Voteringsplikt och samvetsfrihet
(2022) LAGF03 20221Faculty of Law
Department of Law
- Abstract
- In Swedish administration, on both the state level and the municipal level, some positions are bound by a duty of voting, and it is thus demanded that they make their opinion known in some issus. This paper investigates how this duty of voting relates to the freedom of conscience granted by Art. 9 in the European Convention on Human Rights.
In the paper the duty of voting according to the Administrative Law (2017:900) and the Municipal Law (2017:725) is presented, as well as case law regarding freedom of conscience from the European Court of Human Rights. Swedish regulations regarding serving of alcohol is also presented in order to serve as an example of a possible area of conflict between duty of voting and freedom of conscience.
... (More) - In Swedish administration, on both the state level and the municipal level, some positions are bound by a duty of voting, and it is thus demanded that they make their opinion known in some issus. This paper investigates how this duty of voting relates to the freedom of conscience granted by Art. 9 in the European Convention on Human Rights.
In the paper the duty of voting according to the Administrative Law (2017:900) and the Municipal Law (2017:725) is presented, as well as case law regarding freedom of conscience from the European Court of Human Rights. Swedish regulations regarding serving of alcohol is also presented in order to serve as an example of a possible area of conflict between duty of voting and freedom of conscience.
From the investigation it is concluded that employees covered by the Administrative Law (2017:900) isn't covered by freedom of conscience in the line of their employment, since case law from the European Court of Human Rights shows that performing their usual duties doesn't violate employees' freedom of conscience. It is however doubtful whether elected municipal officials are covered by an as extensive duty of voting. (Less) - Abstract (Swedish)
- Inom svensk förvaltning på både statlig och kommunal nivå omfattas vissa befattningshavare av voteringsplikt, och är sålunda tvungna att avge en uppfattning i vissa frågor. Denna uppsats undersöker hur denna voteringsplikt förhåller sig till samvetsfrihet enligt art. 9 i Europeiska konvention om de mänskliga rättigheterna.
I uppsatsen presenteras voteringsplikten enligt förvaltningslagen (2017:900) och kommunallagen (2017:725), samt rättspraxis rörande samvetsfrihet från Europeiska domstolen för de mänskliga rättigheterna. Regleringen av serveringstillstånd för alkohol gås också igenom för att fungera som ett exempel på en möjlig konflikt mellan voteringsplikten och samvetsfriheten.
Av utredningen framkommer att voteringsplikten för... (More) - Inom svensk förvaltning på både statlig och kommunal nivå omfattas vissa befattningshavare av voteringsplikt, och är sålunda tvungna att avge en uppfattning i vissa frågor. Denna uppsats undersöker hur denna voteringsplikt förhåller sig till samvetsfrihet enligt art. 9 i Europeiska konvention om de mänskliga rättigheterna.
I uppsatsen presenteras voteringsplikten enligt förvaltningslagen (2017:900) och kommunallagen (2017:725), samt rättspraxis rörande samvetsfrihet från Europeiska domstolen för de mänskliga rättigheterna. Regleringen av serveringstillstånd för alkohol gås också igenom för att fungera som ett exempel på en möjlig konflikt mellan voteringsplikten och samvetsfriheten.
Av utredningen framkommer att voteringsplikten för befattningshavare enligt förvaltningslagen (2017:900) troligtvis inte omfattas av samvetsfriheten då fall från Europeiska domstolen för de mänskliga rättigheterna visar att anställdas sedvanliga uppgifter inte kränker deras rätt till samvetsfrihet. Det är dock mer tveksamt om kommunalt förtroendevalda kan omfattas av en lika stark voteringsplikt. (Less)
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- author
- Fjellander, Josef LU
- supervisor
- organization
- course
- LAGF03 20221
- year
- 2022
- type
- M2 - Bachelor Degree
- subject
- keywords
- förvaltningsrätt, folkrätt, voteringsplikt, samvetsfrihet
- language
- Swedish
- id
- 9081198
- date added to LUP
- 2022-06-28 09:26:08
- date last changed
- 2022-06-28 09:26:08
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abstract = {{In Swedish administration, on both the state level and the municipal level, some positions are bound by a duty of voting, and it is thus demanded that they make their opinion known in some issus. This paper investigates how this duty of voting relates to the freedom of conscience granted by Art. 9 in the European Convention on Human Rights.
In the paper the duty of voting according to the Administrative Law (2017:900) and the Municipal Law (2017:725) is presented, as well as case law regarding freedom of conscience from the European Court of Human Rights. Swedish regulations regarding serving of alcohol is also presented in order to serve as an example of a possible area of conflict between duty of voting and freedom of conscience.
From the investigation it is concluded that employees covered by the Administrative Law (2017:900) isn't covered by freedom of conscience in the line of their employment, since case law from the European Court of Human Rights shows that performing their usual duties doesn't violate employees' freedom of conscience. It is however doubtful whether elected municipal officials are covered by an as extensive duty of voting.}},
author = {{Fjellander, Josef}},
language = {{swe}},
note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{Voteringsplikt och samvetsfrihet}},
year = {{2022}},
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