As regards international public law generally, Sweden has adopted the dualistic, rather than monistic, principle, entailing that international conventions must be enacted as Swedish law in order to be given effect as national law. When Sweden has ratified an international convention involving labour law norms without enacting the convention as national law, the ratification is considered to create a presumption that current national law is in conformance with the convention’s norms. However, individuals cannot assert the rights, only states, under any international instrument not yet enacted as Swedish law.