Conventions ratified by Sweden
The following is a list of human rights conventions ratified by Sweden. For information on the date of Sweden's signature, ratification and entry into force, and on any reservations that it may have made, click here.
UN
9 December 1948
Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide
28 July 1951
Convention relating to the Status of Refugees
7 March 1965
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination
16 December 1966
International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
16 December 1966
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
16 December 1966
Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
21 January 1967
Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees
18 December 1979
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women
10 December 1984
Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
20 November 1989
Convention on the Rights of the Child
15 December 1989
Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights aiming at the abolition of the death penalty
17 July 1998
Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court
6 October 1999
Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination against Women
25 May 2000
Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the Involvement of Children in Armed Conflict
30 March 2007
Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
Council of Europe
4 November 1950
European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms
20 March 1952
Protocol No. 1 to the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, securing certain rights and freedoms other than those already included in the Convention
18 October 1961
European Social Charter
16 September 1963
Protocol No. 4 to the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, securing certain rights and freedoms other than those already included in the Convention and in the First Protocol thereto
28 April 1983
Protocol No. 6 to the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms concerning the abolition of death penalty
22 November 1984
Protocol No. 7 to the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms
26 November 1987
European Convention for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
5 May 1988
Additional Protocol to the European Social Charter
21 October 1991
Protocol amending the European Social Charter (not in force)
5 November 1992
European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages
4 November 1993
Protocol No. 1 to the European Convention for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
4 November 1993
Protocol No. 2 to the European Convention for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
1 February 1995
Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities
9 November 1995
Additional Protocol to the European Social Charter Providing for a System of Collective Complaints
3 May 1996
European Social Charter (revised)
3 May 2002
Protocol No. 13 to the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, concerning the abolition of the death penalty in all circumstances
ILO
The International Labour Organization has adopted 185 conventions until now, many of which are related to Human Rights. Sweden is presently bound through ratification to apply 76 ILO conventions, amongst others the following eights Conventions on Fundamental Principles at Work:
28 June 1930
Convention on Forced Labour (No. 29)
9 July 1948
Convention concerning Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise (No. 87)
1 July 1949
Convention concerning the Application of the Principles of the Right to Organise and to Bargain Collectively (No. 98)
29 June 1951
Convention concerning Equal Remuneration for Men and Women Workers for Work of Equal Value (No. 100)
25 June 1957
Convention concerning the Abolition of Forced Labour (No. 105)
25 June 1958
Convention concerning Discrimination in respect of Employment and Occupation (No. 111)
26 June 1973
Convention concerning Minimum Age for Admission to Employment (No. 138)
17 June 1999
Convention concerning the Prohibition and Immediate Action for the Elimination of the Worst Forms of Child Labour (No. 182)
Last edited 2009-07-17
