SAKSLIN, Maija Kaarina

Born in Helsinki 1960

Education

Upper Secondary School Graduate, Pohjois-Haagan yhteiskoulu 1979

Bachelor of Laws, University of Helsinki 1986
Licentiate of Laws, University of Helsinki 2000

Career

Office of the Parliamentary Ombudsman

Deputy-Ombudsman 2014 -
Deputy-Ombudsman 2010 - 2014
Fixed-term Advisor 1997 -1998

Leading Senior Researcher

Researcher, Research and Development Unit 1991 -1999
Researcher, University of Helsinki Institute of International Law 1993 - 1996
Project Manager, Kela’s Research and budget development unit 1993 - 1994, 1994 - 1996
Project Manager, Kela’s secretariat 1991 - 1993
Acting Assistant for Constitutional Law, University of Helsinki 1989 - 1991

Legal Counsel, Instrumentarium Oy, 1986 - 1988

Expert positions

EU Agency for Fundamental Rights

Chair of the Management Board 2012 - 2015
Chair of the Board of Directors 2012 -2015
Member of the FRA Management Board 2010 -2015
Member of the Budget Committee 2010 - 2012
Member of the Human Rights Delegation 2012 - 2016

Expert member of the Government’s Parliamentary Constitutional Review Committee 2008

Expert member of the Ministry of Justice Constitution 2008 working group 2008 

Member of the Ministry of Justice appointed working group to investigate the enactment of the new Constitution 2001 - 2002

Member of the management team and national expert for trESS (Organising Training and Setting Up Networks on the European Co-ordination of Social Security Systems) 2005 - 2007

Member of the Editorial Board and Nation Expert for the European Observatory on Social Security for Migrant Workers researcher network 2000 - 2004.

Member of the Social protection in Europe. Convergence? Integration. Accession and the free movement of labour 2001 - 2004 network.

Part-time Secretary of the Fundamental Rights Committee 1990 - 1992

Positions of trust

Member of the Faculty of Law Advisory Board,
University of Helsinki 2011-2013
Member of the board for the Finnish Society of Constitutional Law 1992 -

Publications

Sosiaali- ja terveysturva Euroopan unionin perusoikeuskirjassa. In the publication Nieminen, L. Perusoikeudet EU:ssa. Helsinki 2001.

Kansallisista perusoikeuksista yhteisön oikeudeksi. In the publication Länsineva P, Viljanen V-P. Perusoikeuspuheenvuoroja. Turku 1998.

Suomen hallitusmuodon sosiaaliset perusoikeudet - osa kansallista ja EU:n jäsenvaltioiden yhteistä valtiosääntöperinnettä. Lakimies 5 - 6, 1998.

Euroopan unionin oikeus sosiaalisten oikeuksien turvana. In the publication Kanninen H. et al. Puhuri käy. Muuttuva suomalainen ja eurooppalainen valtiosääntömme. Edita, Helsinki 2009, p. 363 - 388.

Potilaan oikeus hakeutua sairaanhoitoon valitsemaansa jäsenvaltioon - EY:n tuomioistuimen tulkintakannanotoista unionin jäsenvaltioiden oikeudeksi. In the publication Kaila H. et al. Yksilön oikeusasema Euroopan unionissa. Turku, Åbo 2008.

Sosiaaliturvajärjestelmien yhteensovittaminen Euroopan unionissa. In the publication Ojanen T, Haapea A. EU-oikeuden perusteita II - aineellisen EU-oikeuden aloja ja ulottuvuuksia. Edita Publishing Oyj 2007.

The Concept of Residence and Social Security: Reflections on Finnish, Swedish and Community Legislation. European Journal of Migration and Law, 2000. Kluwer Academic Publishers.

Social security coordination -Adapting to change. European Journal of Social Security, Volume 2/2, 2000. Kluwer Law International.

Asumiseen perustuva sosiaaliturva ja henkilöiden liikkuvuus Euroopan unionissa. Helsinki 1995.