Areas of responsibility

• Legislation

  The Ministry of Justice deals with a considerable amount of legislation and has overall responsibility within the Government Offices for ensuring the quality of legislation.

• The Judicial System

  The judicial system usually refers to the authorities and agencies responsible for the rule of law and legal safety.

• Criminal Matters

  The Government acts as sole judicial authority pronouncing decisions in about 1500 criminal matters every year.

• International Judicial Cooperation

  Tasks undertaken by the Ministry of Justice in connection with international judicial cooperation include reception, scrutiny and forwarding of requests to and from Sweden in matters concerning for example international legal assistance in criminal matters and extradition for criminal offences.

• Strategy to meet the threat of terrorism

  The fight against terrorism demands enhanced cooperation across national frontiers and across different policy areas.

• Migration and Asylum Policy

  The migration policy includes refugee and migration policy, as well as voluntary return home and support to return migration.

• The Principle of Public Access

  The principle of public access means that the general public and the mass media - newspapers, radio and television - are to be guaranteed an unimpeded view of activities pursued by the government and local authorities.

• Plain Language Work

  For the past 30 years, the Swedish government has been working to make the communication between the administration and the public more effective.