CENTRUM FÖR RÄTTVISA v. SWEDEN JUDGMENT
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In the case of Centrum för rättvisa v. Sweden,
The European Court of Human Rights (Third Section), sitting as a
Chamber composed of:
Branko Lubarda, President,
Helena Jäderblom,
Helen Keller,
Pere Pastor Vilanova,
Alena Poláčková,
Georgios A. Serghides,
Jolien Schukking, judges,
and Stephen Phillips, Section Registrar,
Having deliberated in private on 29 May 2018,
Delivers the following judgment, which was adopted on that date:
PROCEDURE
1. The case originated in an application (no. 35252/08) against the
Kingdom of Sweden lodged with the Court under Article 34 of the
Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms
(“the Convention”) by Centrum för rättvisa on 14 July 2008.
2. The Swedish Government (“the Government”) were represented by
their Agent, Mr A. Rönquist, Ministry for Foreign Affairs.
3. The applicant alleged that Swedish legislation and practice in the field
of signals intelligence have violated and continue to violate its rights under
Article 8 of the Convention. It also complained that it has had no effective
domestic remedy through which to challenge this violation.
4. On 1 November 2011 (admissibility) and 14 October 2014
(admissibility and merits) the application was communicated to the
Government.
5. On 14 October 2014 the International Commission of Jurists,
Norwegian Section, was granted leave to submit written comments, under
Rule 44 § 3 of the Rules of the Court.
THE FACTS
I. INTRODUCTION
6. The applicant, Centrum för rättvisa, is a Swedish foundation which
was established in 2002 and which has its seat in Stockholm. A
not-for-profit organisation, its stated objective is to represent clients, in