Human richts in Finland

Human richts in Finland are protectit bi the constitution an extensive domestic safeguards, in addition tae the kintra's active membership in maist internaitional human richts treaties.

Auries o continuing interest tae internaitional agencies that monitor human richts include:
Conscientious objectors tae baith military an civilian service are jailed for sax month. Thare are aboot 10-20 conscientious objectors ivery year. Maist are in minimum security, open facilities, an objectin is no entered on criminal records.
Chairges o racist/xenophobic treatment o ethnic minorities bi offeecials, an that refugees are haund-picked bi the Meenistry o the Interior on basis o kintra o oreegin citin "security reasons".
A case in which agitatit asylum seekers wur drugged for deportation. Translated quote: "Finland drugged a deported family. CPT finds Finland's behaviour unacceptable." Further references available at Hs.fi/arkisto (pay-site).
No fair court action in the licht o unacceptably delayed verdicts, in breach wi the European Convention on Human Richts article 6§1. Handling time hae been unacceptably lang parteecularly in civil cases or criminal court cases relating tae bankruptcy, e.g. aicht years in the destrict court an 12 years in tot.http://formin.finland.fi/public/default.aspx?contentid=157747&nodeid=31368&contentlan=1&culture=fi-FISeveral European Court of Human Rights decisions, perhaps most famously application no. 61222/00 Uoti vs Finland.

Mandatory options o civilian or military service wur of unequal duration: civilian service 13 month, or ane month langer than the langest conscript service (conscript officers an underofficers an certaint specialists sic as certaint vehicle operators), 12 month, an 5 month langer than the average service in airmy, 8 month. Rebuttal o criticism o the lenth o civilian service aften pynt oot that whauras conscripts are aften on duty aroond the clock (especially in the field), civilian servicemen aften ae wirk durin office oors. Housomeivver, an act enactit in 2008 chynged civilian service tae 12 month. Some 25% o conscripts serve 12 month, wi the lairge majority servin 6 month.

See an aa
LGBT richts in Finland

References

Freemit airtins
Homepage  o the Parliamentary Ombudsman for Human Rights.
Human Rights and Finnish Foreign Policy.
Archive of Finland reports at Amnesty International.
Archive of Finland reports at Human Rights Watch.
2005 Finland report  of Freedom House.
2004 World Press Freedom Review , published bi the International Press Institute
About political censorship in Finland, in Finnish.
Homepage o the Institute for Human Rights at Åbo Akademi University.
The Finnish League for Human Rights 
Censorship cases in Finland  - IFEX
Review of Finland bi the United Nations Human Rights Council's Universal Periodic Review, Apryle 9, 2008

U.S. State Department Annual Reports
Religious Freedom Report 2005
Religious Freedom Report 2004
Religious Freedom Report 2003
Religious Freedom Report 2002
Religious Freedom Report 2001
Religious Freedom Report 2000
Religious Freedom Report 1999
Human Rights Report 2004
Human Rights Report 2003
Human Rights Report 2002
Human Rights Report 2001
Human Rights Report 2000
Human Rights Report 1999

Finland
Category:Finnish law