Paul Lappalainen

I am a Swedish and American jurist and have worked on discrimination and equality policy and enforcment in various capacities for many years. By way of example, I was the assistant secretary in "Count on Diversity!" (Räkna med mångfald! SOU 1997:174), head of the government inquiry "The Blue and Yellow Glass House: Structural Discrimination in Sweden" (Det blågula huset: strukturell diskriminering i Sverige SOU 2005:56) and an expert in "A Comprehensive Discrimination Legislation" (En sammanhållen diskrimineringslagstiftning SOU 2006:22). I have also been an advisor to UNESCO's European Coalition of Cities Against Racism and a senior advisor to the Swedish Equality Ombudsman. I am currently working on a PhD thesis - Achieving Equality in Sweden and the Key Roles of Access to Justice and Civil Society: A Comparative Analysis. Recently released: Country report Non-discrimination Sweden 2018 för the European network of legal experts in gender equality and non-discrimination.

I am a Swedish Expert for European Network of Experts in Gender Equality and Non-Discrimination, a board member for Local Unesco Collaboration Sweden, and for the International Commission of Jurists. I was Sweden's Deputy Member for the European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI).