Lexalilaw

Areas of practice

The Convention is only as strong as those willing to invoke it.

Lexalilaw concentrates its work in three closely related disciplines. Each is selected because it is where the European Convention on Human Rights most often meets the limits of Swedish domestic justice.

01

Children's Rights

Article 8 ECHR · UN Convention on the Rights of the Child

Cases concerning the Swedish social services and the protection of family life — including challenges to compulsory care orders (LVU), placement decisions, and contact restrictions.

  • Compulsory care under LVU and the right to family life
  • Removal of custody and placement of minors
  • Restrictions on parental contact and visitation
  • Failure to investigate or remedy alleged abuse
  • Cross-border parental responsibility disputes

02

Human Rights

Articles 3, 5, 6, 8, 13, 14 ECHR

Representation of individuals subjected to treatment by Swedish authorities that engages a substantive Convention right — from procedural fairness to dignity in detention.

  • Inhuman or degrading treatment by state agents
  • Unlawful or arbitrary deprivation of liberty
  • Denial of a fair trial within a reasonable time
  • Privacy, surveillance, and data-protection breaches
  • Discrimination on prohibited grounds

03

Strasbourg Litigation

ECtHR Rules of Court · Practice Directions

End-to-end conduct of applications to the European Court of Human Rights, from initial admissibility to judgment, supervised execution, and friendly settlement.

  • Drafting of the application form within the four-month deadline
  • Compliance with the exhaustion of domestic remedies
  • Written observations and oral hearings
  • Just satisfaction claims under Article 41
  • Liaison with the Committee of Ministers on execution

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