Stakeholder report from the Swedish Institute for Human Rights (NHRI) ahead of the UPR review of Sweden

This report constitutes the Institute’s contribution to the UN Human Rights Council ahead of the UPR review of Sweden, fourth cycle, in 2025.

In the report, we present our recommendations to strengthen the protection and realisation of human rights in Sweden. The Institute´s 2024 annual report has been an important basis for this work. The annual report, which is submitted as an annex to the UPR process, contains more in-depth analyses and references to the factual statements made in this report.

Civil society plays a central role in the UPR process by contributing knowledge from the perspective of rights holders. In Sweden, several organisations and independent actors submit both individual and joint reports to the OHCHR. Our report should be seen as a complement to these. In preparing our report, we have engaged in close dialogue with our advisory body, which includes representatives from civil society and independent experts.