Current affairs

Ambassador Päivi Kaukoranta from Finland was elected as President of the Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC) for a mandate from 2024 to 2026.

Always inform the Digital and Population Data Services Agency in Finland if your address changes.

The United Nation’s independent Special Rapporteur on the Right to Education Farida Shaheed will visit Finland on 20–29 November. This is the first country visit to the Nordic countries under the mandate of the Special Rapporteur established in 1998. The aim of the visit is to assess how educational rights are observed in Finland.

54th Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council: Item 10: General debate on technical assistance and capacity-building, Statement by Finland, 10 October 2023

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

Human Rights Council, 54th session: General Debate ITEM 4 - Human Rights Situations that require the Council’s attention, Statement by Finland, 26 September 2023.