Inger Österdahl
Professor at Department of Law; Professors, Instructors, Researchers
- Telephone:
- +46 18 471 26 53
- E-mail:
- Inger.Osterdahl@jur.uu.se
- Visiting address:
- Munken 1, Trädgårdsgatan 20
SE-75309 Uppsala
Sweden - Postal address:
- Box 512
751 20 UPPSALA
Biography
Born 1960
LL.D. (1992)
B.A. (1992)
Professor in public international law
Internal appointments
External and International Assignments
Member of the Swedish Foreign Policy Association.
Member of the editorial board of the Nordic Journal of International Law.
Member of the board of the International Law Association (ILA) - Swedish Branch.
Member of The Delegation for International Law and Disarmament
Member of the Subject Council in law with a particular emphasis on public international law, Swedish Defence University
Member of the board of the Special Research Programme at the Swedish Institute of International Affairs
Research and Teaching Interest
Public international law, constitutional EU law, human rights, Swedish constitutional law, the borderland between international and national law and politics, international organizations, freedom of information and the Internet.

Publications
Recent publications
Nato och den svenska konstitutionen
Part of Sverige i Nato, p. 109-133, Dialogos Förlag, 2025
The Regulation of the Internet
Brill Nijhoff, 2025
Studentlitteratur AB, 2024
The Instrument of Government and NATO membership
Part of Regeringsformen 50 år 1974-2024, p. 321-358, Iustus förlag, 2024
Försvarsklausulen i EU-fördraget: I ljuset av Sveriges ansökan om Natomedlemskap
Part of Europapolitisk analys, 2023
All publications
Articles in journal
Försvarsklausulen i EU-fördraget: I ljuset av Sveriges ansökan om Natomedlemskap
Part of Europapolitisk analys, 2023
Expanding Universe: Grotian Moments in the Practice of the UN Security Council
Part of Grotiana, p. 25-54, 2022
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Part of Svensk Juristtidning, p. 973-992, 2022
Part of Svensk Juristtidning, p. 319-338, 2022
Krig eller fred: Om regeringsformens definition av krig
Part of Svensk Juristtidning, svjt.se, p. 261-276, 2021
Part of Nordic Journal of International Law, p. 127-160, 2021
Deployment of armed forces: Swedish constitutional considerations
Part of Nordic Journal of International Law, p. 94-116, 2020
Folkrättsbrott i svenska domstolar: En våldsam utveckling
Part of Svensk Juristtidning, p. 170-192, 2020
The Gentle Legitimiser of the Action of Others
Part of Heidelberg Journal of International Law, p. 699-701, 2019
Part of Heidelberg Journal of International Law - Zeitschrift für Ausländisches öffentliches Recht und Völkerrecht, p. 23-25, 2017
Between 250 Years of Free Information and 20 Years of EU and Internet
Part of Etikk i praksis, p. 27-44, 2016
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Offentlighetsprincipen och den svenska tryck- och yttrandefrihetsmodellen: En ytterligare kommentar
Part of Svensk Juristtidning, p. 503-518, 2016
Offentlighetsprincipen och det internationella samarbetet
Part of Svensk Juristtidning, p. 239-257, 2015
Part of Nordic Journal of International Law, p. 459-486, 2013
Just war, just peace and the jus post bellum
Part of Nordic Journal of International Law, p. 271-294, 2012
Part of Nordic Journal of International Law, p. 25-93, 2011
The Use of Force: Sweden, the Jus ad Bellum and the European Security and Defence Policy
Part of Nordic Journal of International Law, p. 141-188, 2010
What will jus post bellum mean: Of new wine and old bottles
Part of Journal of Conflict and Security Law, p. 1-33, 2009
The Neutral Ally: The European Security and Defence Policy and the Swedish Constitution
Part of Nordic Journal of International Law, p. 95-132, 2009
Vilka konsekvenser får internationaliseringen av det svenska försvaret?
Part of Tvärsnitt, p. 27-30, 2009
Dangerous liaison: The disappearing dichotomy between jus ad bellum and in bello
Part of Nordic Journal of International Law, p. 553-566, 2009
Part of Svensk Juristtidning, p. 654-668, 2009
Har HD hittat en hetsdoktrin? (Has the Supreme Court found a hate speech doctrine?)
Part of Svensk Juristtidning, p. 706-722, 2008
Normprövning ur ett EKMR-perspektiv
Part of Svensk Juristtidning, p. 882-896, 2007
Part of Nordic Journal of Human Rights, p. 259-281, 2007
FN, EU, sanktioner och mänskliga rättigheter - domen i EU:s Förstainstansrätt
Part of Svensk Juristtidning, p. 345-378, 2006
Åke Green och missaktande men inte hatiskt tal
Part of Svensk Juristtidning, p. 213-226, 2006
Part of Nordic Journal of International Law (NJIL), p. 231-260, 2005
The Exception as the Rule: Lawmaking on Force and Human Rights by the UN Security Council
Part of Journal of Conflict & Security Law, p. 1-20, 2005
Part of Nordic Journal of International Law (NJIL), p. 247-263, 2004
Relatively Failed. Troubled Statehood and International Law.
Part of Finnish Yearbook of International Law (FYIL), p. 49-87, 2003
Part of Svensk Juristtidning, p. 894-916, 2002
Part of Nordic Journal of International Law (NJIL), p. 341-372, 2001
Part of Svensk Juristtidning, SvJT: (Swedish Law Review), p. 61-74, 2000
Juridik och politik i EU - en forskningsagenda
Part of Europarättslig Tidskrift, p. 235-255, 1999
Part of Common Market Law Review, p. 1059-1077, 1999
Part of Finnish Yearbook of International Law (FYIL), p. 103-140, 1999
Openness v. Secrecy: Public Access to Documents in Sweden and the European Union
Part of European Law Review, p. 336-356, 1998
Part of Review of the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights, p. 132-150, 1998
Bananas and Treaty-Making Powers. Current Issues in the External Trade Law of the European Union
Part of Minnesota Journal of Global Trade, p. 473-532, 1997
Part of Nordic Journal of International Law (NJIL), p. 241-271, 1997
Part of Svensk Juristtidning, p. 616-631, 1994
Part of Tidsskrift for Rettsvitenskap, p. 661-722, 1994
Part of Svensk Juristtidning, p. 134-169, 1993
Part of Svensk Juristtidning, p. 820-828, 1991
Books
The Regulation of the Internet
Brill Nijhoff, 2025
Iustus, Uppsala, 2002
Threat to the Peace. The Interpretation by the Security Council of Article 39 of the UN Charter
Iustus, Uppsala, 1998
La France dans l'Afrique de l'après-guerre froide: Interventions et justifications
Nordiska Afrikainstitutet, 1997
Chapters in book
Nato och den svenska konstitutionen
Part of Sverige i Nato, p. 109-133, Dialogos Förlag, 2025
The Instrument of Government and NATO membership
Part of Regeringsformen 50 år 1974-2024, p. 321-358, Iustus förlag, 2024
Agenda 2030 as a source of law: Different shades of soft
Part of Hållbarhet i rättsligt perspektiv, p. 355-384, Iustus förlag, 2023
Part of Law, AI and Digitalisation, p. 179-203, Iustus förlag, 2022
Part of Due Diligence in the International Legal Order, p. 234-251, Oxford University Press, 2020
Informationsfriheten enligt Europakonventionen
Part of Ord och rätt, p. 715-722, eddy.se, 2020
Article 7 TEU and the Rule of Law Mechanism: A dissuasive weapon or a paper tiger?
Part of The Authority of EU Law, p. 241-260, Springer, 2019
Folkrättsbrott i svenska domstolar: En våldsam utveckling
Part of Vänbok till Lena Holmqvist, p. 357-381, Iustus förlag, 2019
After Lisbon: The New Legal Framework for the EU Common Foreign and Security Policy
Part of European Union, p. 42-63, Edward Elgar Publishing, 2018
Introducing 250 years of transparency
Part of Transparency in the future, p. 9-17, Ragulka förlag, 2017
Part of Transparency in the Future, p. 109-135, Ragulka, 2017
Transparency as Part of a European Rule of Law
Part of Strengthening the Rule of Law in Europe, p. 61-79, Hart Publishing Ltd, 2016
Den nya rättsliga ramen för EU:s utrikes- och säkerhetspolitik efter Lissabon
Part of EU och de nya säkerhetshoten, p. 57-83, Santérus Förlag, 2016
Swedish use of force and the international legal framework: The legacy of Afghanistan
Part of The Swedish Presence in Afghanistan, p. 55-77, Routledge, 2016
Part of Information and Law in transition, p. 12-19, Liber förlag, 2015
Transparency versus secrecy in an international context: A Swedish dilemma
Part of Information and Law in Transition, Liber, 2015
Swedish Access to Documents in a European Context
Part of Transparency in the Open Government Era, p. 55-72, IMODEV - L'Institut du Monde et du Développement pour la Bonne Gouvernance Publique, 2015
Part of International Law-making, p. 121-135, Routledge, 2014
Part of International law-making, p. 121-135, Routledge, 2014
Regeringsformen och det internationaliserade svenska försvaret
Part of Regeringsformen 40 år 1974-2014, p. 225-239, Iustus förlag, 2014
Human rights before security in Kadi and beyond
Part of International law and changing perceptions of security, p. 327-345, Brill Academic Publishers, 2014
Collective Security in a Changing Geopolitical Landscape
Part of Regional Organizations and Peacemaking, p. 54-71, Routledge, 2014
The gentle modernizer of the law of armed conflict?
Part of Jus Post Bellum, p. 207-228, Oxford University Press, 2014
Kreativt kaos?: Den svenska rätten möter internationell rätt
Part of Allmänt och enskilt - offentlig rätt i omvandling, p. 469-485, Iustus förlag, 2013
Justice Post Bellum and International Law
Part of Rethinking Peacebuilding, Routledge, 2012
International organizations - institutions and organs
Part of Research handbook on the law of international organisations, p. 156-189, Edward Elgar Publishing, 2011
International Countermeasures against Human Trafficking
Part of Human Trafficking and Human Security, p. 67-92, Routledge, 2009
Part of Law at War, p. 293-313, Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 2008
The International Criminal Court and Collective Security
Part of Peace and Security. Current Challenges in International Law., p. 291-326, Studentlitteratur, Lund, 2004
Ett rättfärdigt krig är ett folkrättsligt tillåtet krig: (A just war is a lawful war)
Part of (O)rättfärdiga krig, p. 69-93, Studentlitteratur, Lund, 2004
The ECJ and Soft Law: Who's Afraid of the EU Fundamental Rights Charter?
Part of Soft Law in Governance and Regulation, p. 37-60, Edward Elgar Publishing, Cheltenham, 2004
The Surprising Originality of the African Charter on Human and People's Rights
Part of Nordic Cosmopolitanism., p. 5-32, Martin Nijhoffs Publishers, Boston, 2003
EU Law and Swedish Law on access on documents - potential contrasts
Part of Anglo-Swedish Studies in Law, Iustus, Uppsala, 1999
Part of Ad Studium et ad Laborem Incitavit Elsa Eschelson, p. 407-427, Iustus, Uppsala, 1997
Collections (editor)
Studentlitteratur AB, 2024
Liber, 2012
Is Intervention Humanitarian?: Protecting Human Rights and Democrary Abroad
Department of Peace and Conflict Research, 2002
Conference proceedings (editor)
Monograph doctoral thesis
1992
Reports
Yes we can, probably: The Swedish position on self-defence against non-state actors in third states
2020
2020
Defer and rule: The relationship between the EU, the European Convention on Human Rights and the UN
2012
The Public-Private in Armed Conflict: The Accountability of Private Security Companies
2010
The Compatibility of Parity Democracy with Swedish Constitutional and Electoral Law
1996
Other
Det betyder EU:s och Natos säkerhetsklausuler
2022
Så kan Ryssland ställas till svars för krigsbrott
2022
Genèvekonventionerna 70 år: Humanitet i en ny tid
2020
Möjligt för ICC att åtala höga statsföreträdare
2017
2010
Rule of Law after War: Ideologies, Norms and Methods for Legal and Judicial Reform
Part of Juridisk tidskrift, p. 744-745, 2009
På tvären: Erfarenheter av samarbete över ämnesgränser
2009
Part of Common market law review, p. 606-607, 2006
Den svåra uppgiften att tvinga fram fred
2006
2006
Internationell rättvisa i Darfur
2006
2006
2006
Part of European Journal of International Law, p. 1042-1047, 2006
2006
Kofi Annans förslag kan rädda FN
2005
De mänskliga rättigheterna måste uppvärderas
2005
Europadomstolen har blivit för populär
2005
Den misstänkte svenske terroristen
2005
Militära interventioner i fredens tjänst
2005
Part of International Organizations Law Review, p. 445-451, 2005
Folkmord och folkrätt i vår tid
2005
Så kan förtroendet för domstolarna räddas
2005
Grundlagen förtjänar att debatteras
2005
Domstolarna hamnar i debattens fokus
2005
Increasing Transparency in the European Union?: Veerle Deckmyn (ed), 2002
Part of Common Market Law Review, p. 275-276, 2004
Nationella domstolar fungerar inte alltid
2004
EU starkt utan gemensam militärmakt
2004
Sverige, NATO och EU:s försvarspolitik
2004
När det är tillåtet att lägga näsan i blöt
2004
2004
2004
Flytta fokus i författningsfrågan
2004
Vår skyldighet att införa euron försvinner inte
2003
2003
2003
Multinationella trupper i Irak
2003
Spelar FN:s säkerhetsråd någon roll?
2003
Vem har makten i det ockuperade Irak?
2003
Irak, kriget och världsordningen
2003
Nytt folkrättsligt kapitel i Irak
2003
An Introduction to International Institutional Law: Jan Klabbers, 2002
Part of Tidskift utgiven av Juridiska föreningen i Finland: (Review of the Society of Law in Finland), p. 693-695, 2003
2003
2003
Gör FN-deklarationen till världens grundlag
2002
2002
Part of Tidsskift for Rettsvitenskap, TfR, p. 318-326, 2001
2001
2001
2001
Part of Tidsskift for Rettsvitenskap, TfR, p. 1108-1111, 2000
2000
The Europeans Union's Foreign and Security Policy: Ramses A. Wessel, 1999
Part of Finnish Yearbook of International Law, FYIL, 2000
Fritt fram för nya anfallskrig
1999
Innföring i folkerett (Introduction to International Law): Morten Ruud og Geir Ulfstein, 1998
Part of Tidsskift for Rettsvitenskap, TfR, p. 506-507, 1999
Part of Tidsskift for Rettsvitenskap, TfR, p. 1010-1011, 1998
Openness and transparency in the European Union: Veerle Deckmyn and Ian Thomson, 1998
Part of European Law Review, p. 498-499, 1998
Part of Tidsskift for Rettsvitenskap, TfR, p. 315-317, 1998
Part of International Journal on Minority and Group Rights, p. 92-97, 1997
1996
1996
Part of Tidsskift for Rettsvitenskap, TfR, p. 739-742, 1995
1994
1994
1994
1994
Havsrätten, gränstvister och Norges olja
1994
FN-stadgans folkrätt (The Law of the UN Charter): Ove Bring, 1992
Part of Tidsskift for Rettsvitenskap, TfR, p. 173-176, 1993
The Power of Legitimacy Among Nations: Thomas M Franck, 1990
Part of Tidsskift for Rettsvitenskap, TfR, p. 263-267, 1992
Perestroika and International Law: W.E Butler (Ed) 1990
Part of Tidsskift for Rettsvitenskap, TfR, p. 334-337, 1991
Change and Stability in the International Law-Making: Antonio Cassese, Joseph H.H Weiler (Eds) 1998
Part of Tidsskift for Rettsvitenskap, TfR, p. 196-198, 1990
International Law and Development: Paul de Waart, Paul Peters, Erik Denters (Eds) 1988
Part of Tidsskift for Rettsvitenskap, TfR, p. 220-224, 1990
Part of Tidsskrift for Rettsvitenskap, TfR, p. 196-198, 1990
Universal Human Rights in the Theory and Practice: Jack Donnelly, 1989
Part of Tidsskift for Rettsvitenskap, TfR, p. 257-259, 1989
Confrontation or Cooperation? International Law and the Developing Countries: R.P Anand
Part of Tidsskrift for Rettsvitenskap, TfR, p. 175-188, 1988
Ingrid Detter de Lupis: The Concept of International Law. Norstedts, Stockholm 1987. 145 s.
Part of Tidsskrift for rettsvitenskap, p. 1020-1022, 1987