Committee on the Constitution

Organisation name in original language

Konstitutionsutskottet

Category of human rights structure

Parliamentary structure/mechanism

Country

Sweden

Website URL

Not available

Type(s) of body

Not applicable

Address

Sveriges riksdag
SE-100 12 Stockholm

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Legal source(s)

Human rights capacity support

  • The Committee on the Constitution is supported by a secretariat with about 13 employees, of whom 7 are lawyers with a PhD or have completed training as judges or equivalent qualified positions and 3 are political scientists with a PhD.

Functions

  • Annually audits the government’s actions and ministers’ conduct.
  • Deals with constitutional matters, oversees human rights and democracy policies and reviews EU subsidiarity.
  • Promotes accountability, transparency and stronger protections for individual rights in Sweden.

Specific mandates

Not applicable

Structured cooperation with partners at national level

  • Prepares expenditure area 1 of the Budget Bill, covering democracy, human rights and key agencies.
  • Holds meetings with agency representatives during each term.
  • Oversees elections and consultations for ombudsmen and the National Audit Office.
  • Reviews annual reports from ombudsmen and the Institute for Human Rights.
  • Has informal contact with civil society during visits.

Structured cooperation with partners at international and EU level

  • Participates in interparliamentary meetings at the EU level.
  • Participates in meetings with visiting foreign delegations (e.g. members of committees with a corresponding area of responsibility from other national parliaments).

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