At the European level, the Swedish example has frequently been cited in discussions around truth and reconciliation processes (TRPs) concerning Roma and policies against antigypsyism. Based on desk research and interviews with key Romani and non-Romani actors, this report puts the Swedish Commission against Antiziganism (the Commission) into context and analyses its impacts and limitations. Its background was the major state inquiry, Roma Rights (SOU, 2010, No 55), which urged a combination of measures to achieve equality for the national minority of Roma:

• a truth commission on historical abuses against Roma in Sweden, aiming for proposals for historical justice such as collective material compensation, and immaterial redress such as the state declaring historical responsibility;
• comprehensive measures against all forms of antigypsyism;
• implementation of a 20-year strategy for Roma inclusion;
• establishment of a permanent secretariat for Roma issues, to give Roma actual monitoring power and influence over the inclusion policy.