Legal aid etc.

The party programme establishes that legal certainty needs to be upheld through, among other things, legal aid, and that those who have a disability should be able to participate in society on the same conditions as everyone else. The counter-proposal's demand for an investigation into legal aid for people with intellectual disability lies directly at the intersection of the two commitments. The plan also wants the disability perspective to be included in all policy areas.

• legal aid as legal certaintydecisive»Rättssäkerheten behöver upprätthållas genom rättshjälp, medborgerlig« (party programme ↗)“Legal certainty needs to be upheld through legal aid, public”
• participation on equal terms»i ett fotbollslag och använda sin rösträtt till att ta en fika på stan.« (party programme ↗)“in a football team and use their right to vote to have a coffee in town.”
• accessible society»Vi vill skapa ett mer inkluderande samhälle genom att stärka välfärden« (party programme ↗)“We want to create a more inclusive society by strengthening welfare”
• functioning justice system»Samhället behöver ett väl fungerande rättsväsende, med självständiga« (party programme ↗)“Society needs a well-functioning justice system, with independent”

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 promises that people with disabilities shall be able to live their lives like others, and the party programme requires a society where everyone regardless of functional capacity has the right to an active life and where authorities respect everyone's equality before the law. An investigation into better access to legal aid for people with intellectual disabilities follows from these commitments. The plan does not explicitly address the legal aid system.

• participation despite disabilitiesdecisive»Personer med funktionsnedsättning ska kunna leva sitt liv som andra« (2022 manifesto ↗)“People with disabilities shall be able to live their lives like others”
• equal rights regardless of functional capacity»har rätt till arbete, eget boende, full rörelsefrihet och ett aktivt liv« (party programme ↗)“have the right to work, own housing, full freedom of movement and an active life”
• equality before the law»allas likhet inför lagen och iaktta saklighet och opartiskhet« (party programme ↗)“everyone's equality before the law and observe objectivity and impartiality”

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 explicitly wants to review the right to legal aid and improve support for people with disabilities regardless of where in the country you live. The party programme states that people with disabilities should have the same opportunity to participate in society as others. A government inquiry into their access to legal aid follows from these commitments.

• expanded right to legal aiddecisive»stärka lagstiftningen mot diskriminering och se över rätten till rättshjälp i diskrimineringsfall.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“strengthen legislation against discrimination and review the right to legal aid in discrimination cases.”
• strengthened support for disabilities»förbättra stödet för personer med funktionsnedsättning och sällsynta diagnoser oavsett var du bor i landet.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“improve support for people with disabilities and rare diagnoses regardless of where you live in the country.”
• equal participation in society»Människor med funktionsnedsättningar ska ha samma möjlighet att delta i samhället« (party programme ↗)“People with disabilities should have the same opportunity to participate in society”

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 all who live in Sweden shall be able to have their case examined, that access to counsel shall be improved and that the right to litigate shall not be the preserve of those with high income. An investigation into legal aid for people with intellectual disability hits exactly that commitment, reinforced by the demand for full accessibility. The plan therefore supports the demand.

• access to counseldecisive»Alla som bor i Sverige ska kunna få sin sak prövad. Ledtiderna för handläggning och myndighetsutövning i domstolar och myndigheter måste kortas och tillgången till ombud förbättras.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“All who live in Sweden shall be able to have their case examined. Processing times and administrative proceedings in courts and agencies must be shortened and access to counsel improved.”
• justice regardless of income»Möjligheten att processa mot stat eller kommun, då man har goda skäl att få sin sak prövad, ska i en liberal demokrati inte vara en rätt förbehållen de med hög inkomst.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The possibility of suing the state or municipality, when one has good reason to have one's case examined, shall in a liberal democracy not be a right reserved for those with high income.”
• compensation for counsel»Vi vill skapa en möjlighet för enskilda att kunna få ersättning för ombud i förvaltningsärenden då denne haft skäl att få sin sak prövad.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We want to create a possibility for individuals to receive compensation for counsel in administrative matters when this person had reason to have their case examined.”
• accessibility with disability»Tillgängligheten är avgörande för människor med olika funktionsnedsättningar.« (party programme ↗)“Accessibility is crucial for people with various disabilities.”

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 party programme explicitly establishes that general legal aid shall be strengthened and that the individual's opportunities to assert their rights against authorities must increase. To investigate how people with intellectual disabilities get better access to legal aid is precisely that commitment. The plan also requires that the disability rights perspective is always included when political decisions are prepared.

• strengthened general legal aiddecisive»Den allmänna rättshjälpen ska stärkas.« (party programme ↗)“General legal aid shall be strengthened.”
• rights against authorities»Den enskildes möjligheter att hävda sina rättigheter gentemot myndigheterna måste öka.« (party programme ↗)“The individual's opportunities to assert their rights against authorities must increase.”
• disability rights perspective in decisions»funktionsrättsperspektivet alltid finns med när politiska beslut förbereds och fattas.« (party programme ↗)“the disability rights perspective is always included when political decisions are prepared and made.”

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 establishes that it is justified to use the legislative instrument to facilitate the situation for persons with disabilities and that there should be a rights law that creates conditions for good living conditions. Investigating how access to legal aid can be improved for persons with intellectual disabilities is an expression of the same commitment. Negative special treatment shall, according to the plan, never be tolerated.

• legislation for persons with disabilitiesdecisive»Det är befogat att använda lagstiftningsinstrumentet för att underlätta situationen för personer« (party programme ↗)“It is justified to use the legislative instrument to facilitate the situation for persons”
• rights law for good living conditions»finnas en rättighetslag som skapar förutsättningar för« (party programme ↗)“be a rights law that creates conditions for”
• prohibition of discrimination»är diskriminering och kan aldrig tolereras. Därför behöver det finnas en lagstiftning mot diskriminering.« (party programme ↗)“is discrimination and can never be tolerated. Therefore there must be legislation against discrimination.”

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 does not address legal aid for people with intellectual disabilities. The nearest commitment is to expand the right to legal victim assistance for a particularly vulnerable group and that basic law protection should be practical and effective for the individual in relation to authorities. Based on that principle, the plan speaks for the counter-proposal's demand for an inquiry that improves access to legal aid.

• legal support for vulnerable groupsdecisive»Utöka rätten till målsägandebiträde för äldre brottsoffer« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Expand the right to legal victim assistance for older crime victims”
• effective rights protection»Vi måste se till att det inte bara är vackra ord, utan att grundlagen också ger ett praktiskt och effektivt skydd för enskilda människor i relation till exempelvis en kommun eller en statlig myndighet.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We must make sure that it is not just fine words, but that the constitution also provides practical and effective protection for ordinary people in relation to, for example, a municipality or a state authority.”
• equal rights for all»Sverige ska vara ett fritt och öppet samhälle där rättigheter, skyldigheter och möjligheter gäller lika för alla.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Sweden should be a free and open society where rights, duties and opportunities apply equally to all.”

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 establishes that citizens with cognitive limitations should have the right to a good life and should not be limited in their access to social life, and that the person in need of support should also get it. That investigate how persons with intellectual disability get better access to legal aid follows from these commitments. However, the plan does not mention legal aid, so support is derived.

• full participation in social lifedecisive»Medborgare som på grund av omständigheter bortom egen kontroll möter andra utmaningar i vardagen ska inte begränsas i sin tillgång till samhälls- eller arbetslivet.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Citizens who due to circumstances beyond their own control face other challenges in daily life should not be limited in their access to social or working life.”
• equal conditions with cognitive limitations»Alla medborgare ska ha rätt till ett gott liv och en fullgod levnadsstandard, även om man är född med eller råkar ut för något som gjort att man har fysiska eller kognitiva begränsningar eller variationer.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“All citizens should have the right to a good life and a full standard of living, even if one is born with or suffers something that has made one have physical or cognitive limitations or variations.”
• support according to need»Den som är i behov av stöd ska också få det.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The person in need of support should also get it.”