Parliamentary Ombudsman of Finland

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The Parliamentary Ombudsman of Finland is an independent authority that supervises the legality of actions by public authorities and safeguards citizens’ fundamental and human rights.

All labels observed (3)

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Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf independent authority ⓘ
parliamentary ombudsman office ⓘ
appointedBy Parliament of Finland ⓘ
cannotInterfereWith Parliament’s legislative powers ⓘ
canReceiveComplaintFrom individuals ⓘ
legal persons ⓘ
country Finland ⓘ
established 1920 ⓘ
FinnishName Eduskunnan oikeusasiamies ⓘ
foundedBy Constitution of Finland ⓘ
hasDuty investigate complaints from individuals ⓘ
safeguard citizens’ fundamental rights ⓘ
safeguard human rights ⓘ
supervise legality of actions by public authorities ⓘ
hasOfficeHolderTitle Deputy Parliamentary Ombudsman ⓘ
Parliamentary Ombudsman ⓘ
hasPower bring charges against officials in certain cases ⓘ
conduct own-initiative investigations ⓘ
inspect public institutions ⓘ
issue recommendations ⓘ
issue reprimands ⓘ
hasWebsite https://www.oikeusasiamies.fi ⓘ
independenceFrom Government of Finland ⓘ
linked to: Finnish government

administrative authorities ⓘ
jurisdiction Finland ⓘ
language English ⓘ
Finnish ⓘ
Swedish ⓘ
legalBasis Act on the Parliamentary Ombudsman ⓘ
Constitution of Finland ⓘ
locatedIn Helsinki ⓘ
memberOf International Ombudsman Institute ⓘ
modeledAfter Swedish Parliamentary Ombudsman ⓘ
publishes decisions on complaints ⓘ
inspection reports ⓘ
thematic reports on rights issues ⓘ
reportsTo Parliament of Finland ⓘ
submits annual report to Parliament of Finland ⓘ
supervises courts in Finland ⓘ
health care authorities in Finland ⓘ
military authorities in Finland ⓘ
officials exercising public power in Finland ⓘ
other bodies performing public tasks in Finland ⓘ
police authorities in Finland ⓘ
prisons in Finland ⓘ
public authorities in Finland ⓘ
social welfare authorities in Finland ⓘ
SwedishName Riksdagens justitieombudsman ⓘ
typeOfRightProtected fundamental rights ⓘ
human rights ⓘ

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Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Parliament of Finland → appoints → Parliamentary Ombudsman of Finland ⓘ
Minister of Justice of Finland → worksWith → Parliamentary Ombudsman of Finland ⓘ
Parliamentary Ombudsman of Finland → hasOfficeHolderTitle → Parliamentary Ombudsman ⓘ
linked to: Parliamentary Ombudsman of Finland
Parliamentary Ombudsman of Finland → FinnishName → Eduskunnan oikeusasiamies ⓘ
linked to: Parliamentary Ombudsman of Finland
Chancellor of Justice of Finland → relatedTo → Parliamentary Ombudsman of Finland ⓘ
Chancellor of Justice of Finland → sharesFunctionWith → Parliamentary Ombudsman of Finland ⓘ
SUPO → oversightBy → Parliamentary Ombudsman of Finland ⓘ
Finnish security and intelligence community → hasPart → Parliamentary Ombudsman of Finland ⓘ
Finnish security and intelligence community → oversightBy → Parliamentary Ombudsman of Finland ⓘ
Finnish prison system → monitoredBy → Parliamentary Ombudsman of Finland ⓘ