Review of the restraining order system

The plan requires that work against men's violence against women is prioritized in a way that matches the extent and gravity of the crimes, and that no one shall have to live with insecurity as their daily life. A thorough review where it is the perpetrator and not the victim who shall adapt their movement pattern is exactly such a prioritization. The plan also emphasizes the victim's right to a long-term secure existence.

• prioritize work against men's violencedecisive»våld mot kvinnor behöver börja prioriteras på ett sätt som motsvarar« (party programme ↗)“violence against women needs to start being prioritized in a way that corresponds to”
• women's right to security»Otrygghet har varit många kvinnors vardag under stora delar av historien. Ingen ska behöva leva i en sådan verklighet.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Insecurity has been many women's daily life for large parts of history. No one should have to live in such a reality.”
• understanding of power patterns»Arbetet mot det patriarkala våldet behöver bygga på en förståelse för« (party programme ↗)“Work against patriarchal violence needs to be built on an understanding of”
• the victim's right to security»Vänsterpartiet anser att det därutöver måste vara en rättighet att få hjälp med en långsiktig trygg boendelösning för den som behöver det för att lämna våldsutsatthet.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The Left Party believes that furthermore it must be a right to get help with a long-term secure housing solution for those who need it to escape violence.”

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 election manifesto demands action against male violence against women and wants to continue the direction that has strengthened protection against violations in close relationships. A review that shifts the burden of adjustment from the victim to the person the ban applies to is a direct expression of that commitment. The party programme counts safety in one's own home as part of welfare policy. The plan therefore supports the counter-proposal's requirement.

• action against male violencedecisive»Krafttag för att stoppa hedersrelaterat våld, sexualbrott och mäns våld mot kvinnor.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Action to stop honour-related violence, sexual crimes and male violence against women.”
• protection in close relationships»Vi vill fort sätta den politiska riktning som skärpt straffen för våld och andra kränkningar i nära relationer, och som ökat resurserna till kvinno- och tjejjourernas viktiga arbete.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We want to continue the political direction that has toughened penalties for violence and other violations in close relationships, and increased resources for women's and girls' crisis centres' important work.”
• safety at home»Till välfärdspolitiken hör också tryggheten på gator och torg och i det egna hemmet.« (party programme ↗)“Welfare policy also includes safety on streets and squares and in one's own home.”
• feminist party»Med denna grundsyn är socialdemokratin ett feministiskt parti.« (party programme ↗)“With this fundamental view Social Democracy is a feminist party.”

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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 election manifesto asserts that it is the perpetrator's freedom that must be restricted and wants victims of violence who are forced into hiding to receive stronger protection and more perpetrators to receive electronic monitoring. This is exactly the reversal that the counter-proposal requests: that the person the order is against, not the victim, should adapt. The plan therefore supports a fundamental review.

• restrict the perpetratordecisive»det är förövarens frihet som ska begränsas« (2022 manifesto ↗)“it is the perpetrator's freedom that must be restricted”
• electronic monitoring and stronger protection»att våldsutsatta kvinnor som tvingas gömma sig ska få starkare skydd och att fler som utövar våld ska få fotboja.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“that women subjected to violence who are forced into hiding shall receive stronger protection and that more perpetrators shall receive electronic monitoring.”
• reclaim their lives»Kvinnor som brutit sig loss från destruktiva relationer ska få sina liv tillbaka.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Women who have broken free from destructive relationships shall get their lives back.”
• protection for violence survivors»Vi vill också se stöd och skydd för barn och vuxna som utsatts för psykiskt och fysiskt våld samt professionell behandling av våldsutövarna.« (party programme ↗)“We also want to see support and protection for children and adults subjected to psychological and physical violence as well as professional treatment of perpetrators.”

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 establishes that the crime victim perspective must be strengthened and violence after the assault must cease, and explicitly wants that the contact ban system be used more forcefully, among other things with electronic tagging in more cases. The counter-proposal's requirement that it is the banned person and not the victim who shall adapt is precisely such a shift of the burden to the perpetrator. That men who hit shall not get away with it is the plan's stated starting point.

• strengthened protection in contact bansdecisive»Brottsofferperspektivet måste stärkas och eftervåldet upphöra. Vi vill att elektronisk fotboja används i fler fall vid kontaktförbud och säkra det långsiktiga stödet till kvinnojourer, tjejjourer och skyddade boenden.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The crime victim perspective must be strengthened and violence after the assault must cease. We want electronic tagging to be used in more cases of contact bans and secure long-term support to women's shelters, girls' shelters and protected housing.”
• the perpetrator shall bear the burden»Män som slår ska inte komma undan.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Men who hit shall not get away with it.”
• end to men's violence against women»Vi ska leda Sverige mot ett slut på mäns våld mot kvinnor.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We shall lead Sweden towards an end to men's violence against women.”
• legal security for those harmed»En viktig del av tryggheten är rättstryggheten.« (party programme ↗)“An important part of security is legal security.”

The party programme explicitly establishes that efforts to prevent violence in close relationships must focus on perpetrators and that perpetrators can be ordered to undergo extensive restrictions on geographic freedom. That is exactly what the counter-proposal demands of an overlooked contact-ban system. The election manifesto also wants women to be safe both at home and out and tries out residence bans for convicted offenders.

• focus on perpetratorsdecisive»Insatserna för att förebygga och förhindra våld i nära relationer måste fokusera på förövarna.« (party programme ↗)“Efforts to prevent and stop violence in close relationships must focus on perpetrators.”
• restricted geographic freedom for perpetrators»Förövarna ska genomgå behandling samt kunna åläggas omfattande begränsningar i den« (party programme ↗)“Perpetrators shall undergo treatment and can be ordered to undergo extensive restrictions on their”
• women's safety»Kvinnor ska vara trygga både hemma och ute.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Women shall be safe both at home and out.”
• residence bans for convicted offenders»Vi vill ta tillbaka makten från separatister i utsatta områden, värna en skolgång fri från separatistisk påverkan och pröva möjligheten att införa vistelseförbud för dömda kriminella i utsatta områden.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We want to take back power from separatists in vulnerable areas, protect schooling from separatist influence and try the possibility of introducing residence bans for convicted criminals in vulnerable areas.”

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 puts society on the side of crime victims and requires that those subjected to violence in a close relationship receive adequate support and protection. A review that shifts the burden of adaptation from the protected person to the person the ban applies to is precisely such a shift in favour of the crime victim. The plan also marks men's violence against women as the ultimate expression of lack of equality.

• crime victim perspectivedecisive»Samhället ska ställa sig på brottsoffrets sida.« (party programme ↗)“Society shall be on the side of the crime victim.”
• protection against violence in close relationships»Kvinnor, män och barn som utsatts för våld i en nära relation ska ges adekvat stöd och skydd.« (party programme ↗)“Women, men and children subjected to violence in a close relationship shall be given adequate support and protection.”
• mark violence against women»I lagstiftningen måste markeras att våld mot kvinnor är ett allvarligt brott.« (party programme ↗)“In legislation, it must be marked that violence against women is a serious crime.”
• violence as an equality issue»Mäns våld mot kvinnor är det yttersta uttrycket för brist på jämställdhet.« (party programme ↗)“Men's violence against women is the ultimate expression of lack of equality.”

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 commits to introducing residence restrictions so that the person who has subjected their former partner to violence can be prohibited from residing in a certain residential area - that is, to limit the perpetrator's movements instead of the victim's. It also wants to introduce contact bans and electronic monitoring directly when risk is established, and a completely new possibility for long-term surveillance with electronic monitoring. The counter-proposal's requirement for a system where the perpetrator is the one who must adapt is therefore exactly what the plan advocates.

• residence restrictions for perpetratorsdecisive»Införa vistelseförbud för personer som dömts för våld i nära relation, så att den som utsatt sin tidigare partner för våld och övergrepp kan förbjudas att vara i ett visst bostadsområde även efter att ha släppts ur fängelset« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Introduce residence restrictions for persons convicted of intimate partner violence, so that the person who has subjected their former partner to violence and abuse can be prohibited from being in a certain residential area even after being released from prison”
• contact bans directly upon risk»Införa kontaktförbud och fotboja direkt för en man som utsätter en kvinna för våld, om en riskbedömning visar att det finns behov« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Introduce contact bans and electronic monitoring immediately for a man who subjects a woman to violence, if a risk assessment shows that there is a need”
• long-term surveillance of perpetrators»Införa en helt ny möjlighet till långtidsövervakning med fotboja« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Introduce a completely new possibility for long-term surveillance with electronic monitoring”

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 wants to improve opportunities for contact bans and enable restrictions on the perpetrator's freedom of movement, including bans from returning to the place or proximity to the victim. Policy shall be formed with the best interests of the crime victim, not the perpetrator. The counter-proposal's demand for a review where it is the offender and not the victim who should adapt is therefore the plan's own line.

• strengthened contact bansdecisive»Förbättra möjligheterna till kontaktförbud« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Improve opportunities for contact bans”
• restrict perpetrator's movements»Gärningsmän som begått grova brott bör i högre grad bevakas efter avtjänat brott och beläggas med förbud att återvända till den ort där brottet begått eller i närhet till brottsoffret« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Perpetrators who have committed serious crimes should to a greater extent be monitored after serving their sentence and subjected to bans on returning to the place where the crime was committed or in proximity to the victim”
• restricted freedom of movement»Möjliggöra inskränkningar av rörelsefrihet efter avtjänat straff« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Enable restrictions on freedom of movement after serving sentence”
• victim first»Utformningen av politiken måste ske utifrån brottsoffrets bästa, inte gärningsmannen.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Policy must be formulated with the best interests of the crime victim, not the perpetrator.”

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.