ensuring equal rights, obligations and opportunities f... | operative |
HRI-CORE-SWE-2011-fr-parsed | 129. The main elements of the reform are as follows: the Public Employment Service will be responsible for coordinating integration activities; this service and new arrivals will jointly draw up an integration plan with activities to facilitate and accelerate the integration of new arrivals into working life and the co... | operative |
HRI-CORE-SWE-2011-fr-parsed | 133. The Office of the Equality Ombudsman (DO), www.do.se (see paras. 77-81 above), is responsible for raising awareness of discrimination and disseminating knowledge and information on discrimination to both those who may be discriminated against and potential victims, providing guidance to employers, higher education... | operative |
HRI-CORE-SWE-2011-fr-parsed | 134. The Ombudsperson for Children (BO) disseminates information on the Convention on the Rights of the Child (www.barn ombudsmannen.se). One of the main tasks of the Ombudsperson is to stimulate public debate, to raise awareness of key issues and to influence the attitudes of decision-makers and the public; to maintai... | operative |
HRI-CORE-SWE-2011-fr-parsed | 135. The Delegation for the Promotion of Human Rights in Sweden launched various campaigns aimed at preventing and eliminating negative attitudes. Its "MR blobben" project, which aimed to change the attitudes of young people, also aroused a great deal of interest among a large public; it focused on the difficulties ari... | operative |
HRI-CORE-SWE-2011-fr-parsed | 136. The Living History Forum is a Swedish public body that, starting from the Holocaust and other crimes against humanity, addresses issues of tolerance, democracy and human rights from a national and international perspective, and, in the interests of human rights education, organizes exhibitions and develops textboo... | operative |
HRI-CORE-SWE-2018-fr-parsed | 1. The purpose of this core document is to assist treaty bodies in understanding the situation in Sweden, and it contains general information and specific information relevant to the implementation of the instruments to which Sweden is a party that may be of interest to all or more treaty bodies. | operative |
HRI-CORE-SWE-2018-fr-parsed | 3. The principle of the separation of political powers between the executive and legislative organs of the State was promulgated in the Government Instrument of 1809. Today, fundamental rights and freedoms are protected by the 1974 Government Instrument (see chapter II, section D), one of the four fundamental laws of S... | operative |
HRI-CORE-SWE-2018-fr-parsed | 8. The Swedish labour market has begun to recover from the effects of the financial crisis in 2010. Since then, the employment situation has changed very positively and the proportion of the population aged 15 to 74 years employed has gradually increased from 64.4% in 2010 to 67.1% in 2016. Over the same period, the nu... | operative |
HRI-CORE-SWE-2018-fr-parsed | 9. The unemployment rate has remained fairly high in the years following the financial crisis, but it has declined considerably since 2014 to 6.9%. The decline is significantly higher among Swedish-born people and the unemployment rate is significantly higher among foreign-born people. According to the Labour Force Sur... | operative |
HRI-CORE-SWE-2018-fr-parsed | 11. The public sector comprises central government, county councils and municipalities, provides services such as health care, care for the elderly and education, and administers social security, such as dependent child allowances and retirement pensions, primarily financed by taxes and taxes, social security contribut... | operative |
HRI-CORE-SWE-2018-fr-parsed | 17. The second cycle of secondary education comprises national vocational training programmes, national preparation programmes for higher education and integration programmes; the minimum requirements for pupils wishing to enrol in national programmes are to obtain the pass mark in compulsory education in Swedish or Sw... | operative |
HRI-CORE-SWE-2018-fr-parsed | 19. The proportion of upper secondary school pupils who complete the three years of study with the diploma within five years is presented below. (Based on the assumption that students who have not completed the three years of study within five years have dropped out of school, these figures could be considered as an in... | operative |
HRI-CORE-SWE-2018-fr-parsed | 23. The Government's global development policy aims to ensure policy coherence, with the consequence that all policy areas must work towards a common goal: equitable and sustainable global development, addressing transnational issues with international implications, and requiring that in the formulation and implementat... | operative |
HRI-CORE-SWE-2018-fr-parsed | 27. The Swedish Constitution - the 1974 Instrument of Government - is based on the principles of popular sovereignty, representative democracy, parliamentarism, local self-government and the rule of law, and all public powers must be exercised in accordance with the law, which applies not only to the courts and adminis... | operative |
HRI-CORE-SWE-2018-fr-parsed | 30. The independence of the judiciary is guaranteed by the Government Instrument. No public service, including the Riksdag, can decide how a court should decide a particular case or otherwise apply the rules of law. The law defines the jurisdictional functions of courts and tribunals, the main features of their organiz... | operative |
HRI-CORE-SWE-2018-fr-parsed | 31. The beginning of the 20th century was marked by the gradual expansion of the electoral system. Universal suffrage was introduced in 1909 for men and in 1921 for women. General elections for the Riksdag, county councils and municipal councils are held every four years. The Riksdag is a single-cameral body with 349 s... | operative |
HRI-CORE-SWE-2018-fr-parsed | 39. The public television organization SVT and Bonnier AB, the owner of independent TV4 and other channels, are the champions of terrestrial television adimating, with SVT having 35.9 per cent of viewers and Bonnier AB 30.6 per cent. Small portions of the adimating are owned by independent television organizations Mode... | operative |
HRI-CORE-SWE-2018-fr-parsed | 43. The principle of equality before the law and the right to have its case heard by an independent, autonomous and impartial tribunal are essential conditions for the proper functioning of democracy. In Sweden, the independence of the judiciary is guaranteed by the Government Instrument. Neither the Riksdag, nor the G... | operative |
HRI-CORE-SWE-2018-fr-parsed | 47. The average number of outstanding cases per judge at the various levels of the judicial system for the period 2012-2016 (with the average number of cases tried per judge in parentheses) is as follows: | operative |
HRI-CORE-SWE-2018-fr-parsed | 48. The number of persons in pre-trial detention in Sweden is quite small, and many of them who are subject to restrictive measures would not at all be held in detention if there were no grounds for imposing such measures; moreover, the length of pre-trial detention is relatively short in Sweden. (For crime statistics ... | operative |
HRI-CORE-SWE-2018-fr-parsed | 51. The number of police officers per 100,000 inhabitants in Sweden fell from 220 in 2010 to 200 in 2016. During the same period, the share of public expenditure on the Police Office was reduced from 2.49 to 2.43 per cent. On the other hand, the share of public expenditure on the judiciary was increased from 4.45% in 2... | operative |
HRI-CORE-SWE-2018-fr-parsed | 52. The Swedish National Council for Crime Prevention (Brå) produces and disseminates information on crime and its prevention, prepares official crime statistics, evaluates reforms, conducts research and supports crime prevention efforts at the local level. e.g. it produces the Swedish Crime Barometer on a monthly basi... | operative |
HRI-CORE-SWE-2018-fr-parsed | 53. The prison population was approximately 4,290 in 2015, a decrease of 1 per cent compared to 2014. It is now 22 per cent lower than in 2006. Nearly a quarter of those incarcerated in 2015 had been convicted for theft. About 12 per cent had been convicted of life or health offences, about 24 per cent had been convict... | operative |
HRI-CORE-SWE-2018-fr-parsed | 54. The majority of prisoners are men. In 2015, men accounted for about 94 per cent of the total. This proportion has been fairly stable over the past decade. Men make up the majority of those sentenced to custodial sentences, all offences combined. For example, the proportion of men among those sentenced to custodial ... | operative |
HRI-CORE-SWE-2018-fr-parsed | 62. The reservation to the obligation to separate young offenders from adults is justified in that the application of article 10, paragraph 3, of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights could lead to the placement of young offenders in central institutions far away from their families and social servic... | operative |
HRI-CORE-SWE-2018-fr-parsed | 63. The reservation to article 14, paragraph 7, of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights is considered necessary in order to ensure the possibility of requesting the reopening of the trial in accordance with the provisions of chapter 58, section 3, of the Code of Judicial Procedure. The absence of th... | operative |
HRI-CORE-SWE-2018-fr-parsed | 64. The reservation to article 20, paragraph 1, of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights was made for three reasons: first, the prohibition of propaganda in favour of war imposes restrictions on the freedoms of expression and opinion protected by article 19 of the Covenant and the Swedish Constitutio... | operative |
HRI-CORE-SWE-2018-fr-parsed | 71. The rights and freedoms enjoyed by persons in Sweden are mainly protected by three fundamental laws: the Government Instrument, the Freedom of the Press Act and the Basic Law on Freedom of Expression. According to the Government Instrument, all public powers are exercised with respect for the equal value of all per... | operative |
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