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Sweden Information meetings for human rights specialists
  • Swedish Institute for Human Rights
  • Raoul Wallenberg Institute for Human Rights
  • County administrative boards network for human rights
  • Municipalities’ and regions’ national network for human rights
  • Civil Society Network for Human Rights (MR-nätverket)
  • Equality Ombudsman and Ombudsman for Children
  • Human rights specialists from municipalities, regions, government agencies, companies, universities and civil society

In 2020, information meetings for human rights specialists were set up by the county administrative boards network for human rights and the Raoul Wallenberg Institute. Since 2023, the meetings have been organised by the Swedish Institute for Human Rights (Institutet för mänkliga rättigheter) and the Raoul Wallenberg Institute in collaboration with three national human rights networks: the county administrative boards network for human rights (Länssyrelsernas nätverk för mänskliga rättigheter), the municipalities’ and regions’ national network for human rights (kommunerna och regionernas nationella nätverk för mänskliga rättigheter) and the Civil Society Network for Human Rights (Civilsamhällets nätverk för mänskliga rättigheter (MR-nätverket)). In 2023, the Swedish Institute for Human Rightstook over as the convener of the meetings. The organisation of the information meetings is based on a consensus document developed by representatives of the Raoul Wallenberg Institute, the Swedish Institute for Human Rights and the three national human rights networks. The content of the meetings is determined by the organisers together with representatives of the three national human rights networks in a consensus group. The meetings are held about three times a year, with around 80 participants.
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Sweden Swedish Forum for Human Rights
  • Civil-society organisations and academic institutions
  • Ordfront
  • Equality Ombudsman, Swedish Institute for Human Rights, county administrative boards, Swedish Association of Local Authorities and Regions, Uppsala University and Fremia
  • Skellefteå Municipality, Västerbotten County and County Administrative Board of Västerbotten
The Swedish Forum for Human Rights (Mänskliga Rättighetsdagarna) was established in 2000. The forum is the Nordic region’s most important meeting place for practitioners, researchers, employees of authorities, politicians and volunteers who work with or want to learn more about human rights. Since 2004, the forum has been held annually. Since 2006, it has moved between various cities in Sweden.

The purpose of the forum is to be an arena for inspiration, debate, capacity development and networking in order to increase knowledge about human rights and to place human rights on the political agenda.The forum’s aimsare to broaden and deepen the public discourse and disseminate knowledge about human rights; create an arena for everyone who works with or is interested in human rights to meet and exchange experiences; develop cooperation between civil-society organisations and the government agencies that have a special responsibility for human rights; provide knowledge and methods for the practical application of human rights; highlight challenges in the field of human rights locally and globally; and contribute to the development of local and regional human rights work in Sweden by holding the event in various parts of the Member State. The forum is a non-profit collaborative project run by nine civil-society organisations and an academic institution. An organising group with representatives of these actors isresponsible for strategic issues and for deciding the topic of the forum. The association Ordfront (Föreningen Ordfront) is the economic and legal principal.
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