Finland ratified the Revised European Social Charter on 21/06/2002, accepting 88 of the 98 paragraphs of the Revised Charter.

It ratified the Additional Protocol providing for a system of Collective Complaints on 17/07/1998. Finland has made a declaration enabling national NGOs to submit collective complaints.

Finland ratified the European Social Charter and the Additional Protocol to the Charter on 29/04/1991. It ratified the Amending Protocol to the Charter on 18/08/1994. 
 

The Charter in domestic law

Statutory ad hoc incorporation by specific implementing legislation.


Country factsheets

The country factsheets include detailed information on the findings of the European Committee of Social Rights when monitoring the application of the Charter at national level, as well as examples of progress in the implementation of the rights protected by the Charter.

Finland factsheet


Latest Ad hoc report on the implementation of the Social Charter in Finland

See previous reports in respect of Finland


Latest conclusions of the European Committee of Social Rights (ECSR)

See previous all conclusions in respect of Finland (HUDOC)


Latest findings of the European Committee of Social Rights

Findings 2019 of the European Committee of Social Rights on the follow-up to decisions on the merits in collective complaints in respect of Finland.


Table of accepted and non-accepted provisions by Finland

Grey = Accepted provisions

1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 3.1
3.2 3.3 3.4 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 5 6.1 6.2 6.3
6.4 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 7.6 7.7 7.8 7.9 7.10 8.1
8.2 8.3 8.4 8.5 9 10.1 10.2 10.3 10.4 10.5 11.1 11.2
11.3 12.1 12.2 12.3 12.4 13.1 13.2 13.3 13.4 14.1 14.2 15.1
15.2 15.3 16 17.1 17.2 18.1 18.2 18.3 18.4 19.1 19.2 19.3
19.4 19.5 19.6 19.7 19.8 19.9 19.10 19.11 19.12 20 21 22
23 24 25 26.1 26.2 27.1 27.2 27.3 28 29 30 31.1
31.2 31.3  

 

Meetings and reports on non-accepted provisions


Collective complaints procedure

Finland ratified the Additional Protocol providing for a system of Collective Complaints on 17/07/1998. It has made a declaration enabling national NGOs to submit collective complaints.

Back No. 197/2020 Validity v. Finland

The complaint was registered on 26 November 2020. It concerns Articles 11 (the right to protection of health), 14 (right to benefit from social welfare services), 15 (right of persons with disabilities to independence, social integration and participation in the life of the community), as well as Article E in conjunction with each of the provisions concerned of the revised European Social Charter. Validity alleges that the response of the Government to the coronavirus pandemic in spring 2020 violated the rights of persons with disabilities under these Charter provisions in that the Government failed to adopt appropriate measures to protect the life and health of persons with disabilities during the pandemic, and adopted restrictive measures which led to the complete isolation of persons with disabilities in institutions with a ban on accepting any visits.

 Case-document No. 1, Complaint registered on 26 November 2020

 Case-document No. 2, Observations by the Government on admissibility 

 Case-document No. 3, Validity's response to the observations by the Government on admissibility

  Case-document No. 4, Reply from the Government to the Validity's response on admissibility

  Case-document No. 5, Submissions of the Government on the merits

  Case-document No. 6, Response from Validity to the Government's submissions on the merits

  Case-document No. 7, Reply from the Government to Validity's response on the merits

The European Committee of Social Rights declared the complaint admissible on 8 September 2021.

 Decision on admissibility of the Complaint No. 197/2020

 Decision on the merits of Complaint No. 197/2020

 Resolution CM/ResChS(2023)6 of the Committee of Ministers on 6 September 2023

Previous reports on the implementation of the Charter in law and in practice in Finland