Register Checks

The plan establishes that everyone has the right to protection of their personal integrity and that the presumption of innocence is fundamental, while dismissing further toothless control as a method against crime. Ongoing register checks during ongoing employment and broadened register excerpts are precisely an expansion of surveillance rather than the stable contexts the plan advocates. The protection of children and the elderly weighs heavily in the plan, which makes the conclusion uncertain.

• protection of personal integritydecisive»har rätt till skydd av sin personliga integritet.« (party programme ↗)“have the right to protection of their personal integrity.”
• control does not solve the problems»Välfärdsbrott bekämpas inte bäst genom ytterligare tandlös kontroll.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Welfare crime is not best combated through further toothless control.”
• presumption of innocence»anses oskyldiga tills motsatsen är bevisad är grundläggande i det.« (party programme ↗)“are considered innocent until the opposite is proven is fundamental in that.”
• against surveillance in working life»kontrollsystem och byråkratisk övervakning förstör människors« (party programme ↗)“control systems and bureaucratic surveillance destroy people's”

The plan wants to tear down secrecy barriers between authorities so that the professions that meet children and vulnerable people can do their job, and requires forceful combating of violence against children and that children are not surrounded by criminals. Ongoing register checks and broadened crime types serve that protection. The plan's requirement for protection of personal integrity corresponds to the counter-proposal's proportionality reservation.

• rivna sekretesshinderdecisive»Polisen behöver också fler verktyg, som bättre möjligheter till avlyssning och husrannsakan. Sekretesshinder mellan myndigheter ska rivas så att polisen och andra yrkesgrupper kan göra sitt jobb.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Police also need more tools, such as better opportunities for surveillance and house searches. Secrecy barriers between authorities shall be torn down so that police and other professions can do their job.”
• skydd av barn»Kraftfullt bekämpande av våld mot barn och stöd till barn som bevittnar våld.« (party programme ↗)“Forceful combating of violence against children and support for children who witness violence.”
• barn skyddas från kriminella»Alla barn ska ha goda förebilder – inte omges av kriminella.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“All children shall have good role models – not be surrounded by criminals.”
• proportionerlig integritet»Skydd för den personliga integriteten.« (party programme ↗)“Protection of personal integrity.”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The plan accepts control and surveillance methods against crime threatening society but requires that they be weighed against personal integrity, which is precisely the balance the counter-proposal makes. The plan also puts the child's best interests first and requires that children in state care are guaranteed safe care, which speaks in favour of expanded and ongoing register checks. The plan therefore supports the demand, albeit derived.

• control weighed against integritydecisive»Tvångsmedel och övervakningsmetoder behövs för att komma åt den samhällshotande brottsligheten. Dessa måste samtidigt vägas mot den personliga integriteten.« (party programme ↗)“Coercive measures and surveillance methods are needed to address crime threatening society. These must at the same time be weighed against personal integrity.”
• the child's best interests decisive»Barnkonventionen är svensk lag och barnets bästa ska alltid vara avgörande när beslut fattas kring barn.« (party programme ↗)“The Convention on the Rights of the Child is Swedish law and the child's best interests shall always be decisive when decisions are made concerning children.”
• safe care for children in care»Alla barn som placeras i samhällets vård ska garanteras trygg, stabil och högkvalitativ omsorg.« (party programme ↗)“All children placed in state care shall be guaranteed safe, stable and high-quality care.”
• proportionality and oversight»Ett sätt att värna integriteten är en stark, oberoende tillsyn över användningen av exempelvis hemliga tvångsmedel – för att säkerställa rättssäkerhet, proportionalitet och demokratiskt ansvarstagande.« (party programme ↗)“One way to protect integrity is strong, independent oversight of the use of, for example, secret coercive measures – to ensure legal certainty, proportionality and democratic accountability.”

The party programme requires that all legislation be tested against its impact on personal integrity and that restrictions are proportionate to their purpose, and the election manifesto explicitly rejects preventive control measures against individuals. Continuous register checks during ongoing employment and an expanded criminal record excerpt represent precisely an expanded, continuous control of individuals. Child protection weighs heavily in the plan, but the integrity principle argues against going further than the new regulation.

• integrity testing of legislationweak support»All lagstiftning bör prövas mot dess påverkan på människors personliga integritet.« (party programme ↗)“All legislation should be tested against its impact on people's personal integrity.”
• no to preventive control measuresdecisive»Rättsstaten och individens rättigheter gentemot staten måste försvaras. Vi säger därför nej till visitationszoner, kollektiv bestraffning, omvänd bevisbörda, anonyma vittnen, preventiv avlyssning och inskränkningar av religionsfriheten.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The rule of law and the individual's rights against the state must be defended. We therefore say no to stop-and-search zones, collective punishment, reverse burden of proof, anonymous witnesses, preventive wiretapping and restrictions on religious freedom.”
• strong privacy protection»Ett starkt integritetsskydd är därför en omistlig del av ett öppet och demokratiskt samhälle.« (party programme ↗)“Strong privacy protection is therefore an indispensable part of an open and democratic society.”
• child protection matters»Särskilt viktigt är att värna varje barns rätt att bli respekterad och att bli sedd för den man är.« (party programme ↗)“It is particularly important to protect each child's right to be respected and to be seen for who they are.”

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The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The plan requires that public authorities actively prevent unsuitable persons from working in services for people with disabilities, which is the same protective principle that ongoing background checks during employment are based on. The counter-proposal additionally conditions the tightening with proportionality and integrity, precisely the weighing that the plan requires of integrity-affecting measures. The plan therefore supports the requirement.

• unsuitable persons in welfaredecisive»Det offentliga ska också aktivt förebygga att olämpliga personer arbetar inom insatser till personer med funktionsnedsättning.« (party programme ↗)“Public authorities shall also actively prevent unsuitable persons from working in services for people with disabilities.”
• proportionality in supervision»Åtgärder som påverkar den personliga integriteten negativt är endast berättigade om ett motstående intresse väger uppenbart tyngre och åtgärden är effektiv.« (party programme ↗)“Measures that negatively affect personal integrity are only justified if a competing interest weighs clearly heavier and the measure is effective.”
• state supervision of quality»Tillsynen ska ske i statlig regi utifrån nationellt fastställda kvalitetsnormer.« (party programme ↗)“Supervision shall be conducted under state control in accordance with nationally established quality standards.”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The plan states that children have the right to a secure upbringing environment and that preventive measures are the most important way to combat crime; the election manifesto requires a total review of secrecy rules so that authorities can share information to prevent crime. Ongoing register checks and broadened crime types in register extracts are applications of this. The counter-proposal simultaneously values proportionality and integrity, which the plan requires.

• secure upbringing environment for childrendecisive»Barn har rätt till en trygg uppväxtmiljö.« (party programme ↗)“Children have the right to a secure upbringing environment.”
• authorities shall share information»Total översyn av sekretessreglerna, så att myndigheter kan dela uppgifter mellan sig för att förebygga och klara upp brott.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Total review of secrecy rules, so that authorities can share information with each other to prevent and clear up crime.”
• preventive measures most important»Det viktigaste sättet att bekämpa brottslighet är genom förebyggande insatser och det är« (party programme ↗)“The most important way to combat crime is through preventive measures and it is”
• proportionality and integrity»Den personliga integriteten ska ha ett starkt grundlagsskydd« (party programme ↗)“Personal integrity shall have strong constitutional protection”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The plan emphasizes that crime against vulnerable people is particularly reprehensible and wants to remove secrecy barriers and significantly expand control tools to detect crime. Continuous register checks and a broader register extract for those working with children and the elderly align with this. The party programme's demand for valued personal integrity corresponds to the counter-proposal's own proportionality reservation.

• protection for vulnerable groupsdecisive»Kriminalitet som riktar sig mot sårbara människor är extra klandervärd.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Criminality directed at vulnerable people is particularly reprehensible.”
• information sharing against crime»Undanröja alla sekretesshinder mellan socialtjänst och polis« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Remove all secrecy barriers between social services and police”
• expanded control tools»Kraftigt öka antalet övervakningskameror« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Significantly increase the number of surveillance cameras”
• valued personal integrity»Den personliga integriteten ska värnas, såväl från intrång« (party programme ↗)“Personal integrity shall be protected, both from intrusion”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The plan requires that the justice system's tools for detecting and prosecuting criminals are improved and that the mapping of criminal environments is strengthened through, among other things, intelligence work and information gathering. The counter-proposal's requirement for ongoing background checks during employment and expanded crime types in background reports is an application of this for the purpose of protecting children and the elderly. The plan, however, does not address background reports as such.

• better detection toolsdecisive»Rättsväsendets samverkan mellan myndigheter och verktyg för att upptäcka och lagföra kriminella ska förbättras.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The justice system's cooperation between authorities and tools for detecting and prosecuting criminals should be improved.”
• mapping of criminal activity»Åtgärder ska vidtas för att bättre kunna kartlägga gängaktiva genom t.ex. underrättelsearbete och informationsinhämtning, spaning, kameraövervakning och avlyssning.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Measures should be taken to better map gang activity through, for example, intelligence work and information gathering, surveillance, camera monitoring and wiretapping.”
• increased safety»Öka tryggheten i hela Sverige och i alla bostadsområden« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Increase safety throughout Sweden and in all residential areas”
• tools against gang crime»Ge rättsväsendet resurser och verktyg för att bekämpa gängen« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Give the justice system resources and tools to combat gangs”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.