Chancellor of Justice of Finland

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The Chancellor of Justice of Finland is a high-ranking legal official who supervises the lawfulness of government actions and safeguards citizens’ rights by overseeing the conduct of authorities.

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Label Occurrences
Chancellor of Justice of Finland canonical 4

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf legal official ⓘ
public office ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Finland ⓘ
appointedBy President of Finland ⓘ
canInitiate own-initiative investigations ⓘ
canReceive complaints from citizens ⓘ
complaints from legal persons ⓘ
country Finland ⓘ
ensures that courts and authorities observe the law ⓘ
that fundamental rights are not violated by authorities ⓘ
establishedIn 1918 ⓘ
hasDeputy Deputy Chancellor of Justice of Finland ⓘ
hasDuty ensure compliance with the law ⓘ
monitor exercise of public powers ⓘ
oversee conduct of authorities ⓘ
safeguard citizens’ rights ⓘ
supervise implementation of fundamental rights ⓘ
supervise implementation of human rights ⓘ
hasPower bring charges against public officials ⓘ
issue opinions on legality ⓘ
order pre-trial investigations in certain cases ⓘ
hasScope municipal administration ⓘ
other public bodies ⓘ
state administration ⓘ
language Finnish ⓘ
Swedish ⓘ
legalBasis Act on the Chancellor of Justice of the Government ⓘ
Constitution of Finland ⓘ
locatedIn Government Palace, Helsinki ⓘ
monitors legality of decisions of the Government ⓘ
legality of decisions of the President of Finland ⓘ
officeHolderTitle Chancellor of Justice ⓘ
officeType independent supervisory authority ⓘ
oversees Council of State of Finland ⓘ
linked to: Finnish government

courts of law ⓘ
ministries of Finland ⓘ
other public authorities ⓘ
partOf Government of Finland ⓘ
linked to: Finnish government
precededBy Procurator of Finland ⓘ
publishes annual report ⓘ
relatedTo Parliamentary Ombudsman of Finland ⓘ
reportsTo Parliament of Finland ⓘ
President of Finland ⓘ
seat Helsinki ⓘ
sharesFunctionWith Parliamentary Ombudsman of Finland ⓘ
supervises legality of government actions ⓘ
public authorities ⓘ

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Referenced by (4)

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

Minister of Justice of Finland → worksWith → Chancellor of Justice of Finland ⓘ
SUPO → oversightBy → Chancellor of Justice of Finland ⓘ
Finnish security and intelligence community → hasPart → Chancellor of Justice of Finland ⓘ
Finnish security and intelligence community → oversightBy → Chancellor of Justice of Finland ⓘ