A man, E.O., repeatedly physically assaulted his wife, S.M., and threatened to kill her. The Supreme Court ruled in favor of S.M. and expanded the definition of domestic violence in Sweden, stating that the victim’s entire situation is relevant when assessing gross violations of a person’s integrity, not just a single act. The court further ruled that the injurious acts must only be of a type that would typically lead to a serious injury to a person’s self-confidence, as opposed to having led to serious injury to this particular person’s self-confidence.
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Year
2003
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- Jurisdiction