2026-03-112025/26:SoU15 · p.1SoUHealth & social services
UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
Inquiry into incorporating the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities into Swedish law
What's at stake: If the convention is incorporated into Swedish law, the rights of persons with disabilities could be tested in court and become binding on authorities, municipalities and regions. The issue concerns everyone living with a disability and how strongly their rights are legally protected.
Case texts and AI reasoning are AI-translated from the Swedish originals; the Swedish text is authoritative.
What the vote decides
The motions called for the government to launch an inquiry into incorporating the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities into Swedish law, while the committee held that the matter is already being processed within the Government Offices based on the UN committee's recommendations and a national action plan.
Yes Yes — the committee proposal
The committee rejects the motions, pointing out that Sweden has already received recommendations from the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, that these are being processed within the Government Offices, and that the Swedish Agency for Participation (MFD) has produced a proposal for a national action plan for disability policy.
No No — the reservations
Reservation 1 (V, C, MP)
The reserving parties (V, C, MP) want the government to investigate how the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities can be incorporated into Swedish law, based on the UN committee's national reviews, and want the inquiry to also ensure sufficient funding to meet the convention's obligations.
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 1 by V, C, 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: LLiberalerna
Ja 238–56Ja 225–69
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 0/18/0/4 | match | confidence: high | not addressed |
| S | No | Yes 88/0/0/18 | differs | confidence: medium | not addressed |
| MP | No | No 0/15/0/3 | match | confidence: medium | not addressed |
| C | No | No 0/21/0/3 | match | confidence: medium | not addressed |
| L | No | Yes 13/0/0/3 | differsagainst own programme | confidence: high | explicit |
| KD | No | Yes 16/0/0/3 | differs | confidence: medium | not addressed |
| M | No | Yes 56/0/0/12 | differs | confidence: low | not addressed |
| SD | No | Yes 62/0/0/9 | differs | confidence: low | not addressed |
Committee proposal
Parliament rejects the motions 2025/26:877 by Magnus Manhammar (S), 2025/26:1586 by Malin Danielsson (L), 2025/26:2778 by Nadja Awad et al. (V) motion 1, 2025/26:3188 by Martina Johansson et al. (C) motion 64, 2025/26:3527 by Ulrika Westerlund et al. (MP) motion 1, 2025/26:3543 by Nils Seye Larsen et al. (MP) motion 1 and 2025/26:3583 by Muharrem Demirok et al. (C) motion 12.
Original (Swedish)
Riksdagen avslår motionerna 2025/26:877 av Magnus Manhammar (S), 2025/26:1586 av Malin Danielsson (L), 2025/26:2778 av Nadja Awad m.fl. (V) yrkande 1, 2025/26:3188 av Martina Johansson m.fl. (C) yrkande 64, 2025/26:3527 av Ulrika Westerlund m.fl. (MP) yrkande 1, 2025/26:3543 av Nils Seye Larsen m.fl. (MP) yrkande 1 och 2025/26:3583 av Muharrem Demirok m.fl. (C) yrkande 12.
Riksdag decision: Parliament rejected approximately 130 proposals in motions from the general motion period of 2025 concerning support for persons with disabilities. The proposals dealt among other things with the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, the service of guidance for persons with visual impairment and welfare fraud and deception within personal assistance. Parliament refers among other things to ongoing work in the area.
Counter-proposals
- The counter-proposal wants the government to investigate how the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities can be incorporated into Swedish law. (V, C, MP) — Reservation 1
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 wants to realize human rights fully and stipulates that disability is a perspective that should be present in all policy areas, with measures that truly cover needs.
Plan documents: party programme · 2022 manifesto
Reasoning and quotes
The plan wants to realize human rights fully and stipulates that disability is a perspective that should be present in all policy areas, with measures that truly cover needs. An investigation into how the convention can be incorporated into legislation, with secured financing, follows from this. The plan does not speak about the ordering within the government office.
Original (Swedish)
Planen vill förverkliga de mänskliga rättigheterna fullt ut och slår fast att funktionshinder är ett perspektiv som ska finnas med i alla politikområden, med insatser som på riktigt täcker behoven. En utredning om hur konventionen kan införlivas i lagstiftningen, med säkrad finansiering, följer av det. Planen talar inte om beredningsordningen inom regeringskansliet.
- realize human rightsdecisive»rättigheterna var ett historiskt framsteg vi vill förverkliga fullt ut.« (party programme ↗)“rights were a historical step forward we want to realize fully.”
- disability perspective everywhere»ska finnas med i alla politikområden.« (party programme ↗)“should be present in all policy areas.”
- support that covers needs»assistans behöver utvecklas så att de på riktigt täcker behoven.« (party programme ↗)“support needs to be developed so that they truly cover needs.”
- rights not questioned»På samma sätt ska du som lever med funktionsnedsättning kunna lita på att du får det stöd du behöver, och på att din rätt att delta i samhället på det sätt du vill inte ständigt ifrågasätts och försvåras.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“In the same way, you who live with a disability should be able to rely on getting the support you need, and on your right to participate in society in the way you want not constantly being questioned and impeded.”
The plan requires that obstacles for persons with disabilities to participate in social life are removed and makes respect for human rights a central principle, with equal rights and strong protection against discrimination.
Plan documents: party programme · 2022 manifesto
Reasoning and quotes
The plan requires that obstacles for persons with disabilities to participate in social life are removed and makes respect for human rights a central principle, with equal rights and strong protection against discrimination. An investigation into how the convention can be incorporated into Swedish legislation, with secured funding, is a means to realise these commitments. The election manifesto also binds the party to persons with disabilities being able to live their lives as others.
Original (Swedish)
Planen kräver att hindren för personer med funktionsnedsättning att delta i samhällslivet undanröjs och gör respekten för mänskliga rättigheter till en central princip, med lika rättigheter och starkt skydd mot diskriminering. En utredning om hur konventionen kan införlivas i svensk lagstiftning, med säkrad finansiering, är ett medel att förverkliga dessa åtaganden. Valmanifestet binder dessutom partiet vid att personer med funktionsnedsättning ska kunna leva sitt liv som andra.
- removed obstacles for participationdecisive»Undanröjda hinder för personer med funktionsnedsättning att delta i samhällslivet.« (party programme ↗)“Removed obstacles for persons with disabilities to participate in social life.”
- respect for human rights»Respekt för mänskliga rättigheter och för folkrätten är« (party programme ↗)“Respect for human rights and for international law are”
- equal rights and anti-discrimination»Lika rättigheter och skyldigheter för alla medborgare och starkt skydd mot« (party programme ↗)“Equal rights and duties for all citizens and strong protection against”
- live their lives as others»Personer med funktionsnedsättning ska kunna leva sitt liv som andra.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Persons with disabilities shall be able to live their lives as others.”
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 party programme states that everyone, regardless of disability, shall have equal rights and opportunities and that international conventions Sweden has committed to follow shall be fully drawn upon.
Plan documents: party programme
Reasoning and quotes
The party programme states that everyone, regardless of disability, shall have equal rights and opportunities and that international conventions Sweden has committed to follow shall be fully drawn upon. Investigating how the disability rights convention is incorporated into legislation, with sufficient financing, is a direct application of this, and the party has accepted the same approach for the child convention. This specific convention is not mentioned, therefore derivation.
Original (Swedish)
Partiprogrammet slår fast att alla, oavsett funktionsnedsättning, ska ha lika rättigheter och möjligheter och att internationella konventioner som Sverige åtagit sig att följa ska kunna tillvaratas fullt ut. Att utreda hur funktionsrättskonventionen införlivas i lagstiftningen, med tillräcklig finansiering, är en direkt tillämpning av detta, och partiet har accepterat samma väg för barnkonventionen. Just denna konvention nämns inte, därför härledning.
- equal rights regardless of functional capacitydecisive»funktionsnedsättning eller förmåga, ha lika rättigheter och möjligheter« (party programme ↗)“disability or ability, have equal rights and opportunities”
- convention commitments must be fulfilled»rättigheter de har enligt internationella konventioner, som Sverige har åtagit sig att följa« (party programme ↗)“rights they have under international conventions, which Sweden has committed to follow”
- convention as Swedish law»Barnkonventionen är svensk lag och barnets bästa« (party programme ↗)“The Convention on the Rights of the Child is Swedish law and the best interests of the child”
- accessibility for all»offentlig verksamhet ska vara tillgänglig för alla« (party programme ↗)“public activity shall be accessible to all”
The party programme wants to see rights-based legislation with enforceable rights and establishes that accessibility is crucial for people with disabilities.
Plan documents: party programme · 2022 manifesto
Reasoning and quotes
The party programme wants to see rights-based legislation with enforceable rights and establishes that accessibility is crucial for people with disabilities. Respect for human rights is the basis of democratic society. The election manifesto furthermore promises that the state should take greater responsibility for ensuring support works. Investigating how the convention is incorporated into Swedish law, with financing sufficient for the commitments, follows from this.
Original (Swedish)
Partiprogrammet vill se en rättighetslagstiftning med utkrävbara rättigheter och slår fast att tillgängligheten är avgörande för människor med funktionsnedsättning. Respekten för de mänskliga rättigheterna är grunden för det demokratiska samhället. Valmanifestet lovar dessutom att staten ska ta ett större ansvar för att stödet fungerar. Att utreda hur konventionen införlivas i svensk lag, med finansiering som räcker till åtagandena, följer av detta.
- enforceable rights in lawdecisive»Vi vill se en rättighetslagstiftning, ett tydligt samhällskontrakt med utkrävbara rättigheter.« (party programme ↗)“We want to see rights-based legislation, a clear social contract with enforceable rights.”
- full accessibility»Tillgängligheten är avgörande för människor med olika funktionsnedsättningar.« (party programme ↗)“Accessibility is crucial for people with different disabilities.”
- state responsibility for support»Du som har en funktionsnedsättning ska få det stöd du behöver, och staten ska ta ett större ansvar för att LSS fungerar.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“You who have a disability should get the support you need, and the state should take greater responsibility for making LSS work.”
- human rights as basis»Respekten för de mänskliga rättigheterna är grunden för ett demokratiskt samhälle.« (party programme ↗)“Respect for human rights is the basis of a democratic society.”
The plan explicitly requires that the disability rights convention's article on the right to live independently and participate in society becomes law.
Plan documents: party programme
Reasoning and quotes
The plan explicitly requires that the disability rights convention's article on the right to live independently and participate in society becomes law. An investigation into how the convention can be incorporated into legislation is the way there, and the plan itself points to the children's convention as a model for how a convention gains effect in Swedish law. Self-determination is treated as a fundamental right.
Original (Swedish)
Planen kräver uttryckligen att funktionsrättskonventionens artikel om rätten att leva självständigt och delta i samhället blir till lag. En utredning om hur konventionen kan införlivas i lagstiftningen är vägen dit, och planen pekar själv på barnkonventionen som förebild för hur en konvention får genomslag i svensk rätt. Självbestämmande behandlas som en grundläggande rättighet.
- convention becomes lawdecisive»viktigt att funktionsrättskonventionens artikel om rätten att leva självständigt och delta i« (party programme ↗)“important that the disability rights convention's article on the right to live independently and participate in”
- conventions in Swedish law»Genom att FN:s barnkonvention införlivats i svensk lag« (party programme ↗)“By the UN children's convention being incorporated into Swedish law”
- self-determination as a right»Att bestämma över sitt eget liv är en grundläggande rättighet.« (party programme ↗)“To have control over one's own life is a fundamental right.”
- accessible society»Sverige ska vara ett tillgängligt land.« (party programme ↗)“Sweden shall be an accessible country.”
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 identifies the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities as an important guiding star and establishes that it is justified to use legislative instruments to improve the situation for persons with disabilities, with a rights act that creates conditions for good living conditions.
Plan documents: party programme
Reasoning and quotes
The party programme identifies the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities as an important guiding star and establishes that it is justified to use legislative instruments to improve the situation for persons with disabilities, with a rights act that creates conditions for good living conditions. An investigation of how the convention can be incorporated into legislation is precisely this. The requirement for adequate funding follows from the commitments being able to be fulfilled.
Original (Swedish)
Partiprogrammet pekar ut FN:s konvention om rättigheter för människor med funktionsnedsättning som en viktig ledstjärna och slår fast att det är befogat att använda lagstiftningsinstrumentet för att underlätta situationen för personer med funktionsnedsättning, med en rättighetslag som skapar förutsättningar för goda levnadsvillkor. En utredning om hur konventionen kan införlivas i lagstiftningen är just detta. Kravet på tillräcklig finansiering följer av att åtagandena ska kunna infrias.
- the UN convention as a guiding stardecisive»konvention om rättigheter för människor med funktionsnedsättning« (party programme ↗)“convention on the rights of persons with disabilities”
- legislation as a tool»använda lagstiftningsinstrumentet för att underlätta situationen för personer med« (party programme ↗)“use legislative instruments to improve the situation for persons with”
- rights act for good living conditions»Det bör finnas en rättighetslag som skapar förutsättningar för goda« (party programme ↗)“There should be a rights act that creates conditions for good”
- child perspective in rights issues»barnets bästa ska komma i främsta rummet« (party programme ↗)“the best interests of the child should come first”
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 constitution has a clear catalogue of freedoms and rights that gives individuals practical and effective protection against authorities, and that rights protection is strengthened.
Plan documents: 2022 manifesto · party programme
Reasoning and quotes
The plan requires that the constitution has a clear catalogue of freedoms and rights that gives individuals practical and effective protection against authorities, and that rights protection is strengthened. To investigate how the disability rights convention can be incorporated into legislation is in line with this, together with responsibility for the weak and vulnerable. The convention is not addressed in the documents, so the uncertainty is considerable.
Original (Swedish)
Planen kräver att grundlagen har en tydlig katalog av fri- och rättigheter som ger enskilda ett praktiskt och effektivt skydd gentemot myndigheter, och att rättighetsskyddet stärks. Att utreda hur funktionsrättskonventionen kan införlivas i lagstiftningen ligger i linje med det, tillsammans med ansvaret för de svaga och utsatta. Konventionen behandlas inte i dokumenten, varför osäkerheten är stor.
- clear rights cataloguedecisive»Vår svenska grundlag ska ha en tydlig katalog av fri- och rättigheter.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Our Swedish constitution shall have a clear catalogue of freedoms and rights.”
- strengthened rights protection»• Stärka domstolarnas oberoende och skyddet för medborgarnas fri- och rättigheter« (2022 manifesto ↗)“• Strengthen the independence of the courts and the protection of citizens' freedoms and rights”
- responsibility for the vulnerable»samt ansvar för de svaga och utsatta« (party programme ↗)“and responsibility for the weak and vulnerable”
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 those in need of support should also receive it, requires a national lift for the Act on Support and Service for Persons with Certain Disabilities and wants to strengthen people with disabilities' opportunities to participate in social and working life.
Plan documents: 2022 manifesto
Reasoning and quotes
The plan establishes that those in need of support should also receive it, requires a national lift for the Act on Support and Service for Persons with Certain Disabilities and wants to strengthen people with disabilities' opportunities to participate in social and working life. An investigation into how the convention's rights can be implemented in legislation, with sufficient funding, serves these commitments. The plan is simultaneously concerned about national self-determination, which makes the conclusion uncertain.
Original (Swedish)
Planen slår fast att den som är i behov av stöd också ska få det, kräver ett nationellt LSS-lyft och vill stärka funktionsnedsattas möjligheter till deltagande i samhälls- och arbetsliv. En utredning om hur konventionens rättigheter kan få genomslag i lagstiftningen, med tillräcklig finansiering, tjänar dessa åtaganden. Planen är samtidigt mån om det nationella självbestämmandet, vilket gör slutsatsen osäker.
- support according to needdecisive»Den som är i behov av stöd ska också få det.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Those in need of support should also receive it.”
- national lift for disability support»Se ett nationellt LSS-lyft« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Achieve a national lift for the Act on Support and Service for Persons with Certain Disabilities”
- strengthened participation»Funktionsnedsattas och funktionsvarierades möjligheter till deltagande på arbetsmarknaden måste stärkas.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“People with disabilities and those with functional variation must have their opportunities to participate in the labour market strengthened.”
- national self-determination»Stärka det nationella självbestämmandet« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Strengthen national self-determination”
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 (2025/26:SoU15)
- Committee report full text (HD01SoU15)
- Per-MP voting data (API)
- Case status (API)
Documents under consideration
- Motion 2025/26:1014 — Slopande av den övre åldersgränsen inom LSS av Daniel Persson (SD)
- Motion 2025/26:1018 — Skärpt lag gällande förhandsbesked av Daniel Persson (SD)
- Motion 2025/26:1105 — Översyn av hjälpmedel och bostadsanpassning av Martina Johansson (C)
- Motion 2025/26:132 — Stävjande av fusk med personlig assistans av Josef Fransson (SD)
- Motion 2025/26:1341 — Likvärdig förskrivning av hjälpmedel över landet av Sanna Backeskog m.fl. (S)
- Motion 2025/26:1586 — FN:s funktionsrättskonvention av Malin Danielsson (L)
- Motion 2025/26:1588 — Nationellt kompetenscentrum för dövfrågor av Malin Danielsson (L)
- Motion 2025/26:1631 — Stärkt rättssäkerhet och likvärdigt stöd för döva av Jessica Rodén och Louise Thunström (båda S)
- Motion 2025/26:1779 — Personlig assistans vid sjukhusvistelse av Marie Nicholson (M)
- Motion 2025/26:1885 — Rättvist bilstöd för personer med funktionshinder av Magnus Manhammar (S)
- Motion 2025/26:1951 — Starkare tillsammans - för en rättvis funktionshinderspolitik som håller ihop Sverige av Mattias Vepsä och Alexandra Völker (båda S)
- Motion 2025/26:1961 — Funktionsnedsattas rätt till utbildning på lika villkor av Mattias Vepsä m.fl. (S)
- Motion 2025/26:2053 — Hjälpmedel vid funktionsnedsättning av Anne-Li Sjölund (C)
- Motion 2025/26:2197 — Behov av en nationell ögonstrategi av Crister Carlsson (M)
- Motion 2025/26:2208 — Ledarhund som hjälpmedel i vardagen av Ann-Sofie Lifvenhage (M)
- Motion 2025/26:2217 — Förhindrande av felaktiga utbetalningar inom assistansersättning av Ann-Sofie Lifvenhage (M)
- Motion 2025/26:26 — Bötesbrott att distrahera en ledarhund under arbete av Josef Fransson (SD)
- Motion 2025/26:2778 — En funktionsrättspolitik för trygghet och delaktighet av Nadja Awad m.fl. (V)
- Motion 2025/26:2915 — Utvecklande av LSS av Lars Beckman (M)
- Motion 2025/26:2927 — Stärkt rätt till personlig assistans i skola och daglig verksamhet av Marléne Lund Kopparklint m.fl. (M)
Source: The Swedish Parliament