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Content with Year case was opened 2020 .

17.2.2021 Services for the elderly inspected by Deputy-Ombudsman Sakslin during the coronavirus pandemic
7.1.2021 National Police Board interpreted assembly restrictions too broadly
12.11.2020 Finnish Border Guard procedures in restrictions of cross-border traffic
16.10.2020 Act on the Openness of Government Activities should be reformed
15.10.2020 The Parliamentary Ombudsman will not investigate the actions of the police in the Elokapina demonstration
9.9.2020 Criminal proceedings of offences against children should be prescribed urgent in law
8.7.2020 Numerous complaints about police activities in the Black Lives Matter demonstration
25.6.2020 The Finnish Transport Infrastructure Agency has stopped using the parallel name ‘Väylä’, which was criticised by the Parliamentary Ombudsman
15.5.2020 The state of emergency and education
11.5.2020 Legal problems related to the overseight of restrictions on mobility and gatherings
28.4.2020 Deputy-Ombudsman concerned by the lack of guidelines for and supervision of elderly care
16.4.2020 Parliamentary Ombudsman receives a large number of complaints related to the state of emergency
2.4.2020 The Parliamentary Ombudsman has nominated a new Human Rights Delegation
16.3.2020 Restrictions to the customer service provided by the Office of the Parliamentary Ombudsman in order to prevent the spread of the coronavirus
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Mailing address: Office of the Parliamentary Ombudsman, 00102 Eduskunta
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Telephone: +358 9 4321 (exchange of the Parliament)
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