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13.1.2021 Matti Marttunen nominated as Secretary General of the Office of the Parliamentary Ombudsman
7.1.2021 National Police Board interpreted assembly restrictions too broadly
5.1.2021 Deputy-Ombudsman Sakslin gave decisions on child protection
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
5.10.2020 Shortcomings endangering pupils’ legal protection in municipal decision-making
30.9.2020 Names of Government projects must be given in national languages
9.9.2020 Criminal proceedings of offences against children should be prescribed urgent in law
27.8.2020 Freedom of religion at school
23.7.2020 Non-discrimination must be ensured for persons with disabilities when arranging matriculation examinations
20.7.2020 Detective Sergeant reprimanded over several irregularities
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
24.6.2020 The preventive powers of the police should be assessed
17.6.2020 The Parliamentary Ombudsman’s 2019 Annual Report presented to the Speaker of Parliament
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
11.3.2020 Greater effort on preventing and monitoring deaths in police custody
11.2.2020 Celebrating 100 years of the Parliamentary Ombudsman
31.1.2020 The rights and status of the victims of human trafficking to be strengthened through legal amendments
22.1.2020 Record number of complaints to the Parliamentary Ombudsman in 2019
10.1.2020 ‘A status’ has again been awarded to the Finnish National Human Rights Institution
9.1.2020 The Deputy-Ombudsman is investigating Senate Properties’ monopoly position as the lessor to the Finnish government
8.1.2020 Sirpa Rautio to continue as Director of the Human Rights Centre
19.12.2019 Ombudsman criticises the Ministry of Transport and Communications’ administrative branch names nimiä
12.12.2019 No-Harm Center given names in Finland’s national languages
19.11.2019 National languages are not treated equally on the new badges of security authorities
5.11.2019 Forbidding smoking in cells at Helsinki Prison
28.10.2019 The wide range of practices used by municipalities jeopardises the free nature of basic education
24.10.2019 Several investigated complaints about children who have been taken into care led to measures
23.10.2019 Pre-trial investigations concerning children to be conducted without delay
14.10.2019 A municipality violated a teacher’s freedom of speech
10.10.2019 The Deputy-Ombudsman to investigate shortcomings in the Sakari system
1.10.2019 Several decisions by Deputy-Ombudsman Sakslin on employee vaccinations
7.8.2019 More resources must be used in prevention of deaths in custody
7.6.2019 Serious deficiencies in accessibility - polling stations were not accessible for wheelchairs
4.6.2019 Deputy-Ombudsman to investigate discriminatory service housing charges
27.5.2019 Rights of placed children restricted without legal basis
2.5.2019 The reassessment of the stauts of the national human rights institution of Finland has begun
4.4.2019 Jari Pirjola elected as a member of CTP
3.4.2019 Numerous problems in decision-making related to restrictive measures
28.3.2019 The regulations of the University of Tampere are not unlawful
22.3.2019 Carrying out public administrative tasks in Business Finland
28.2.2019 Head teacher’s freedom of speech violated by a city official
30.1.2019 Parliamentary Ombudsman and Human Rights Centre to continue enhancing the enforcement of the rights of elderly people
16.1.2019 Ombudsman received over 5,500 complaints in 2018
20.12.2018 Human dignity of disabled person violated in a psychiatric ward
27.11.2018 National Bureau of Investigation criticised for statement
2.10.2018 An excessive workload among social workers is jeopardising the supervision of substitute care and the realisation of the rights of children outside the home
6.9.2018 Deputy Ombudsman Pölönen criticises the procedures of municipalities in directing people to rehabilitative work activities
29.8.2018 Cage beds must be abandoned in care of disabled people
27.8.2018 Breach of EU law in the sending of a vehicle tax demand note
15.8.2018 Parking supervisor's decision was not based on due consideration
10.7.2018 Deputy-Ombudsman Sakslin proposes clarification of the Postal Act
15.6.2018 The Parliamentary Ombudsman’s 2017 Annual Report presented to the Speaker of the Parliament
12.6.2018 The Population Register Centre neglected the rights of the Sami
5.6.2018 Repatriation of a child without a decision on a residence permit or removal from the country
4.6.2018 Evaluating what is in the child’s interests in cases involving foreign nationals
14.5.2018 Shortcomings in relation to access to information for relatives involved in the care of elderly persons