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The Ombudsman against Discrimination on grounds of Sexual Orientation has ceased to exist. On 1 January 2009 the Ombudsman was merged with the other Ombudsmen against discrimination into a new body: the Swedish Equality Ombudsman. The previously existing acts against discrimination were also replaced with a new Discrimination Act. Some of the material on this website may therefore be out of date. For more information, see: www.do.se
Armed forces – Employment – Promotion The armed forces internal recruitment policy for military attachés (Commander-in-Chief document HKV 2000-12-14 19 443 76998) stated that “It is a requirement for service as a military attaché that the person concerned is married, both for social and security reasons. The wife’s education and interests have a considerable impact on performance of the attaché’s duties, and this must be taken into account in the selection process. Special emphasis is placed on the wife’s language skills, since this enables her, in particular, to help to establish contacts”. The Ombudsman decided to examine whether the above document containing guidelines for the selection, posting, etc. of military attachés discriminated on the grounds of sexual orientation. In response, the C-in-C admitted that the wording in the passage in question was old-fashioned and that individual qualifications must be the decisive factor for the posting of military attachés, and not sex or sexual orientation. The C-in-C’s statement also indicated that the guidelines mentioned above had been revised as a result of decision HKV 2001-10-09 19 443:71974. The new wording of this paragraph now read: “For social and security reasons, it is appropriate that military attachés have permanent and stable family circumstances. Special emphasis is placed on the accompanying partner’s language skills and social competence, since this enables him/her, in particular, to help to establish contacts”. The Ombudsman concluded that the new wording of the Armed Forces policy for military attachés meant that it could no longer be regarded as discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation. (Decision of 29 October 2001, Dossier No. 209/01) |
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