CENTRUM FÖR RÄTTVISA v. SWEDEN JUDGMENT
In the case of Centrum för rättvisa v. Sweden,
The European Court of Human Rights, sitting as a Grand Chamber
composed of:
Robert Spano, President,
Jon Fridrik Kjølbro,
Angelika Nußberger,
Paul Lemmens,
Yonko Grozev,
Vincent A. De Gaetano,
Paulo Pinto de Albuquerque,
Faris Vehabović,
Iulia Antoanella Motoc,
Carlo Ranzoni,
Mārtiņš Mits,
Gabriele Kucsko-Stadlmayer,
Marko Bošnjak,
Tim Eicke,
Darian Pavli,
Erik Wennerström,
Saadet Yüksel, judges,
and Søren Prebensen, Deputy Grand Chamber Registrar,
Having deliberated in private on 11 July, 4 and 6 September 2019 and on
17 February 2021,
Delivers the following judgment, which was adopted on the lastmentioned 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 a Swedish foundation, Centrum för rättvisa (“the
applicant”), on 14 July 2008.
2. The applicant was represented by Mr F. Bergman and Ms A. Evans,
lawyers practising in Stockholm. The Swedish Government (“the
Government”) were represented by their Agent, Ms E. Hammarskjöld,
Director General for Legal Affairs, Ministry for Foreign Affairs.
3. The applicant alleged that the Swedish legislation and practice in the
field of signals intelligence violated its rights under Article 8 of the
Convention and that it did not have an effective remedy in this regard,
contrary to Article 13 of the Convention.
4. The application was allocated to the Third Section of the Court (Rule
52 § 1 of the Rules of Court). On 1 November 2011 (admissibility) and
14 October 2014 (admissibility and merits) the application was
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