The question is whether the government should set up an inquiry into the criteria for national minority status and whether more groups, such as the Tornedalians, Kven and Lantalaiset, should be able to be recognised as an indigenous people, or whether this should wait for the ongoing processing of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's report.
Committee proposal adopted, 205–37
Plan → Vote
»Sverige har en särskild uppgift att stärka urfolks och«“Sweden has a special task to strengthen indigenous peoples' and”strengthened indigenous peoples' rights · party programme ↗
»hävda och stödja nationella minoriteters möjligheter att«“assert and support national minorities' possibilities to”support for national minorities · party programme ↗
»stärka nationella minoriteters och urfolket samernas rättigheter och att Sverige ska förbinda sig att följa den internationella konventionen om urfolks rättigheter (ILO 169).«“strengthen national minorities' and indigenous Sámi peoples' rights and that Sweden should commit to follow the international convention on the rights of indigenous peoples (ILO 169).”strengthened minority and indigenous rights · 2022 manifesto ↗
»Vi vill stärka bland annat äganderätten, diskrimineringsförbudet, minoritetsskyddet och minoritetsspråkens ställning, och grundlagsskydda rätten till abort och reproduktiv hälsa.«“We want to strengthen, among other things, property rights, the non-discrimination prohibition, minority protection and the position of minority languages, and constitutionally protect the right to abortion and reproductive health.”strengthened minority protection · 2022 manifesto ↗
»minoriteter och samernas ställning som urfolk ska upprätthållas.«“minorities and the Sámi's position as indigenous people shall be maintained.”the Sámi as Sweden's indigenous people · party programme ↗
»Genom att tillerkänna samer, sverigefinländare, tornedalingar, romer och judar språkliga och etniska rättigheter stärks deras självtillit«“By granting Sámi, Swedish Finns, Tornedalians, Roma and Jews linguistic and ethnic rights their self-confidence is strengthened”recognized minority rights · party programme ↗
»Fri- och rättigheter tillhör individer och aldrig«“Freedoms and rights belong to individuals and never”rights belong to individuals · party programme ↗
»de samiska och tornedalsfinska nationerna«“the Sámi and Torne Valley Finnish nations”recognition of the Torne Valley Finnish nation · party programme ↗
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