2025-04-292024/25:JuU11 · p.5JuUJustice
Strengthened efforts against racism and hate crimes throughout the legal process
Strengthening work against racism and hate crime throughout the justice chain
What's at stake: The decision affects how well equipped the justice system is to detect, investigate and prosecute hate crime, which matters greatly to people targeted by racism and hate crime and to trust that such crimes are taken seriously throughout the justice chain.
Case texts and AI reasoning are AI-translated from the Swedish originals; the Swedish text is authoritative.
What the vote decides
The question is whether parliament should specifically call on the government to strengthen work against racism and hate crime throughout the justice chain through training and resources, or whether the action plan against racism and hate crime the government has already adopted is sufficient.
Yes Yes — the committee proposal
The committee rejects motion 2024/25:2643 (MP) point 31 calling for strengthened work against racism and hate crime throughout the justice chain through training and resources. The reason is that the government has already adopted an action plan against racism and hate crime, with a sub-goal of increasing the share of hate crimes that are reported, investigated and prosecuted, so the committee sees no need for a special parliamentary statement.
No No — the reservations
Reservation 4 (V, MP)
The reservation (V, MP) calls for the government to take the necessary initiatives to strengthen the justice system's work against hate crime, including improved training for police and others in the justice system. The reasoning is that racism is an ideology and structure that damages individuals and society by creating and sustaining inequalities based on skin colour, ethnicity, culture and religion, and that the scale of hate crime and the number of racist organizations requires strengthening the justice system's work against these crimes.
Summarised from the committee report. Party labels in the summary come from the report, not from the vote.
What do the votes mean here?
Yes The committee proposal: rejecting the motions (keeping things as they are).
No Backing the counter-proposal: reservation 4 by V, MP.
Abstain The party marks a position of its own that is not one of the two final alternatives.
The decision would have held
Explicit commitments that contradicted the vote: CCenterpartiet, LLiberalerna
Ja 251–34Ja 220–65
Counterfactual: the parties above are moved to the position their own documents explicitly point at, carrying their whole contingent present. Every other party keeps its real figures, including dissenters and absentees.
How the AI parties would have voted
For each party: what its own plan – election manifesto and party programme – argues for in this case, next to how the party actually voted. The AI can only answer Yes or No; a party can also abstain.
| AI | Vote | Confidence | Evidence | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| V | No | No 0/18/0/6 | match | confidence: high | explicit |
| S | No | Yes 87/0/0/19 | differs | confidence: medium | not addressed |
| MP | No | No 0/15/0/3 | match | confidence: high | not addressed |
| C | No | Yes 20/0/0/4 | differsagainst own programme | confidence: high | explicit |
| L | No | Yes 11/0/0/5 | differsagainst own programme | confidence: high | explicit |
| KD | No | Yes 15/0/0/4 | differs | confidence: medium | derived |
| M | Yes | Yes 55/0/0/13 | match | confidence: low | not addressed |
| SD | No | Yes 62/0/0/10 | differs | confidence: low | not addressed |
Committee proposal
The Riksdag rejects the motion 2024/25:2643 by Leila Ali Elmi et al. (MP) demand 31.
Original (Swedish)
Riksdagen avslår motion 2024/25:2643 av Leila Ali Elmi m.fl. (MP) yrkande 31.
Riksdag decision: The Riksdag said no to approximately 120 proposals in motions on violent crimes and crime victims. The motions were submitted during the general motion period 2024 and concern, among other things, violence in close relationships, strengthened protection for crime victims, and compensation for crime victims. The Riksdag mainly refers to the fact that work is already underway in the areas covered by the proposals.
Counter-proposals
- The counter-proposal wants to strengthen training for police and others in the justice system in work against hate crimes and racism. (V, MP) — Reservation 4
Plan vs actual vote
Every party, in chamber order: what its own plan pointed to, how it voted, and the reasoning behind both. Highlighted rows are where the two differ — but a vote that follows the plan is a result too, so the reasoning is there for every party.
The plan establishes that the justice system has historical problems rooted in racist ideology and needs active and conscious work to leave that behind.
Plan documents: party programme
Reasoning and quotes
The plan establishes that the justice system has historical problems rooted in racist ideology and needs active and conscious work to leave that behind. Training for police and others in the justice chain against hate crimes is precisely such work. The plan furthermore requires that knowledge about today's racist structures be built up and that authorities treat all people with equal respect.
Original (Swedish)
Planen slår fast att rättsväsendet har historiska problem som bottnar i rasistiskt tankegods och behöver ett aktivt och medvetet arbete för att lägga det bakom sig. Utbildning för poliser och andra i rättskedjan mot hatbrott är precis ett sådant arbete. Planen kräver dessutom att kunskapen om dagens rasistiska strukturer byggs upp och att myndigheter möter alla människor med samma respekt.
- the justice system's racist legacydecisive»Rättsväsendet har historiska problem som kommer ur klassamhället,« (party programme ↗)“The justice system has historical problems that come from class society,”
- knowledge about racist structures»Sverige behöver överhuvudtaget bygga upp och sprida kunskap om« (party programme ↗)“Sweden needs to build up and spread knowledge about”
- authorities' responsibility for equal treatment»Myndigheter har ett särskilt ansvar att möta alla människor« (party programme ↗)“Authorities have a particular responsibility to meet all people”
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The party programme describes racist structures as a power order to be combated and makes it society's absolute duty to prevent hate speech against groups and threats against individuals.
Plan documents: party programme · 2022 manifesto
Reasoning and quotes
The party programme describes racist structures as a power order to be combated and makes it society's absolute duty to prevent hate speech against groups and threats against individuals. Better training for police and others in the justice system is a direct tool for more hate crimes to be investigated and prosecuted. The plan therefore speaks for the counter-proposal's demand for strengthened work.
Original (Swedish)
Partiprogrammet beskriver rasistiska strukturer som en maktordning som ska bekämpas och gör det till samhällets absoluta skyldighet att förhindra hets mot folkgrupp och hot mot enskilda. Bättre utbildning för poliser och andra i rättskedjan är ett direkt verktyg för att fler hatbrott ska utredas och lagföras. Planen talar därmed för motförslagets krav på förstärkt arbete.
- combat racist structuresdecisive»I vårt samhälle finns också rasistiska strukturer, som begränsar vissa människors liv« (party programme ↗)“In our society there are also racist structures that limit the lives of certain people”
- duty to protect against hate»Det är samhällets absoluta skyldighet att skydda friheten och den personliga integriteten« (party programme ↗)“It is society's absolute duty to protect freedom and personal integrity”
- antiracist party»Socialdemokraterna är ett antirasistiskt parti, som strävar« (party programme ↗)“The Social Democrats are an antiracist party that strives”
- strengthened police capacity»Kraftigt öka antalet poliser på våra gator och torg.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Significantly increase the number of police on our streets and squares.”
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 structural discrimination and racism shall cease, that no one shall be subjected to hate crimes or hate propaganda and that anti-discrimination legislation shall be strengthened.
Plan documents: party programme · 2022 manifesto
Reasoning and quotes
The plan states that structural discrimination and racism shall cease, that no one shall be subjected to hate crimes or hate propaganda and that anti-discrimination legislation shall be strengthened. It also wants to produce systematic statistics to illuminate racism. The counter-proposal's demands for reinforced work and better training against hate crimes in the justice system align with these commitments.
Original (Swedish)
Planen slår fast att strukturell diskriminering och rasism ska upphöra, att ingen ska utsättas för hatbrott eller hatpropaganda och att lagstiftningen mot diskriminering ska stärkas. Den vill också ta fram systematisk statistik för att belysa rasismen. Motförslagets krav på förstärkt arbete och bättre utbildning mot hatbrott i rättskedjan ligger i linje med dessa åtaganden.
- racism shall ceasedecisive»Strukturell diskriminering och rasism ska upphöra.« (party programme ↗)“Structural discrimination and racism shall cease.”
- protection against hate crimes»utsättas för hatbrott eller hatpropaganda.« (party programme ↗)“be subjected to hate crimes or hate propaganda.”
- stronger protection against discrimination»stärka lagstiftningen mot diskriminering och se över rätten till rättshjälp i diskrimineringsfall.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“strengthen anti-discrimination legislation and review the right to legal aid in discrimination cases.”
- knowledge of racism's extent»ta fram systematisk statistik för att belysa diskriminering och rasism i samhället.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“produce systematic statistics to illuminate discrimination and racism in society.”
The manifesto explicitly says that more must be done against discrimination, that the work of authorities should be strengthened and that the grounds for hate crimes should be widened, which directly supports further initiatives and better training in the justice system.
Plan documents: 2022 manifesto · party programme
Reasoning and quotes
The manifesto explicitly says that more must be done against discrimination, that the work of authorities should be strengthened and that the grounds for hate crimes should be widened, which directly supports further initiatives and better training in the justice system. The party programme states that structural racism and intolerance in all forms should be countered and identifies xenophobia as one of the most serious threats. That crime victims should receive redress strengthens the demand for more reported and prosecuted hate crimes.
Original (Swedish)
Manifestet säger uttryckligen att mer måste göras mot diskriminering, att myndigheternas arbete ska stärkas och att hatbrottsgrunderna ska utvidgas, vilket direkt stödjer ytterligare initiativ och bättre utbildning i rättsväsendet. Partiprogrammet slår fast att strukturell rasism och intolerans i alla former ska motverkas och pekar ut främlingsfientligheten som ett av de allvarligaste hoten. Att brottsoffer ska få upprättelse förstärker kravet på fler anmälda och lagförda hatbrott.
- strengthened work against discriminationdecisive»Mer måste göras mot diskriminering. Vi vill stärka myndigheternas arbete mot diskriminering och höja ersättningen till dem som utsatts, samt lägga till kön och funktionsnedsättning som hatbrottsgrunder.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“More must be done against discrimination. We want to strengthen the work of authorities against discrimination and increase compensation for those who have been subjected to it, and add gender and disability as grounds for hate crimes.”
- counter structural racism»Diskriminering, strukturell rasism och intolerans, i alla dess former, ska motverkas.« (party programme ↗)“Discrimination, structural racism and intolerance, in all its forms, should be countered.”
- xenophobia as democracy threat»Främlingsfientlighet är ett av de mest allvarliga hot vårt samhälle och vår demokrati står inför.« (party programme ↗)“Xenophobia is one of the most serious threats our society and our democracy face.”
- strengthened victim perspective»Brottsofferperspektivet måste stärkas. Den som utsatts för brott ska få upprättelse och bättre stöd.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The victim perspective must be strengthened. Those who have been victims of crime shall receive redress and better support.”
The stance rests on the quoted commitment in the party's own documents; the actual vote deviated. Click the quote to verify it in the document.
The election manifesto explicitly undertakes to prioritize police's hate crime work and that the state shall with force combat all kinds of racism, discrimination and intolerance.
Plan documents: 2022 manifesto · party programme
Reasoning and quotes
The election manifesto explicitly undertakes to prioritize police's hate crime work and that the state shall with force combat all kinds of racism, discrimination and intolerance. It is precisely that strengthened work in the justice chain that the counter-proposal demands. The plan also wants the justice system's capacity to be improved so more crimes are reported and cleared up, which directly bears the demand for better training and resources against hate crimes.
Original (Swedish)
Valmanifestet åtar sig uttryckligen att prioritera polisens hatbrottsverksamhet och att staten med kraft ska bekämpa all slags rasism, diskriminering och intolerans. Det är just det förstärkta arbetet i rättskedjan som motförslaget kräver. Planen vill dessutom att rättsväsendets förmåga förbättras så att fler brott anmäls och klaras upp, vilket direkt bär kravet på bättre utbildning och resurser mot hatbrott.
- prioritized hate crime workdecisive»Vi vill modernisera diskrimineringslagen, prioritera polisens hatbrottsverksamhet och säkerställa att alla skolor står upp för alla människors lika värde.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We want to modernize the discrimination law, prioritize police's hate crime work and ensure that all schools stand up for everyone's equal value.”
- the state combats racism»Därför ska staten med kraft bekämpa all slags rasism, diskriminering och intolerans.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Therefore the state shall with force combat all kinds of racism, discrimination and intolerance.”
- more efficient justice system»Rättsväsendets förmåga och effektivitet behöver förbättras så att handläggningstiderna kortas, fler brott anmäls och klaras upp samt färre brottsanmälningar avskrivs.« (party programme ↗)“The justice system's capacity and efficiency needs to be improved so that processing times are shortened, more crimes are reported and cleared up and fewer crime reports are dismissed.”
- targeted work against discrimination»Det behövs ett målmedvetet arbete för att motverka diskriminering inom samhällsområden såsom arbetsmarknad, utbildning och hälso- och sjukvård.« (party programme ↗)“Targeted work is needed to counter discrimination within societal areas such as labour market, education and health and medical care.”
The stance rests on the quoted commitment in the party's own documents; the actual vote deviated. Click the quote to verify it in the document.
The plan is based on all people's absolute and inviolable worth and explicitly requires legislation against discrimination and that all crimes be prosecuted effectively and without exception.
Plan documents: party programme · 2022 manifesto
Reasoning and quotes
The plan is based on all people's absolute and inviolable worth and explicitly requires legislation against discrimination and that all crimes be prosecuted effectively and without exception. Strengthening the justice system's competence to report, investigate and prosecute hate crimes follows from this and from the election manifesto's demand for an expanded justice system. The counter-proposal's structural reasoning is not shared by the documents, but the substantive requirement is.
Original (Swedish)
Planen bygger på alla människors absoluta och okränkbara värde och kräver uttryckligen lagstiftning mot diskriminering samt att alla brott effektivt och utan undantag beivras. Att stärka rättsväsendets kompetens att anmäla, utreda och lagföra hatbrott följer av detta och av valmanifestets krav på ett utbyggt rättsväsende. Motförslagets strukturella motivering delas inte av dokumenten, men sakkravet gör det.
- all crimes shall be prosecuteddecisive»Alla brott ska effektivt och utan undantag beivras« (party programme ↗)“All crimes shall be effectively and without exception prosecuted”
- protection against discrimination»Därför behöver det finnas en lagstiftning mot diskriminering.« (party programme ↗)“Therefore, there must be legislation against discrimination.”
- expanded justice system»Hela rättsväsendet behöver byggas ut. Fler poliser kräver fler åklagare, domstolar på fler platser i landet och en kraftigt utbyggd kriminalvård.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The entire justice system needs to be expanded. More police require more prosecutors, courts in more places in the country and a substantially expanded correctional system.”
- swift prosecution»med fasthet och förövare av brott ska skyndsamt lagföras.« (party programme ↗)“with firmness and perpetrators of crime shall be swiftly prosecuted.”
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 is based on the principle that everyone should be assessed based on their person and their actions, not based on their background, and rejects the collectivist analysis that the counter-proposal uses as a basis for its demand.
Plan documents: party programme · 2022 manifesto
Reasoning and quotes
The plan is based on the principle that everyone should be assessed based on their person and their actions, not based on their background, and rejects the collectivist analysis that the counter-proposal uses as a basis for its demand. On the judicial side, the plan instead wants to streamline the police's mandate and direct special investigation groups towards sexual crimes, violence in close relationships, and gang crimes. The plan also clearly distances itself from hate crimes, but it does not support the demand for a new specific initiative.
Original (Swedish)
Planen bygger på att var och en ska bedömas utifrån sin person och sina handlingar, inte utifrån bakgrund, och avvisar den kollektivistiska analys som motförslaget lägger till grund för kravet. På rättsväsendets område vill planen i stället renodla polisens uppdrag och rikta de särskilda utredningsgrupperna mot sexualbrott, våld i nära relation och klanbrott. Planen tar samtidigt tydligt avstånd från hatbrott, men den bär inte kravet på ett nytt särskilt initiativ.
- the individual, not the groupdecisive»allas rätt att bli bedömda utifrån sin person« (party programme ↗)“everyone's right to be assessed based on their person”
- streamlined police mandate»Renodla Polisens uppdrag med fokus på att upptäcka, utreda och klara upp brott« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Streamline the Police's mandate with a focus on detecting, investigating, and solving crimes”
- prioritized investigation groups»Inrätta särskilda utredningsgrupper för sexualbrott och våld i nära relation samt en särskild klanbrottsenhet« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Establish special investigation groups for sexual crimes and violence in close relationships as well as a special gang crime unit”
- hate crimes are not tolerated»Den tolererar inte uppmaningar till hat- eller våldsbrott.« (party programme ↗)“It does not tolerate calls for hate or violent crimes.”
The plan requires zero tolerance for crime so that even minor offenses are investigated and prosecuted, and wants to provide the police with conditions and a greatly strengthened justice system.
Plan documents: 2022 manifesto · party programme
Reasoning and quotes
The plan requires zero tolerance for crime so that even minor offenses are investigated and prosecuted, and wants to provide the police with conditions and a greatly strengthened justice system. Intensified work with education and resources so that more hate crimes are investigated and prosecuted is in line with this and with the principle that all citizens are equal before the law. The plan, however, does not address hate crimes specifically and does not share the counter-proposal's structural analysis, so the conclusion is derived from general principles.
Original (Swedish)
Planen kräver nolltolerans mot brott så att även mindre allvarliga brott utreds och lagförs, och vill ge polisen förutsättningar och ett kraftigt upprustat rättsväsende. Ett stärkt arbete med utbildning och resurser för att fler hatbrott ska utredas och lagföras ligger i linje med detta och med principen att alla medborgare är lika inför lagen. Planen behandlar däremot inte hatbrott särskilt och delar inte motförslagets strukturanalys, varför slutsatsen är härledd ur allmänna principer.
- all crimes shall be investigateddecisive»Införa nolltolerans mot brott så att även mindre allvarliga brott utreds och lagförs« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Introduce zero tolerance for crime so that even minor offenses are investigated and prosecuted”
- strengthened justice system»Säkerställa satsningar för ett kraftigt upprustat rättsväsende« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Ensure investments in a greatly strengthened justice system”
- equality before the law»Att medborgare skall vara lika inför lagen är en av rättsstatens viktigaste principer.« (party programme ↗)“That citizens shall be equal before the law is one of the rule of law's most important principles.”
- all individuals' human worth»Vi bekämpar alla rörelser och idéer som vilar på antidemokratisk grund och försvarar alla individers grundläggande människovärde« (party programme ↗)“We combat all movements and ideas based on anti-democratic foundations and defend all individuals' fundamental human worth”
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.
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Sources and documents
- The committee report on riksdagen.se (2024/25:JuU11)
- Committee report full text (HC01JuU11)
- Per-MP voting data (API)
- Case status (API)
Documents under consideration
- Motion 2024/25:1063 — Krav på registerutdrag av Christofer Bergenblock och Anne-Li Sjölund (båda C)
- Motion 2024/25:1077 — Ökad kunskap om barns utvecklingsfaser inom rättsväsendet av Marléne Lund Kopparklint (M)
- Motion 2024/25:1168 — Stärkta åtgärder mot bedrägerier riktade mot äldre av Yusuf Aydin (KD)
- Motion 2024/25:1332 — Förbud mot omvändelseförsök av Ulrika Westerlund m.fl. (MP)
- Motion 2024/25:1368 — Skadestånd av Mikael Eskilandersson m.fl. (SD)
- Motion 2024/25:1389 — Familjerätt av Mikael Eskilandersson m.fl. (SD)
- Motion 2024/25:1413 — Krafttag mot hedersrelaterat våld och förtryck av Sara Gille m.fl. (SD)
- Motion 2024/25:1414 — Mäns våld mot kvinnor och våld i nära relationer av Michael Rubbestad m.fl. (SD)
- Motion 2024/25:1490 — Ett rättssystem som sätter brottsoffret i fokus av Magnus Berntsson (KD)
- Motion 2024/25:1531 — Sexualbrottsdömdas möjligheter att arbeta med barn av Marléne Lund Kopparklint (M)
- Motion 2024/25:1542 — Markeringen i belastningsregistret gällande sexualbrott mot barn av Marléne Lund Kopparklint och Jennie Wernäng (båda M)
- Motion 2024/25:1597 — Kriminalisering av omvändelseförsök av Lawen Redar och Daniel Vencu Velasquez Castro (båda S)
- Motion 2024/25:1598 — Kriminalisering av underlåtenhet att avslöja äktenskapstvång och barnäktenskapsbrott av Lawen Redar (S)
- Motion 2024/25:1669 — Förbud mot omvändelseförsök av Daniel Vencu Velasquez Castro m.fl. (S)
- Motion 2024/25:1678 — Förbud mot sugardejtning av Sofia Skönnbrink (S)
- Motion 2024/25:17 — Införande av möjlighet till brottsofferutsagor under huvudförhandlingar som gäller barnpornografibrott av Nima Gholam Ali Pour (SD)
- Motion 2024/25:186 — Bedrägerier mot äldre av Catarina Deremar (C)
- Motion 2024/25:1903 — Åtgärder för att stoppa mäns våld mot kvinnor och barn av Nooshi Dadgostar m.fl. (V)
- Motion 2024/25:1904 — Åtgärder mot organiserad brottslighet av Gudrun Nordborg m.fl. (V)
- Motion 2024/25:1929 — Rättsväsendet av Gudrun Nordborg m.fl. (V)
Source: The Swedish Parliament