COUNTRY PROFILE FOR SWEDEN

Status of Ratifications
Human Rights Instrument : (Date into force) Ratification Status Declaration

International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination Signature: 1966, Ratification/Accession: 1971
:1969

International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights :1976 Signature: 1967, Ratification/Accession: 1971

Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights :1976 Signature: 1967, Ratification/Accession: 1971

Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, Signature: 1990, Ratification/Accession: 1990
aiming at the abolition of the death penalty :1991

International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights :1976 Signature: 1967, Ratification/Accession: 1971

Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Signature: NA, Ratification/Accession: NA
:2013

Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women :1981 Signature: 1980, Ratification/Accession: 1980

Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Signature: 1999, Ratification/Accession: 2003
against Women :2000

Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Signature: 1985, Ratification/Accession: 1986
Punishment :1987

Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Signature: 2003, Ratification/Accession: 2005
Degrading Treatment or Punishment :2006

Convention on the Rights of the Child :1990 Signature: 1990, Ratification/Accession: 1990

Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of Signature: 2000, Ratification/Accession: 2003
children in armed conflict :2002

Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children, Signature: 2000, Ratification/Accession: 2007
child prostitution and child pornography :2002

Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on a communications Signature: NA, Ratification/Accession: NA
procedure :1753

International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Signature: NA, Ratification/Accession: NA
Members of their Families :2003

International Convention for the Protection of all Persons from Enforced Signature: 2007, Ratification/Accession: NA
Disappearance :2010

Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities :2008 Signature: 2007, Ratification/Accession: 2008

Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities :2008 Signature: 2007, Ratification/Accession: 2008
Declarations
Ratifications (Acronym)
International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial
Discrimination (ICERD)
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR)
Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political
Rights (ICCPR-OP1)
International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
(ICESCR)
Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading
Treatment or Punishment (CAT)
Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC)
Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the
involvement of children in armed conflict (OP-CRC-AC)
Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the
sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography (OP-CRC-SC)
Declarations
"Sweden recognizes the competence of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination to receive and
consider communications from individuals or groups of individuals within the jurisdiction of Sweden claiming to be
victims of a violation by Sweden of any of the rights set forth in the Convention, with the reservation that the
Committee shall not consider any communication from an individual or a group of individuals unless the Committee
has ascertained that the same matter is not being examined or has not been examined under another procedure of
international investigation or settlement."
Sweden reserves the right not to apply the provisions of article 10, paragraph 3, with regard to the obligation to
segregate juvenile offenders from adults, the provisions of article 14, paragraph 7, and the provisions of article 20,
paragraph 1, of the Covenant. 26 November 1971
"Sweden recognizes the competence of the Human Rights Committee referred to in article 28 of the Covenant to
receive and consider communications to the effect that a State Party claims that another State Party is not fulfilling its
obligations under the Covenant."
On the understanding that the provisions of article 5, paragraph 2, of the Protocol signify that the Human Rights
Committee provided for in article 28 of the said Covenant shall not consider any communication from an individual
unless it has ascertained that the same matter is not being examined or has not been examined under another
procedure of international investigation or settlement.
Sweden enters a reservation in connexion with article 7 (d) of the Covenant in the matter of the right to remuneration
for public holidays.
"Sweden recognizes the competence of the Committee to receive and consider communications to the effect that a
State Party claims that another State Party is not fulfilling its obligations under this Convention.
"Sweden recognizes the competence of the Committee to receive and consider communications from or on behalf of
individuals subject to its jurisdiction who claim to be victims of a violation by a State Party of the provisions of the
Convention."
20 September 1991 With regard to the reservation made by Indonesia upon ratification concerning articles 1, 14, 16,
17, 21, 22 and 29: "A reservation by which a State party limits its responsibilities under the Convention by invoking
general principles of national law may cast doubts on the commitments of the reserving state to the object and
purpose of the Convention and, moreover, contribute to undermining the basis of international treaty law. It is in the
common interest of states that treaties to which they have chosen to become parties also are respected, as to object
and purpose, by all parties. The Government of Sweden therefore objects to the reservations. "This objection does not
constitute an obstacle to the entry into force of the Convention between Sweden and the Republic of Indonesia."
Subsequently, the Secretary-General received, from the Government of Sweden, objections of the same nature as the
one above with regard to reservations made by the following States on the dates indicated hereinafter: - 20
September 1991: with regard to the first reservation made by Pakistan upon ratification; - 26 August 1992: with regard
to the reservations made by Jordan upon ratification concerning articles 14, 20 and 21; - 29 March 1994: with regard
to the reservations made by the Syrian Arab Republic upon ratification; - 1 September 1995: with regard to the
reservation made by Iran (Islamic Republic of) upon ratification; - 26 June 1996: with regard to the reservations made
by Malaysia upon accession; - 18 March 1997: with regard to the reservation made by Saudi Arabia upon accession; -
9 February 1998: with regard to the reservation made by Oman upon accession.
Declaration: "... in accordance with Article 3 paragraph 2 of the Optional Protocol, [...] the minimum age required for
voluntary recruitment into the Swedish National Armed Forces is eighteen (18) years."
Upon signature: Declaration: Reference is made to earlier statements submitted by the EU in connection with the
Working groups ad-referendum adoption of the Optional Protocol on 4 February 2000 and the national statement
submitted by Sweden at the same occasion as well as the Swedish statement submitted in connection with the
adoption of the Protocol by the General Assembly on 25 May 2000. Furthermore Sweden interprets the words any
representation in article 2 c) as visual representation . Upon ratification: Declaration: ".....Sweden interprets the word
"any representation"in article 2 c) of the Protocol as "visual representation".