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Granström, G., Holm, F. & Mannelqvist, R. (2025). Brottsoffer i rätten – upprättelse genom solidaritet eller strängare straff?. In: Matthias Baier; Håkan Gustafsson; Claes Lernestedt; Niklas Selberg (Ed.), Minnesskrift tillägnad Karl Dahlstrand: (pp. 135-145). Uppsala: Iustus förlag
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Brottsoffer i rätten – upprättelse genom solidaritet eller strängare straff?
2025 (Swedish)In: Minnesskrift tillägnad Karl Dahlstrand / [ed] Matthias Baier; Håkan Gustafsson; Claes Lernestedt; Niklas Selberg, Uppsala: Iustus förlag, 2025, p. 135-145Chapter in book (Other academic)
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Uppsala: Iustus förlag, 2025
Keywords
Brottsoffer, upprättelse, rätt, straff
National Category
Law
Research subject
Law
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-239518 (URN)978-91-7737-306-3 (ISBN)
Available from: 2025-06-03 Created: 2025-06-03 Last updated: 2025-06-04
Holm, F. (2024). Reparations for corporate involvement in war crimes: the Lundin trial and prospects for victims’ justice. Business and Human Rights Journal, 9(3), 402-424
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Reparations for corporate involvement in war crimes: the Lundin trial and prospects for victims’ justice
2024 (English)In: Business and Human Rights Journal, ISSN 2057-0198, E-ISSN 2057-0201, Vol. 9, no 3, p. 402-424Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

In September 2023, the trial at Stockholm District Court against Orrön Energy (previously Lundin Energy) and two corporate directors for complicity in war crimes in Sudan between 1999 and 2003, started. The Lundin case is part of a trend of attempts to hold corporations criminally accountable for their alleged involvement in serious human rights abuses and provides a unique opportunity to assess the possibilities of such attempts in relation to the rights of the victims. This article analyzes how human rights obligations and the objectives of reparations for victims are satisfied by Swedish law and practice in the Lundin trial. It shows that while the law allows victims participating in trial to put forward civil claims, it denies this right to the large number of victims not participating, and the decision early in the Lundin proceedings to separate damage claims from the criminal trial has left the participating victims effectively denied reparations.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Cambridge University Press, 2024
Keywords
corporate criminal accountability, Lundin, Sweden, reparations, victims of international crimes
National Category
Other Legal Research
Research subject
Law
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-234042 (URN)10.1017/bhj.2024.24 (DOI)001395418700001 ()2-s2.0-85215412533 (Scopus ID)
Funder
Riksbankens Jubileumsfond, P22-0805
Available from: 2025-01-13 Created: 2025-01-13 Last updated: 2025-06-03Bibliographically approved
Holm, F. & Holm, J. (2024). Vem ska skydda politikerna? Ett fragmenterat rättsligt skydd för förtroendevalda som möter hot och våld. Svensk Juristtidning, 421-438
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Vem ska skydda politikerna? Ett fragmenterat rättsligt skydd för förtroendevalda som möter hot och våld
2024 (Swedish)In: Svensk Juristtidning, ISSN 0039-6591, p. 421-438Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [sv]

Våld, hot och trakasserier mot förtroendevalda på grund av deras politiska uppdrag är ett allvarligt problem, både för den individ som utsätts och för det demokratiska systemet. Artikeln undersöker vilket ansvar som åvilar olikaaktörer att ge förtroendevalda skydd mot brottsutsatthet och stöd när brott har begåtts. En analys av det rättsliga ramverket visar att förtroendevalda om-fattas av generella regler för brottsoffer, men att aktörernas ansvar för olika kategorier av politiker skiljer sig åt, och att det mer omfattande förebyggande arbete som arbetsmiljölagstiftningen tar sikte på, inte gäller denna grupp. Författarna efterlyser en översyn av det rättsliga ramverket i syfte att åstadkomma likvärdigt skydd och stöd för alla förtroendevalda. 

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Stockholm: Svensk juristtidning, 2024
Keywords
Hot och våld, Politiker, Brott mot politiker, Skydd
National Category
Law
Research subject
public law
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-223693 (URN)
Funder
The Swedish Crime Victim Compensation and Support Authority, Dnr 9942/2022
Available from: 2024-04-24 Created: 2024-04-24 Last updated: 2025-06-03Bibliographically approved
Holm, F. & Granström, G. (2023). Häxan från Grubbe - ett historiskt rättegångsspel. Västerbotten förr & nu
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Häxan från Grubbe - ett historiskt rättegångsspel
2023 (Swedish)In: Västerbotten förr & nu, E-ISSN 2003-6698Article in journal (Other (popular science, discussion, etc.)) Published
Abstract [sv]

Som en del i uppmärksammandet av Umeås 400-årsjubileum arrangerade juridiska institutionen, tillsammans med Umeå kammarmusikförening, den 31 maj 2022 en rättshistorisk afton på hovrätten.  Fanny Holm från juridiska institutionen var en av initiativtagarna och berättar här tillsammans med sin kollega Görel Granström vad som hände när man väckte liv i en rättegång från år 1676 där pigan Karin anklagades för häxeri.

National Category
History
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-204415 (URN)
Note

Publicerad 2023-01-28

Available from: 2023-02-03 Created: 2023-02-03 Last updated: 2025-06-03Bibliographically approved
Holm, F. & Wistrand Johansson, E. (2022). Hanteringen av svenska IS-resenärer i Syrien ur folkrättsligt perspektiv. Svensk Juristtidning (3), 250-277
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Hanteringen av svenska IS-resenärer i Syrien ur folkrättsligt perspektiv
2022 (Swedish)In: Svensk Juristtidning, ISSN 0039-6591, no 3, p. 250-277Article in journal (Other academic) Published
Abstract [sv]

Så många som 40 000 personer tros ha rest från andra länder för att ansluta sig till IS i Syrien och Irak. Många av dessa s.k. terroristresenärer hålls idag internerade i det kurdiska självstyrets läger i Syrien och bland dem finns män, kvinnor och barn från Sverige. Situationen i lägren väcker en rad folkrättsliga frågor. Artikeln belyser den svenska regeringens agerande utifrån de folkrättsliga ramarna för frihetsberövande, straffrättsligt ansvarsutkrävande och repatriering av medborgare. Den visar att den svenska hanteringen av lägren präglats av ambivalens, och diskuterar om detta kan förklaras utifrån de folkrättsliga normernas vaghet och motstridighet, sambandet med internationell terrorism och den aktuella inrikespolitiska debatten

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Uppsala: Svensk juristtidning, 2022
Keywords
IS foreign terrorist fighters, folkrätt
National Category
Law
Research subject
Law
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-193678 (URN)
Available from: 2022-04-11 Created: 2022-04-11 Last updated: 2025-06-03Bibliographically approved
Holm, F. (2022). Successful human rights implementation? Victims of crime and the Swedish example. Nordic Journal of Human Rights, 40(4), 529-548
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Successful human rights implementation? Victims of crime and the Swedish example
2022 (English)In: Nordic Journal of Human Rights, ISSN 1891-8131, E-ISSN 1891-814X, Vol. 40, no 4, p. 529-548Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

Consideration of victims and how best to acknowledge their rights and position in the criminal prosecution process has become an intrinsic part of the drafting and negotiation of new international criminal law instruments. In studies of states’ implementation of international victims’ rights, Sweden often places at the top of the class. This article challenges the concept of successful implementation of human rights norms by critically analysing the conformity of Swedish law with international legal obligations towards victims of crime. It further contributes to existing literature describing the factors that may facilitate or obstruct such implementation, and demonstrates that Sweden’s position as a model of successful implementation is more the result of the historical position given to victims of crime in the country than of its commitment to live up to its international obligations. The article also raises doubt as to the Swedish government’s commitment to assuring that Swedish national law upholds its present conformity with international law norms, protecting victims into the future.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Routledge, 2022
Keywords
Human rights implementation, victims of crime, victims’ rights in Sweden
National Category
Other Legal Research Criminology Law (excluding Law and Society)
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-202017 (URN)10.1080/18918131.2022.2147319 (DOI)000893974700001 ()2-s2.0-85144056946 (Scopus ID)
Available from: 2022-12-29 Created: 2022-12-29 Last updated: 2025-06-03Bibliographically approved
Holm, F. (2021). Extraterritorial Justice: Can Swedish Trials Provide Remedies to Victims of Atrocity Crimes?. Nordic Journal of Human Rights, 39(3), 300-319
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Extraterritorial Justice: Can Swedish Trials Provide Remedies to Victims of Atrocity Crimes?
2021 (English)In: Nordic Journal of Human Rights, ISSN 1891-8131, E-ISSN 1891-814X, Vol. 39, no 3, p. 300-319Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

Accountability for serious human rights violations and atrocity crimes has established itself at the top of the international community’s legal agenda, not least to serve justice to the victims of the crimes. Efforts to refer the atrocities in Syria to the permanent International Criminal Court have been in vain, highlighting the need for third states exercising extra-territorial jurisdiction. Sweden has answered the call to investigate the crimes, and the strong position afforded to victims of crime in the Swedish criminal justice system suggests that it is well-suited to provide them the justice they are entitled to. This article draws on the experiences gained in the seven trials to date in which victims have participated, to assess the extent to which international legal obligations towards the victims are implemented and were accessible to the victims. Through analysis of legal documents and interviews, the author demonstrates that, while the Swedish system has been fulfilling a wide range of international legal obligations towards victims of crime, the remoteness in time and place, the large number of victims involved and other specifics of the investigations and trials, challenge several central aspects of the Swedish system, such as the right to information, support and reparation.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
London: Taylor & Francis, 2021
Keywords
International crimes; atrocity crimes; extraterritorial justice; victims; Sweden
National Category
Other Legal Research Criminology
Research subject
Law
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-191800 (URN)10.1080/18918131.2021.2009650 (DOI)000746210700006 ()2-s2.0-85123600634 (Scopus ID)
Funder
The Swedish Crime Victim Compensation and Support Authority, 3140/2018
Available from: 2022-01-25 Created: 2022-01-25 Last updated: 2025-06-03Bibliographically approved
Holm, F. (2021). Upprättelse för krigets brottsoffer (2ed.). In: Görel Granström, Ruth Mannelqvist (Ed.), Brottsoffer: rättsliga perspektiv (pp. 61-77). Lund: Studentlitteratur AB
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Upprättelse för krigets brottsoffer
2021 (Swedish)In: Brottsoffer: rättsliga perspektiv / [ed] Görel Granström, Ruth Mannelqvist, Lund: Studentlitteratur AB, 2021, 2, p. 61-77Chapter in book (Other academic)
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Lund: Studentlitteratur AB, 2021 Edition: 2
National Category
Law (excluding Law and Society)
Research subject
Law
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-186705 (URN)9789144152493 (ISBN)
Available from: 2021-08-18 Created: 2021-08-18 Last updated: 2021-08-25Bibliographically approved
Holm, F. (2020). Brottsoffer. In: Mark Klamberg (Ed.), Lagföring i Sverige av internationella brott: (pp. 323-346). Stockholm: Jure
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Brottsoffer
2020 (Swedish)In: Lagföring i Sverige av internationella brott / [ed] Mark Klamberg, Stockholm: Jure, 2020, p. 323-346Chapter in book (Other academic)
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Stockholm: Jure, 2020
National Category
Law
Research subject
Law
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-171480 (URN)9789172237902 (ISBN)
Funder
The Swedish Crime Victim Compensation and Support Authority
Available from: 2020-06-02 Created: 2020-06-02 Last updated: 2025-06-03Bibliographically approved
Holm, F. (2020). Den internationella straffrättens ändamål. In: Mark Klamberg (Ed.), Lagföring i Sverige av internationella brott: (pp. 47-54). Stockholm: Jure
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Den internationella straffrättens ändamål
2020 (Swedish)In: Lagföring i Sverige av internationella brott / [ed] Mark Klamberg, Stockholm: Jure, 2020, p. 47-54Chapter in book (Other academic)
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Stockholm: Jure, 2020
National Category
Law
Research subject
Law
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-171479 (URN)9789172237902 (ISBN)
Available from: 2020-06-02 Created: 2020-06-02 Last updated: 2025-06-03Bibliographically approved
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