Title in original language:
Terroristbrottslagen – Balansen mellan säkerhet och frihet. Extremism i fokus
Description:
This report examines how Sweden manages the fundamental tension between protecting democratic freedoms and ensuring national security in the fight against terrorism. It outlines how the Swedish Constitution (Regeringsformen) and the European Convention on Human Rights guarantee extensive civil liberties, while terrorism poses a direct threat to those rights and to the democratic order the state is obliged to safeguard. The report discusses why certain restrictions on freedoms have been deemed necessary to counter terrorism effectively and analyses how this balance has been handled through Sweden’s Terrorist Offences Act.
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