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Finland’s national human rights institution retained the highest accreditation status
28.3.2025
Finland’s national human rights institution consists of the Human Rights Centre and its Human Rights Delegation together with the Parliamentary Ombudsman. The institution's accreditation status is…
Regulation on high-quality services for older persons and their right to self-determination should be developed to realise older persons’ rights
19.3.2025
On 19 March, the Human Rights Centre discussed the realisation of older persons’ rights in Finland with Claudia Mahler, United Nations Independent Expert on the Enjoyment of all Human Rights by Older…
Study: Systematic consideration of human rights in companies working in social and health care sector must be strengthened
25.11.2024
In recent years, corporate responsibility for human rights has emerged as a visible theme in the public debate, and its regulation is developing rapidly. The Human Rights Centre's study Responsible…
Human Rights Centre developed human rights foresight in 2023
4.6.2024
2023 was marked by concerning developments in the international security situation, and security issues also came to the fore in national debate and politics. During the year, the Human Rights Centre…
Report: Anti-Semitism has risen in Finland over the past five years
22.5.2024
Experiences and views of anti-Semitism in Finland – A report on discrimination and hate crime targeting Jews’ is a new report indicating that the majority of people who identify as Jews feel that…
Jarna Petman appointed as new Director of the Human Rights Centre
30.4.2024
After consulting the Constitutional Law Committee, Parliamentary Ombudsman Petri Jääskeläinen has appointed Jarna Petman as the new Director of the Human Rights Centre. The Director’s term of office…
The report on human rights foresight identifies threats faced by human rights actors
16.4.2024
The Human Rights Centre's report on human rights foresight maps the field of human rights foresight and offers tools for developing human rights actors' foresight capabilities and resilience. The…
Study: The weak human rights expertise of Finnish decision-makers and authorities worries experts
3.4.2024
Obstacles to the implementation of the rights guaranteed by the UN human rights treaties in Finland are mainly related to lack of awareness and competence, political selection in the rights that will…
Director of the Human Rights Centre Sirpa Rautio to become Director of the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights
19.12.2023
In its meeting of 14–15 December, the Management Board of the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) chose Sirpa Rautio, Director of the Human Rights Centre as the Director of the EU…
Report: Human rights foresight offers ways to identify challenges facing human rights in the future
23.11.2023
The Human Rights Centre's report on human rights foresight maps the field of human rights foresight and offers tools for developing human rights actors' foresight capabilities and resilience. The…
Highlighting the voice of young people in the discussion about human rights
1.11.2023
The first term of the Young Experts Programme of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) strengthened the voice of young people in fundamental and human rights issues. The aim of the first term (1 February–31…
In its 2022 activities, the HRC paid particular attention to enhancing the national implementation of decisions made by international monitoring bodies
2.10.2023
In 2022, the Human Rights Centre strengthened the knowledge base on the state of fundamental and human rights in Finland and developed systematic national monitoring of fundamental and human rights.…
Submission: The Human Rights Centre provided additional information to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child
8.5.2023
As part of the periodic reporting on the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, last autumn the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) asked the Finnish Government questions about the…
Submission: The Human Rights Centre assessed the Government’s interim report on the Istanbul Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence
5.4.2023
In 2020, the Committee of the Parties to the Istanbul Convention issued several recommendations to Finland for strengthening the implementation of the Istanbul Convention. In February 2023, Finland…
Council of Europe's Committee of Ministers deeply concerned over delay in execution of forced medication judgment
14.3.2023
The Council of Europe’s Committee of Ministers held its quarterly meeting to oversee the execution of judgments from the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) from 7 to 9 March. In its decision…
European Committee of Social Rights has again decided on the low level of social security in Finland
27.2.2023
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
6.2.2023
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
18.1.2023
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
4.11.2022
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…