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European Committee of Social Rights has again decided on the low level of social security in Finland
Feb 27, 2023
The European Committee of Social Rights (ECSR) stated in its decision published on 15 February 2023 that the level of Finland's social security is still too low. The complaint filed in 2018 targeted…
The Human Rights Centre gave another statement on the European Court of Human Rights' forced medicine judgment – the Council of Europe's Department for the Execution of Judgments visited Finland due to delays in execution of judgments
Feb 6, 2023
The Human Rights Centre discussed with representatives of the Department for the Execution of Judgments of the European Court of Human Rights about Finland's delays in the national execution of…
Balance between centralisation and fragmentation considered in the background paper on human rights and equality institutions in Europe
Jan 18, 2023
The way in which human rights institutions, equality and specialised bodies are set up at the national level in European countries varies. In some countries, the model chosen is centralised while in…
CEDAW Committee gave Finland recommendations on the realisation of the rights of women
Nov 4, 2022
The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW Committee) gave Finland recommendations on the realisation of the rights of women on the 31st of October 2022. The…
Balance between centralization and fragmentation? Background paper on human rights and equality institutions and standards in Europe published
Nov 4, 2022
The way in which human rights institutions, equality and specialized bodies are set up at the national level in European countries varies. In some countries, the model chosen is centralized while in…
The Human Rights Delegation calls on the Government to take action to protect human rights defenders at risk
Oct 10, 2022
Increasingly often, the defenders of human rights face serious danger in their work even in regions neighbouring Finland. In 2021, the EU Human Rights Defenders Mechanism saw an unprecedented increase…
Invitation to the Finnish Human Rights Centre’s side-event on rights of older persons belonging to minorities and indigenous peoples
Sep 8, 2022
The Human Rights Centre organizes a side-event in connection with the 51st session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva. The side-event focuses on the rights of older persons belonging to minorities and indigenous peoples, such as the Sámi.
Statement: realizing the rights of victims of human trafficking requires closer cooperation and sufficient resources
Aug 31, 2022
The Human Rights Centre gave the Ministry of Foreign Affairs a statement on the third monitoring round of the Council of Europe Anti-Trafficking Convention. Central goals of the Anti-Trafficking…
Report: The Human Rights Centre submitted draft recommendations to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child
Aug 15, 2022
The draft recommendations were given for the consideration of the Finnish Government's periodic report on the implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. In its report, the Human…
CERD: Finland has violated the rights of Sámi guaranteed in the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination
Jun 22, 2022
The UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) adopted an opinion on a matter concerning eligibility to Sámi electoral roll on 13 June 2022. The opinion was the first ever opinion…
FRA: Fostering social rights is the key to EU recovery from Covid-19
Jun 14, 2022
The European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) has published its Fundamental Rights Report 2022. FRA’s Fundamental Rights Report 2022 reflects on the developments and shortfalls of human…
Human Rights Centre Annual Report for 2021 has been published
Jun 3, 2022
In 2021, the fundamental and human rights effects of the corona pandemic began to intensify. The Human Rights Centre closely followed these developments in its work and made recommendations to the…
Resources of the National Non-Discrimination and Equality Tribunal still insufficient – ECRI’s mid-term evaluation published
May 13, 2022
In August 2019, in its fifth country report on Finland, the European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI) issued 20 recommendations for the prevention of racism and intolerance. The…
The Human Rights Centre and the Finnish National Human Rights Institution 10 years – work for fundamental and human rights and the rule of law more important than ever
Mar 1, 2022
March 2022 marks the tenth anniversary of the founding of the Finnish Human Rights Centre (HRC), which is connected to the Office of the Parliamentary Ombudsman. The beginning of the Human Rights…
The Director of Human Rights Centre Sirpa Rautio elected as Chair of European Network of National Human Rights Institution (ENNHRI)
Dec 8, 2021
The Director of Human Rights Centre Sirpa Rautio was elected as a Board Member and Chair to the European Network of National Human Rights Institutions (ENNHRI) by ENNHRI´s General Assembly on the 3rd…
Human Rights Centre provided ECRI information in the interim follow-up process of the fifth monitoring round
Sep 10, 2021
Human Rights Centre provided the European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI) information in the interim follow-up process of the fifth monitoring round on the 27th of August 2021. ECRI…
Press release: Report on the Primacy provision of Section 106 of the Constitution and the requirement of evident conflict
Aug 18, 2021
The Human Rights Centre’s publication Primacy provision of Section 106 of the Constitution and the requirement of evident conflict − is it time for a change? discusses the need for change related to…
The Human Rights Centre gave a statement on the CoE Committee of Ministers' draft recommendation on combating hate speech
Aug 11, 2021
The Human Rights Centre gave on 6 August 2021 a statement on the Council of Europe Committee of Ministers' draft recommendation on combating hate speech. In its statement the Human Rights Centre draw…
Delays in implementation of pending cases of the European Court of Human Rights and the European Committee of Social Rights concerning Finland need to be clarified
Aug 3, 2021
Updated on 21 December 2021 The Human Rights Centre sent a letter to the Minister for Foreign Affairs Pekka Haavisto on 28 June 2021 bringing up the worrying fact that there are several pending cases…