Penumbra Suecica
Den negativa fo?reningsfriheten i Sverige mo?ter Margin of appreciation
SwedenState of exceptionNegative freedom of associationMargin of appreciationCultural relativismThe Swedish modelHuman rightsUniversalismSverigeUndantagstillståndetNegativ föreningsfrihetMargin of appreciationKulturrelativismDen svenska modellenMänskliga rättigheterUniversalism
This paper discusses if Margin of Appreciation is compatible with the idea of universal human rights. Through the case of Negative freedom of association in Sweden, it studies the phenomenon that Giorgio Agamben has called the State of exception.The questions that are discussed and answered are 1) How does the rights theories of Jack Donnelly and Ronald Dworkin relate to Margin of appreciation, and 2) How has Margin of appreciation been applied in cases concerning the negative freedom of association in Sweden, in the European court for human rights. These questions and answers are then used in the discussion on how Margin of appreciation affects the concept of universal human rights.