 Their submission stated that the judiciary were misinterpreting the law, and that this should be recognised and corrected.In support of this, they cited a 2001 case
in which it was held that the law did not provide a woman with a civil right to damage awards from a purchaser in a sexual transaction.Among this group of thirteen petitioners, were the Swedish Association of Women's Shelters and Young Women's Empowerment Centres (one of the two national umbrella shelter-organisations), the Social Democrat's Women's Federation ("S-Kvinnor"), and the immigrant-oriented women's shelter "Terrafem".