Press releases

Content with Year case was opened 2011 .

16.8.2013	Ombudsman believes that status of security guards in psychiatric hospitals should be clarified
5.6.2013	Helsinki Metro not subject to any external oversight
20.5.2013	Mechanical medication dispending must not cause additional costs for the patient
29.4.2013	A patient is entitled to a medicine that has been approved for treating their illness
24.4.2013	The police should improve their guidelines for preventing child abductions
10.4.2013	Municipalities have unlawfully limited distribution of treatment supplies
1.3.2013	A municipality's services must safeguard fundamental rights
15.2.2013	Health centre violated patient's personal liberty
22.11.2012	Amendment to coercive measures act does not provide sufficient protection under the law in house searches
5.11.2012	A tax refund must not be distrained without a notification to the debtor
1.11.2012	Unemployment funds must transparently provide information about their membership alternatives
5.10.2012	City of Jyväskylä and service provider rebuked by Ombudsman
5.7.2012	Tasks that assist taxation should be statutorily regulated
29.6.2012	Defence Forces took unduly long to correct wage-payment system
28.6.2012	Prosecution ordered by Deputy-Ombudsman Sakslin led to distraint officer being fined
27.6.2012	Ombudsman decided on nearly 4,500 complaints last year
27.6.2012	Pasi Pölönen appointed substitute Deputy-Ombudsman
26.6.2012	Ms Sirpa Rautio appointed director of the Human Rights Centre
25.6.2012	Police services rebuked for errors in house searches