A Contextual Element through the Back Door: The Swedish L.I. case and the Collective Nature of Genocide

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Tolga Dogan is an LL.M. Candidate in International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights at the Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights. He holds an LL.B. in International and European Law from The Hague University of Applied Sciences, with a specialization in Public International Law and International Criminal Law.

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A Contextual Element through the Back Door: The Swedish L.I. case and the Collective Nature of Genocide

December 11, 2025

Tolga Dogan

On 11 November 2025, a Swedish Court of Appeal upheld in its entirety the Stockholm District Court’s judgment in the case of L.I., delivered in February 2025. L.I., a Swedish national, had been convicted of crimes against humanity, war crimes and genocide committed against the Yazidi ethno-religious minority in Raqqa, Syria between 2014 and 2015. These…