Press releases

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Ombudsman: Guarantees of safety in Metro traffic should be enshrined in an Act Helsinki Metro not subject to any external oversight
Helsinki Metro not subject to any external oversight

Regulations concerning temporary driving bans need to be revised
Thousands of decisions each year

Mechanical medication dispending must not cause additional costs for the patient
Equality not implemented

A patient is entitled to a medicine that has been approved for treating their illness
Hospital districts using cancer drug for eye disease

The police should improve their guidelines for preventing child abductions


Municipalities have unlawfully limited distribution of treatment supplies
Ombudsman asks Ministry to intervene in practices

The Ombudsman Sculpture to Jacob Söderman


Police must improve their oversight of the private security sector
Need for clarity in division of labour and legislation

Observation jumpsuits are an intervention in prisoner's fundamental rights
Ombudsman: Legislator should adopt a stance on the matter

Granting permission for scrap vessel Onyx to leave did not breach Finland's international obligations
   

A municipality's services must safeguard fundamental rights
Deputy-Ombudsman  adopts stance on practices at indoor swimming baths in three municipalities

TV news in Sámi should be broadcast at better time
News bulletin now aired late at night

Ombudsman issued decisions on record number of complaints last year


Health centre violated patient's personal liberty
Ombudsman recommends recompense

Ombudsman concerned about proposed plea-bargaining system
Equality and justice in jeopardy

Ombudsman requests reports in CIA rendition flights case Press release: Ombudsman requests reports in CIA rendition flights case


A tax refund must not be distrained without a notification to the debtor


Unemployment funds must transparently provide information about their membership alternatives


Amendment to coercive measures act does not provide sufficient protection under the law in house searches


The English Summary of the Annual Report 2011 published


Deputy-Ombudsman Sakslin requests reports on care services for the elderly in Espoo


City of Jyväskylä and service provider rebuked by Ombudsman
Elderly person in home care was left for days in a helpless condition

Maija Sakslin to head European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights


Serious problems and legally unclear issues in privatised interest representation services
Ombudsman asks Ministry of Justice for report

Kela issued information on unlawful processing times
Ombudsman requests explanation

Ombudsman: Prevention of prisoner suicides urgently demands guidelines
Improvement needed in information flows and procedures

Economic reasons do not lessen a municipality's responsibility
Vihti should have been quicker to find solutions to a school's interior air problems

No one can be found to execute court judgement ordering destruction of dangerous animal
Regulations inadequate

Digitisation of letter post is legally problematic
Itella's trial was nevertheless not unlawful

Helsinki Social Welfare Department applied act incorrectly
A severely handicapped person's opportunity to take part in day activities could have been jeopardized

Ombudsman presents his annual report for 2011 to the speaker of the Eduskunta


Compensation for unfounded deprivations of liberty


Tasks that assist taxation should be statutorily regulated
Itella handles optical reading of taxation data only on a contractual basis

Deputy-Ombudsman examining methods used by fifteen municipalities
Restriction measures used by child welfare institutions were not founded in an Act

Even-handedness must be observed in airport security checks


Treatment with respect for human dignity and principles of least harm apply also to provision of information by an authority
 

Decision by Deputy-Ombudsman Sakslin leads to tax refunds
Customs correct about 300 erroneous car tax decisions

An authority must provide information about changes in care location
Jyväskylä and Turku rebuked

Human Rights Delegation broad and diverse in composition


Defence Forces took unduly long to correct wage-payment system


Prosecution ordered by Deputy-Ombudsman Sakslin led to distraint officer being fined


Helsinki provides additional night shelters for homeless
Deputy-Ombudsman receives report from city authorities

Follow-up checks belong to public health care
Patient referred unlawfully to private doctor at his own expense

Publicity of marking criteria matriculation exam should be improved


Ombudsman decided on nearly 4,500 complaints last year
Number of inspection visits doubled

Deputy-ombudsman Sakslin urges expedition of measures to improve status of children that have come to Finland unaccompanied


Council decision on smoking by personnel was implemented unlawfully
Deputy-Ombudsman reprimands Helsinki City Board and Personnel Centre

Arrangement fpr meeting legal representative was unlawful
Helsinki police service criticised

Research centre violated two of its researcher's freedom of speech
Ombudsman reprimands VTT

Ms Sirpa Rautio appointed director of the Human Rights Centre


A recusable police officer must not investigate crime suspicions
Two police services criticised

Police should not have destroyed evidence before trial
Deputy-Ombudsman reprimands superintendent and district court prosecutor

Åland Government interpreted the region's Administrative Procedure Act incorrectly


Overcrowding an impediment to implementing remand custody in Vantaa Prison
Deputy-Ombudsman calls for better cooperation between police and prison    

Education authority can pay compensation for comprehensive school pupil's missing shoes for reasons of fearness


Prison opened and read inmate's letter to newspaper opinion column
Reprimand from Ombudsman for violation of freedom of speech

A authority must present itself under it's own name
Ombudsman?s decision on Trafi and Carea complaints

Ombudsman recommends recompense for delay in judicial review of mental health case
Explication of legislation on compensation for delays in judicial proceedings also recommended

Hospital compensating patient for isolation in conditions that violated human dignity


Police services rebuked for errors in house searches
The legality of a house search can be referred to a district court for adjudication

Recruitement ban imposed by city of Tampere was contrary to equal treatment and non-discrimination
Deputy-Ombudsman issues reprimand to Tampere City Board

Guide dog users were not consulted when their dog was temporarily taken away
Reprimands from Ombudsman

Jari Pirjola appointed to European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) Jari Pirjola appointed to the CPT Committee


A house search may not be conducted in secret
Deputy-Ombudsman gives reprimand to Detective-Inspector

Establishment of Human Rights Centre a historic reform
Ombudsman presents Annual Report for 2010 to the Speaker of the Eduskunta

New legislation changes the way the Ombudsman in Finland investigates complaints
With effect from the beginning of June, the Ombudsman will no longer generally investigate complaints that are made in relation to matters more than two years old. At the same time, an amendment to the Parliamentary Ombudsman Act will add flexibility to investigation of complaints.

New legislation changes the way the Ombudsman in Finland investigates complaints


Court security checks must not jeopardise protection of privacy
Ombudsman finds shortcomings in legal provisions and district court guidelines

Deputy Parliamentary Ombudsman Maija Sakslin joins Executive Board of the European Agency for Fundamental Rights


Church can not require an IT expert to be one of its members
Deputy-Ombudsman draws parishes' attention to the Ecclesiastical Act and fundamental rights

Helsinki Metropolitan Area lacks the round-the-clock on-call dental service that the law requires


Police acted contrary to law when prohibiting wearing of gang vest


Patient's treatment in isolation room violated human dignity
Ombudsman recommends recompense

Ombudsman's decision in "refusal of entry to grandmother's" case


Need for clear guidelines on the language in which patient records ara drafted


Minister Enestam was not misled in drafting of wastewater decree Minister Enestam was not misled in drafting of wastewater decree


Deputy-Ombudsman: Nothing to criticise in non-VAT vehicle tax rebates


Kokkola acted incorrectly in supporting the campaign of some candidates in the 2007 general election


Authorities still unlawfully charging for telephone advice Authorities still unlawfully charging for telephone advice
Reprimand to Ministry of Justice already the second

More than 4,000 complaints to ombudsman last year
Most complaints concerned the police, social welfare and health care, and prisons

Pasi Pölönen appointed substitute Deputy-Ombudsman


Two chief superintendents acted unlawfully in arresting demonstrators


Deputy-Ombudsman Pajuoja cautions about unreliability of police?s quick drug test
Test often gives falsely gives positive result

Ombudsman not responsible for oversight of Bill relating to wastewater


A Regional Environment Centre can recommend the creation of a private nature reserve to protect a rare species
The tortrix moth species Grapholita discretana had been believed extinct in Finland

Parking supervisors do not have official badges, although these have been required since as long ago as 1970
Ombudsman reprimands Ministry of the Interior for negligence

Deputy-Ombudsman criticises assessment of fitness of Utti paratroopers to jump
Doctors not necessarily familiar with special features of aerial jump activities

The Firearms Act should be revised
Provisions allowing the police to take temporary possession of a firearm are unclear.

Treatment Guarantee applies also to Student's Health Care Foundation
Student should have received dental treatment within six months at the latest

University of Helsinki's specialist dentist training is contrary to Decree
Specialisation training for dentists should be uniform in different universities

Shortcomings in handling and storage of corpses
Ombudsman proposes revision of regulations and guidelines

Turku Vocational Institute bans use of bofy piercing jewellery
The prohibition is too general in character and violates students' fundamental rights

School's intoxicant-free programme places pupils in unequal positions
The contract model is open to interpretation

Patients had to wait too long for cataract operation
Ombudsman issues three reprimands to Helsinki and Uusimaa Hospital District for unlawful action

The right to supervise parking can not be given to private persons
A parking supervisor must personally observe a parking offence to be able to impose a fine

Name of hospital unit in Tamperee is in English only
Ombudsman criticises discrimination against national languages

Mould-infested schools have not been renovated with sufficient determination
Deputy-Ombudsman Pajuoja criticises the City of Helsinki

Jyväskylä police service admonished for delay in having police station renovated
Personnel began experiencing symptoms as soon as they moved into new building

Emergency vitreo- and retinal surgery services have not been arranged in Finland
Unlawful guideline issued by the Helsinki University Central Hospital's eye diseases clinic

Ombudsman submitted his annual report for 2009 to Eduskunta Speaker