Press releases 2012

32 matches

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