Discrimination Act (2008:567)
- Court / authority
- Riksdag
- Country / jurisdiction
- Sweden
- Date
- 2008
- Case / document number
- SFS 2008:567
- Document type
- Swedish legislation
- Legal area
- Anti-discrimination law
- Relevant provisions
- 1 kap. 4 §; 1 kap. 5 §; 2 kap. 5 §; 2 kap. 13 §
Summary
Prohibits direct and indirect discrimination on grounds including religion or other belief, in education and in the supply of public services.
Legal significance
Whether ethical veganism falls within 'other belief' (annan trosuppfattning) has not been settled by a Swedish supreme court ruling.
Relevance to the right to vegan food
The principal statutory route for a complaint to the Equality Ombudsman. FFVR's position that ethical veganism is covered is legal argument, not settled law.
Current legal status
In force; scope in this respect untested.
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