the ombudsman's task
Information activities
A brochure on the NPM activities has been published and is currently available in
Finnish, Swedish, English, Estonian and Russian. It will also be translated into other
languages, if necessary.
Full reports on some of the visits conducted by the NPM have been made available
on the public website of the Office of the Parliamentary Ombudsman. It has been
agreed at the Office of the Parliamentary Ombudsman that as of 2018, all reports will
be published in full, excluding details that must remain confidential. This objective
will also be included in the strategy of the NPM.
The new content on the public website of the Office of the Parliamentary Ombudsman will be made available by the end of 2018. The project also includes the launch of
the NPM’s own website. Another objective is to communicate about the visits and related themes more actively on social media.
Education and training on
fundamental and human rights
The Ombudsman and the Human Rights Centre started a joint project in 2017, to promote human rights education and training. The project is particularly targeted at the
educational sector. Officials from the Office of the Parliamentary Ombudsman and
experts from the Human Rights Centre toured schools throughout Finland. The goal
of the project and the inspection visits is to assess and promote education and training
on basic and human rights at all levels of school life. Based on the experiences gained
during the visits, the project team produced a training package for municipal directors
of education and headmasters. The plan is to launch similar collaboration on human
rights education between the NPM and the Human Rights Centre.
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