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Press releases
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
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