SwedenMänskliga rättigheter, jämställdhet, barns rätt 7 · Human rights, gender equality, children's rights
The European Convention on Human Rights (Europakonventionen) applies as law in Sweden. Which organisation drew up the convention?
In the exam (Swedish)
Europakonventionen om de mänskliga rättigheterna gäller som lag i Sverige. Vilken organisation har tagit fram konventionen?
- aThe European Union (EU)Europeiska unionen (EU)
- bThe Council of EuropeEuroparådetCorrect answer
- cThe Nordic CouncilNordiska rådet
- dNATONato
Why?
The European Convention was created within the Council of Europe (Europarådet), an organisation for human rights and democracy that has more member countries than the EU. The convention has been Swedish law since 1995.
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