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Review 2008


Finland was reviewed on the 9th of April of 2008. The troika consisted of Azerbaijan, Bolivia and the Republic of Korea.


National report

. A/HRC/WG.6/1/FIN/1 - A, C, E, F, R, S

OHCHR Compilation of UN information

. A/HRC/WG.6/1/FIN/2 - A, C, E, F, R, S

OHCHR Summary of stakeholders’ information:

. A/HRC/WG.6/1/FIN/3 - A, C, E, F, R, S

NGO submisions

 UN information
UNHCR E
 NHRI
 NGO
Amnesty International E 1, 2
Centre for Human Rights for Persons with Disabilities E 1, 2
Evangelical Lutheran Chourch of Finland E
Seksuaalinen tasavertaisuus E
Society for Threatened Peoples E
 . Otros
Council of Europe 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13

Review in the Working Group – 09 of April 2008

. Summary by ISHR

. UN press release

. Full webcast. For the webcast by speaker, see here.

For statements in writing, see the OHCHR extranet.

Report of the Working Group

. A/HRC/WG.6/1/FIN/4: Report adopted "ad referendum"

Adoption of the Report in the plenary – 09 June 2008

. A/HRC/8/52: Report of the eight session of the Human Rights Council

. UN press release (French).

. Webcast of the plenary. For the webcast by speaker, see here.

. Statement by Finland.

. No state took the floor.

- The following observers took the floor:

. Joint Statement: Friends World Committee for Consultation (Quakers) (FWCC), Amnesty International

. International Federation of Human Rights Leagues

Final Outcome

. A/HRC/8/24 - A, C, E, F, R, S : Final report

. A/HRC/8/24/Add1 - A, C, E, F, R, S : Responses to recommendations /final remarks

Follow-up: Statements under item 6

  • Finland

. 14th HRC session - 11 June 2010

"We have fulfilled the two voluntary pledges made, namely to take the recommendations received into account when preparing the next Government White paper on the human rights policy of Finland, and to increase the level of Official Development Aid to 0.51 per cent of the Gross National Income by 2010"

Follow-up: Reports

  • Finland

. Mid-term report on the implementation of recommendations and pledges (June 2010).









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