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Council of Europe anti-torture Committee publishes the response of the Finnish authorities to the report on the 2020 visit

27/09/2021

The response to paragraphs 122 and 126 of the report was received in June 2021, the full response in September 2021. Both have been made public under the automatic publication procedure introduced by the Finnish authorities. The CPT's report was published in May 2021. Read the response in English...

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The CPT publishes report on Finland

05/05/2021

The main objective of the visit was to review the treatment of persons deprived of their liberty by the police and in immigration detention, as well as the situation of prisoners. The delegation further carried out visits to two State Residential Schools and to the psychiatric units of Helsinki...

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Activities

Periodic visit: 07/09/2020 - 18/09/2020


High-level talks: 13/06/2016


Periodic visit: 22/09/2014 - 02/10/2014

  • CPT preliminary observations: Finnish version: [CPT/Inf (2014) 28]
  • CPT report: Finnish version: [CPT/Inf (2015) 25]
    • Executive summary:
  • Government response to para. 26 of the report: [CPT/Inf (2015) 26]
  • Publication news flash
  • Government response: Finnish version: [CPT/Inf (2015) 33]

Periodic visit: 20/04/2008 - 30/04/2008

  • CPT preliminary observations: Finnish version: [CPT/Inf (2008) 19]
  • Government response to preliminary observations: Finnish version: [CPT/Inf (2008) 24]
  • CPT report: Finnish version: [CPT/Inf (2009) 5]
  • Government response: Finnish version: [CPT/Inf (2009) 19]
    • Appendices (in Finnish): [CPT/Inf (2009) 19]

Periodic visit: 07/09/2003 - 17/09/2003


Periodic visit: 07/06/1998 - 17/06/1998

  • CPT report: [CPT/Inf (99) 9]
  • Government response: [CPT/Inf (99) 14]
  • Government follow-up report: [CPT/Inf (2000) 14]

Periodic visit: 10/05/1992 - 20/05/1992

  • CPT report: [CPT/Inf (93) 8]
  • Government response: [CPT/Inf (93) 16]
  • Government follow-up report: [CPT/Inf (94) 3]