Personnel at the Human Rights Centre

Director

Sirpa Rautio

  • Director of the Human Rights Centre
  • Chair of the Human Rights Delegation
  • Chair of ENNHRI, member of the board of GANHRI

Assistant

Minna Haapaniemi

  • Events
  • Invoicing

Experts

Sanna Ahola

  • Rights of Older Persons
  • Rights of Persons with Disabilities

Mikko Joronen (in work exchange at the Non Discrimination Ombudsman's office until 2023)

Miro Järnefelt

  • Communications Specialist

Leena Leikas

  • Monitoring the implementation of fundamental and human rights
  • Debuty to the Director
  • Secretary of the Human Rights Delegation
  • Chair of ENNHRI Legal Working Group

Susan Villa 

  • Communications and advocacy
  • Junior Experts Program
  • Business and Human Rights
  • Media freedom, human rights defenders

Elina Hakala

  • Adviser to the Director in matters relating to ENNHRI chairmanship and international cooperation
  • National human rights structures
  • Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 

Nitin Sood

  • Rights of Persons with Disabilities
  • Rights of Older Persons

Lauri Sivonen

  • Strategic human rights foresight
  • Human dimension and security

Junior experts

Emmi Kupiainen

  • Monitoring the implementation of fundamental and human rights
  • Climate and environment