(Parliamentary) Committee on Justice ( sv, justitieutskottet) (JuU) is a

parliamentary committee A committee or commission is a body of one or more persons subordinate to a deliberative assembly. A committee is not itself considered to be a form of assembly. Usually, the assembly sends matters into a committee as a way to explore them more ...

in the Swedish Riksdag. The committee's main areas of responsibility concern

Judiciary The judiciary (also known as the judicial system, judicature, judicial branch, judiciative branch, and court or judiciary system) is the system of courts that adjudicates legal disputes/disagreements and interprets, defends, and applies the law ...

policies on various different authorities, among other things, the

courts A court is any person or institution, often as a government institution, with the authority to adjudicate legal disputes between parties and carry out the administration of justice in civil, criminal, and administrative matters in accor ...

, Prosecution Authority, the Police Authorities, the Prison and Probation Service, along with matters that concern the criminal code, the Code of Judicial Procedure, and laws that replace or are closely related to regulations that concern these areas. Since 2022, the chairman of the committee is

Richard Jomshof ''Richard'' Johannes Jomshof, né ''Lohikoski'', (born 6 July 1969 in Helsingborg) is a Swedish politician affiliated with the Sweden Democrats (SD) party and former pop musician. He serves as party secretary of the Sweden Democrats and has bee ...

of the

Sweden Democrats The Sweden Democrats ( sv , Sverigedemokraterna ; SD ) is a nationalist and right-wing populist political party in Sweden. As of 2022, it is the largest member of Sweden's right-wing governing bloc to which it provides confidence and supply ...

and the deputy chairman of the committee is

Ardalan Shekarabi Ardalan Shekarabi ( fa, اردلان شکرآبی; born 28 November 1978) is a Swedish politician and former party chairman. He was appointed Minister for Social Security in October 2019, and had previously served as Minister for Public Adminis ...

of the

Social Democrats Social democracy is a political, social, and economic philosophy within socialism that supports political and economic democracy. As a policy regime, it is described by academics as advocating economic and social interventions to promote s ...

List of speakers for the committee

List of vice-speakers for the committee

References

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External links

Riksdag - Justitieutskottet
Riksdag - Justice Committee Committees of the Riksdag Parliamentary committees on Justice