Sveriges begränsningar av religionsfriheten under covid-19-pandemin
(2023) LAGF03 20231Department of Law
Faculty of Law
- Abstract
- The essay aims to examine whether the restrictions posed during the covid-19-pandemic was legitimate in accordance with the freedom of religion posed in the European Convention on the Human Rights and the freedom of religion as stated in the Instrument of Government. The freedom of religion stated in the Instrument of Government is absolute and cannot be restricted. What is seen as use of other freedoms such as the freedom of assembly and association are allowed to be restricted using the limits set on them. In oth-er words, the limits on restrictions of the freedom of assembly is what sets the limits of the freedom of religious manifestation. The European Conven-tion of the Human Rights have a wider definition of the freedom of religion... (More)
- The essay aims to examine whether the restrictions posed during the covid-19-pandemic was legitimate in accordance with the freedom of religion posed in the European Convention on the Human Rights and the freedom of religion as stated in the Instrument of Government. The freedom of religion stated in the Instrument of Government is absolute and cannot be restricted. What is seen as use of other freedoms such as the freedom of assembly and association are allowed to be restricted using the limits set on them. In oth-er words, the limits on restrictions of the freedom of assembly is what sets the limits of the freedom of religious manifestation. The European Conven-tion of the Human Rights have a wider definition of the freedom of religion which includes the freedom to manifest one's religion such as through wor-ship.
During the pandemic the freedom of assembly and freedom to manifest one’s religion through worship was thrice limited. Firstly, a limit on assem-blies were set to 500 participants, then it was limited to 50 participants and late in 2020 freedom of assembly was limited to 8 participants. The Gov-ernment was enabled to adopt more drastic reactions through a change in the Public Order Act (Swedish code of statues 1993:1617) and the Com-municable Diseases Act (Swedish code of statues 2004:168) in 2020. In January 2021 the parliament adopted a new law (Swedish code of statues 2021:4) that authorized the government to regulate companies. A rule of how many square meters each visitor needed was adopted for stores and museums.
The conclusion is that the Government have failed to clearly present its reasons when limiting the freedom of assembly and have not proven that there was no less restrictive measure that could have been used. Therefore, the limits of the freedom of assembly were not necessary and are neither allowed under the European Convention of the Human Rights nor under the Instrument of Government. (Less) - Abstract (Swedish)
- Uppsatsen syfte är att undersöka om de svenska restriktionerna under co-vid-19 pandemin var tillåtna enligt religionsfriheten i artikel 9 i den euro-peiska konventionen om de mänskliga rättigheterna och religionsfriheten i regeringsformen. Religionsfriheten är absolut i regeringsformen men de delar som utgör utlopp av andra friheter, exempelvis mötesfriheten, får begränsas på samma sätt som de friheterna. Kraven på en begränsning av mötesfriheten är alltså tillämpliga för att begränsa religionsutövning. Den europeiska konventionen har en vidare definition av religionsfriheten som omfattar gudstjänster. Religionsfriheten får dock begränsas i enlighet med vissa uppställda krav.
Mötesfriheten inskränktes vid tre tillfällen, först till 500,... (More) - Uppsatsen syfte är att undersöka om de svenska restriktionerna under co-vid-19 pandemin var tillåtna enligt religionsfriheten i artikel 9 i den euro-peiska konventionen om de mänskliga rättigheterna och religionsfriheten i regeringsformen. Religionsfriheten är absolut i regeringsformen men de delar som utgör utlopp av andra friheter, exempelvis mötesfriheten, får begränsas på samma sätt som de friheterna. Kraven på en begränsning av mötesfriheten är alltså tillämpliga för att begränsa religionsutövning. Den europeiska konventionen har en vidare definition av religionsfriheten som omfattar gudstjänster. Religionsfriheten får dock begränsas i enlighet med vissa uppställda krav.
Mötesfriheten inskränktes vid tre tillfällen, först till 500, sedan till 50 och i slutet på 2020 till 8 deltagare. Regeringen fick mer mandat genom en änd-ring i ordningslagen (SFS 1993:1617) och smittskyddslagen (SFS 2004:168). Sedan infördes i januari 2021 covid-19-lagen (SFS 2021:4). Då infördes också den så kallade kvadratmeterregeln som gällde bland annat i butiker och på museum.
Uppsatsen konstaterar att regeringen brustit i sin skyldighet att tydligt pre-sentera sina resonemang och avvägningar och att de inte visat att det inte hade räckt med mindre inskränkande åtgärder. Slutsats är därmed att kra-ven för en tillåten rättighetsbegränsning varken uppfylldes enligt den euro-peiska konventionen om de mänskliga rättigheterna eller regeringsformen. (Less)
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- author
- Nordstrandh, Per-Emil LU
- supervisor
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- Per Nilsén LU
- organization
- course
- LAGF03 20231
- year
- 2023
- type
- M2 - Bachelor Degree
- subject
- keywords
- statsrätt, komparativ rätt, religionsfrihet, mötesfrihet, rättighetsbegränsning, proportionalitetsbedömning, europeiska konventionen om de mänskliga rättigheterna
- language
- Swedish
- id
- 9115808
- date added to LUP
- 2023-06-29 13:31:37
- date last changed
- 2023-06-29 13:31:37
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abstract = {{The essay aims to examine whether the restrictions posed during the covid-19-pandemic was legitimate in accordance with the freedom of religion posed in the European Convention on the Human Rights and the freedom of religion as stated in the Instrument of Government. The freedom of religion stated in the Instrument of Government is absolute and cannot be restricted. What is seen as use of other freedoms such as the freedom of assembly and association are allowed to be restricted using the limits set on them. In oth-er words, the limits on restrictions of the freedom of assembly is what sets the limits of the freedom of religious manifestation. The European Conven-tion of the Human Rights have a wider definition of the freedom of religion which includes the freedom to manifest one's religion such as through wor-ship.
During the pandemic the freedom of assembly and freedom to manifest one’s religion through worship was thrice limited. Firstly, a limit on assem-blies were set to 500 participants, then it was limited to 50 participants and late in 2020 freedom of assembly was limited to 8 participants. The Gov-ernment was enabled to adopt more drastic reactions through a change in the Public Order Act (Swedish code of statues 1993:1617) and the Com-municable Diseases Act (Swedish code of statues 2004:168) in 2020. In January 2021 the parliament adopted a new law (Swedish code of statues 2021:4) that authorized the government to regulate companies. A rule of how many square meters each visitor needed was adopted for stores and museums.
The conclusion is that the Government have failed to clearly present its reasons when limiting the freedom of assembly and have not proven that there was no less restrictive measure that could have been used. Therefore, the limits of the freedom of assembly were not necessary and are neither allowed under the European Convention of the Human Rights nor under the Instrument of Government.}},
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language = {{swe}},
note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{Sveriges begränsningar av religionsfriheten under covid-19-pandemin}},
year = {{2023}},
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