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Religionens särställning i debatten - Jämförelser mellan uttryck i olika sammanhang

Håkansson, David LU (2024) LAGF03 20242
Department of Law
Faculty of Law
Abstract (Swedish)
Att vi har religionsfrihet i Sverige innebär att var och en ska ha frihet att ensam
eller tillsammans med andra utöva sin religion. I denna frihet ingår också
rätten att inneha en religion. Utövandet av rättigheten sammanfaller ofta med
utövandet av andra friheter, exempelvis yttrandefriheten. Så är fallet när någon
uttalar sig i en religiös kontext eller med religiösa förtecken. Denna uppsats
tar upp frågor om hur dessa uttalanden i religiösa sammanhang bedöms
jämfört med uttalanden som görs under andra omständigheter än religiösa.
Det finns i Sverige en tendens att i mindre mån begränsa yttrandefriheten när
religionsfriheten också har betydelse i fallet. Efter en granskning av praxis
från Europadomstolen följer en sådan ordning... (More)
Att vi har religionsfrihet i Sverige innebär att var och en ska ha frihet att ensam
eller tillsammans med andra utöva sin religion. I denna frihet ingår också
rätten att inneha en religion. Utövandet av rättigheten sammanfaller ofta med
utövandet av andra friheter, exempelvis yttrandefriheten. Så är fallet när någon
uttalar sig i en religiös kontext eller med religiösa förtecken. Denna uppsats
tar upp frågor om hur dessa uttalanden i religiösa sammanhang bedöms
jämfört med uttalanden som görs under andra omständigheter än religiösa.
Det finns i Sverige en tendens att i mindre mån begränsa yttrandefriheten när
religionsfriheten också har betydelse i fallet. Efter en granskning av praxis
från Europadomstolen följer en sådan ordning inte av nödvändighet. I stället
ser vi i uppsatsen att det är svårt att motivera en sådan hållning om principen
om statlig opartiskhet i livsåskådningsfrågor samtidigt ska vara eftersträvansvärd.
Ytterligare problematisk blir en sådan hållning när det beaktas hur svårt
det är att definiera vad det är som utgör en religion inom ramen för både regeringsformen
och den europeiska konventionen för de mänskliga fri- och
rättigheterna samt vad som är en livsåskådning enligt ovan nämnda princip.
Jag presenterar förslag på olika lösningar i slutet av uppsatsen för att kunna
förena regelkomplexen och principen. (Less)
Abstract
Freedom of religion as prescribed in The Instrument of Government gives
freedom to one and all to exercise their religion solely or together with others,
along with the right to hold a religious belief. The exercise of this freedom
to exercise one’s religious belief often coincides with the exercise of
other freedoms, such as the freedom of expression. That is the case when
someone in the context of religion or with religious statements publicly expresses
their opinions. This essay describes how statements in a religious
context are viewed in the eyes of the Supreme Court of Sweden compared to
statements that lack the religious dimension. The tendency seems to be that
religious statements are less likely to be subject to... (More)
Freedom of religion as prescribed in The Instrument of Government gives
freedom to one and all to exercise their religion solely or together with others,
along with the right to hold a religious belief. The exercise of this freedom
to exercise one’s religious belief often coincides with the exercise of
other freedoms, such as the freedom of expression. That is the case when
someone in the context of religion or with religious statements publicly expresses
their opinions. This essay describes how statements in a religious
context are viewed in the eyes of the Supreme Court of Sweden compared to
statements that lack the religious dimension. The tendency seems to be that
religious statements are less likely to be subject to restriction on the freedom
of expression. After reviewing case law from the European Court of Human
Rights it follows that it does not necessarily have to be that way. Instead, the
essay shows that it is difficult to maintain the position of wider freedom of
expression in religious matters if the principle of public impartiality in questions
regarding conscience and the outlook on life is desirable. The difficulty
increases when regard is taken towards the fact that determining what
constitutes a religion is a near impossible task both when applying Swedish
and European law. The difficulty of the task also relates to what constitutes
a conception of life when applying the above-mentioned principle. At the
end of the essay, I present proposals for solving conflicts within the different
approaches laid out in the Swedish law, the case law from The European
Court of Human Rights and the principle of impartiality. (Less)
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Håkansson, David LU
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course
LAGF03 20242
year
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M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
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Statsrätt
language
Swedish
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9179187
date added to LUP
2025-03-20 14:08:00
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2025-03-20 14:08:00
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  abstract     = {{Freedom of religion as prescribed in The Instrument of Government gives
freedom to one and all to exercise their religion solely or together with others,
along with the right to hold a religious belief. The exercise of this freedom
to exercise one’s religious belief often coincides with the exercise of
other freedoms, such as the freedom of expression. That is the case when
someone in the context of religion or with religious statements publicly expresses
their opinions. This essay describes how statements in a religious
context are viewed in the eyes of the Supreme Court of Sweden compared to
statements that lack the religious dimension. The tendency seems to be that
religious statements are less likely to be subject to restriction on the freedom
of expression. After reviewing case law from the European Court of Human
Rights it follows that it does not necessarily have to be that way. Instead, the
essay shows that it is difficult to maintain the position of wider freedom of
expression in religious matters if the principle of public impartiality in questions
regarding conscience and the outlook on life is desirable. The difficulty
increases when regard is taken towards the fact that determining what
constitutes a religion is a near impossible task both when applying Swedish
and European law. The difficulty of the task also relates to what constitutes
a conception of life when applying the above-mentioned principle. At the
end of the essay, I present proposals for solving conflicts within the different
approaches laid out in the Swedish law, the case law from The European
Court of Human Rights and the principle of impartiality.}},
  author       = {{Håkansson, David}},
  language     = {{swe}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Religionens särställning i debatten - Jämförelser mellan uttryck i olika sammanhang}},
  year         = {{2024}},
}