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Finland

Regional group:

Western European & Others Group

Council member:

2006-2007

2007-2008

2008-2009

2009-2010

2010-2011

2011-2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

2021

2022

2023

2024

Council Bureau membership:	–
Coordinator of regional group:	–
Voluntary financial contribution to OHCHR (2023) :

Other HRC positions:	Member of Consultative Group (2010-2011)
OHCHR presence:	– No field presence
NHRI accreditation status:	A

National Mechanisms for Implementation, Reporting, and Follow-up (NMIRF): Standing - Inter-Ministerial

Engagement with the HRC

Principal sponsorship of HRC resolutions

Adequate housing as a component of the right to an adequate standard of living; Open-ended Working Group on an optional protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child to provide a communications procedure; Strengthening efforts to prevent and eliminate child, early and forced marriage: challenges, achievements, best practices and implementation gaps; Promoting and protecting the human rights of women and girls in conflict and post-conflict situations on the occasion of the twentieth anniversary of Security Council resolution 1325 (2000); The right to social security.

Voting record

After it became member of the Council in 2006, Finland voted in favour of an OIC resolution on Israeli settlements in the OPT, and against an African Group resolution on Darfur. It abstained during voting on an OIC resolution on the occupied Syrian Golan. For resolutions dealing with civil and political rights, Finland generally joined consensus. It voted against an OIC resolution on defamation of religions, and an African Group resolution on preparations for the Durban Review Conference. Regarding economic, social and cultural rights texts, Finland generally joined consensus (including on a NAM resolution on the right to development). Notwithstanding, Finland voted against a 2006 resolution on economic reform policies and foreign debt, a 2007 resolution on unilateral coercive measures, and a 2006 resolution on the impacts of globalisation on the enjoyment of human rights.

HRC participation

During HRC general discussions, panel debates and interactive dialogues with the Special Procedures, during the past three years, either as an HRC member or not, the State has joined:

Regional
group statements

Average of statements for all countries: 78

228

Subregional
group statements

Average of statements for all countries: 50

417

Political group
statements

Average of statements for all countries: 109

122

Cross-regional
group statements

Average of statements for all countries: 96

Other joint
statements

Average of statements for all countries: 5

HRC member empty chair?

Overall, as a HRC member, has participated in more than 10% of panel discussions, general debates and interactive dialogues.

Cooperation with international human rights system

Special Procedures

Standing invitation

Communications responded to / received

Visits requests status

Completed
Invitation sent by the State not (yet) accepted by the SP
Accepted / date set
Visit request by the SP and not (yet) accepted by the State
Postponed / cancelled

Longest visit request not (yet) accepted by the State >

Treaty Bodies

Ratified

Reporting Status

Ratification status
Party Not Party
Individual complaint procedure accepted.
Reporting status

Submitted on time
Submitted late
Not applicable

On schedule
Overdue (outstanding)

CAT

ICCPR

CED

CEDAW

CERD

ICESCR

CRC

CRPD

Most overdue report

None overdue

OP-CAT

Ratified

NPM established

Universal Periodic Review

Reported

(2008, 2012, 2017)

Mid-term report

1st, 2nd and 3rd cycles

Level of delegation

Minister

Participation in other reviews
1^st cycle: 59 / 192

2^nd cycle: 82 / 192

Cooperation with the UN, its representatives and mechanisms in the field of human rights

Cited in the Secretary General’s reports on 'alleged reprisals for cooperation with the United Nations, its representatives and mechanisms in the field of human rights' (2010-2023)?

Fulfilment of past voluntary pledges & commitments

Specific voluntary pledges: 18

Finland tabled its pledges and commitments in support of its candidacy for membership for the 2006-2007 period on 9 May 2006. In the document, Finland pledged, inter alia, to

At international level: ratify the Optional Protocol to the CRC on the sale of children, child prostitution,
and child pornography; and fully cooperate with the Council and its mechanisms, and with the Treaty Bodies.

At domestic level: further intensify efforts to eradicate violence against women, human trafficking, racism, and discrimination; and strengthen the rights of indigenous peoples, particularly the Sami.

An analysis of steps taken by Finland in fulfilment of its international level pledges shows that it did indeed ratify the OP-CRC. Finland has also cooperated with Special Procedures, maintaining a standing invitation and responding to all communications. Similarly, Finland has shown a solid commitment to the UPR process, participating at ministerial level, submitting a mid-term report on implementation, and participating in the reviews of 59 other states during the first cycle and 92 during the second cycle. Finland is party to seven core human rights conventions.

Finland

Western European & Others Group

Engagement with the HRC

Principal sponsorship of HRC resolutions

Voting record

HRC participation

HRC member empty chair?

Cooperation with international human rights system

Special Procedures

Standing invitation

Communications responded to / received

Visits requests status

Treaty Bodies

Ratified

Reporting Status

Universal Periodic Review

Participation in other reviews 1st cycle: 59 / 192

2nd cycle: 82 / 192

Cooperation with the UN, its representatives and mechanisms in the field of human rights

Fulfilment of past voluntary pledges & commitments

Specific voluntary pledges: 18

Participation in other reviews
1^st cycle: 59 / 192

2^nd cycle: 82 / 192