Back No. 227/2023 Amnesty International and Médecins du Monde – International v. Sweden

The complaint was registered on 19 June 2023. It relates to Articles 11 (the right to protection of health) and 13 (the right to social and medical assistance) as well as Article E (non-discrimination) in conjunction with each of the aforementioned provisions of the revised European Social Charter. The complainant organisations allege that in Sweden, EU migrants, including vulnerable Roma citizens of other European Union countries, are being routinely denied necessary healthcare, have been billed the full amount for necessary healthcare, or have had to abstain from necessary healthcare out of fear for costs, in breach of the aforementioned provisions of the Charter.

​​ Case-document No. 1, Complaint registered on 19 June 2023 

 Case-document No. 2, Observations of the Government on admissibility  

 Case-document No. 3, Submissions of the Government on the merits

 The European Committee of Social Rights declared the complaint admissible on 6 December 2023.

 Decision on admissibility of the Complaint No. 227/2023 

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