Current affairs
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5.10.2023
Item 9: Enhanced interactive dialogue with the High Commissioner and the International Independent Expert Mechanism to Advance Racial Justice and Equality in Law Enforcement
54th Human Rights Council, Item 9: Enhanced interactive dialogue with the High Commissioner and the International Independent Expert Mechanism to Advance Racial Justice and Equality in Law Enforcement. Statement by the Nordic-Baltic countries delivered by H.E. Ambassador Heidi Schroderus-Fox, Permanent Representative of Finland, 5 October 2023.
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5.10.2023
Interactive dialogue with the High Commissioner for Human Rights on drivers, root causes and human rights impacts of religious hatred constituting incitement to discrimination, hostility or violence
54th Human Rights Council, Interactive dialogue with the High Commissioner for Human Rights on drivers, root causes and human rights impacts of religious hatred constituting incitement to discrimination, hostility or violence. Statement by Finland on behalf of the Nordic-Baltic countries, delivered by H.E. Ambassador Heidi Schroderus-Fox, Permanent Representative of Finland, 5 October 2023.
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4.10.2023
General Debate Item 8: Follow-up and implementation of the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action
54th Human Rights Council, General Debate Item 8: Follow-up and implementation of the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action. Joint statement delivered by H.E. Ambassador Heidi Schroderus-Fox, Permanent Representative of Finland, 4 October 2023.
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4.10.2023
Foreign Ministry to survey market for application submission services for visas and residence permits
Finland’s Ministry for Foreign Affairs is planning to launch a tendering process for outsourcing its entry permit application submission services in 2024. As a preparation for the upcoming tendering process, the Ministry will survey the market in autumn 2023.
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27.9.2023
Annual half-day panel on the rights of Indigenous Peoples, The impact of certain development projects on the rights of Indigenous Peoples, in particular the impact on Indigenous women
Human Rights Council, 54th session: Statement by the Nordic-Baltic countries, Delivered by Ms. Anu Konttinen, Chargée d’affaires a.i. of Finland to the UN in Geneva, 27 September 202
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26.9.2023
General Debate item 4: Human rights situations that require the Council’s attention
Human Rights Council, 54th session: General Debate ITEM 4 - Human Rights Situations that require the Council’s attention, Statement by Finland, 26 September 2023.
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26.9.2023
Biennial panel discussion on youth and human rights: Young people’s engagement with climate change and global environmental decision-making processes
Human Rights Council, 54th session: Statement by Finland, delivered by Mr. Hung Ly, UN Youth Delegate, 26 September 2023.
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25.9.2023
Item 4: Interactive dialogue with the Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine
Human Rights Council, 54th session: Statement of Finland, delivered by Ms. Anu Konttinen, Chargée d’affaires a.i. of Finland to the UN in Geneva, 25 September 2023.
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21.9.2023
NB8 statement on Human Rights in Russia, delivered by FM Valtonen
Minister for Foreign Affairs of Finland Elina Valtonen delivered the Nordic-Baltic statement at 54th Session of the UN Human Rights Council on 21 September 2023. The statement was delivered as part of the Interactive dialogue with the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Russian Federation.
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15.9.2023
OHCHR Report on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and COVID-19 Recovery
Human Rights Council, 54th session: Interactive Dialogue, OHCHR report on economic, social and cultural rights and COVID-19 recovery, Statement by the Nordic-Baltic countries, Delivered by Ms. Anu Konttinen, Chargée d’affaires a.i. of Finland to the UN in Geneva, 15 September 2023.