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5) to take care of other comparable tasks associated with promoting and implementing fundamental and human rights.
(2) The Human Rights Centre does not handle complaints.
(3) In order to perform its tasks, the Human Rights Centre shall have the right to
receive the necessary information and reports free of charge from the authorities.
Section 19 e
Human Rights Delegation (20.5.2011/535)
(1) The Human Rights Centre shall have a Human Rights Delegation, which
the Parliamentary Ombudsman, having heard the view of the Director of the Human
Rights Centre, shall appoint for a four-year term. The Director of the Human Rights
Centre shall chair the Human Rights Delegation. In addition, the Delegation shall
have not fewer than 20 and no more than 40 members. The Delegation shall comprise
representatives of civil society, research in the field of fundamental and human rights
as well as other actors participating in the promotion and safeguarding of fundamental
and human rights. The Delegation shall choose a deputy chair from among its own
number. If a member of the Delegation resigns or dies mid-term, the Ombudsman
shall appoint a replacement for him or her for the remainder of the term.
(2) The Office Commission of the Eduskunta shall confirm the remuneration of
the members of the Delegation.
(3) The tasks of the Delegation are:
1) to deal with matters of fundamental and human rights that are far-reaching
and important in principle;
2) to approve annually the Human Rights Centre’s operational plan and the
Centre’s annual report;
3) to act as a national cooperative body for actors in the sector of fundamental
and human rights.
(4) A quarum of the Delegation shall be present when the chair or the deputy chair
as well as at least half of the members are in attendance. The opinion that the majority has supported shall constitute the decision of the Delegation. In the event of a tie,
the chair shall have the casting vote.
(5) To organise its activities, the Delegation may have a work committee and sections. The Delegation may adopt rules of procedure.
CHAPTER 3 b
Other tasks (10.4.2015/374)
Section 19 f (10.4.2015/374)
Promotion, protection and monitoring of the implementation
of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
The tasks under Article 33(2) of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities concluded in New York in 13 December 2006 shall be performed by the Parliamentary Ombudsman, the Human Rights Centre and its Human Rights Delegation.
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