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The Finnish Parliament’s Constitutional Law Committee recommended Wednesday against prosecuting Minister for Foreign Affairs Pekka Haavisto for attempting to replace an official. While the committee found that Haavisto had broken the law, it ruled that his actions did not meet the threshold for prosecution required by the Finnish Constitution. Experts who spoke before the committee [...]

Finland’s Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld a decision by two lower courts to ban a far-right group and two of its subgroups at the request of the National Police Board. The litigation, which originally began in 2017, came to an end when the highest Court ruled the groups’ activities are “significantly contrary to law” and [...]

In a statement read before the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC), 29 member states condemned the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia over serious human rights violations and called for accountability for the 2018 murder of a Washington Post journalist. Carsten Staur, Denmark’s UN Ambassador, delivered the address on Tuesday. While the statement commended the kingdom’s steps [...]

Hungary’s Parliament voted unanimously Tuesday to repeal powers granted to Prime Minister Viktor Orban to fight COVID-19. Parliament passed a law on March 30 that granted Orban the power to rule by decree. This power was granted to fight COVID-19, and the law did not set a deadline for the measures. In April 13 EU [...]

EU finance ministers announced an agreement Thursday to alleviate the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. The plan is intended as a safety net for EU member states, companies and citizens. The Ministers of Finance agreed that the impact of COVID-19 has triggered the escape clause in the EU’s fiscal framework. This gives member states [...]

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced Monday that France, Portugal, Luxembourg, Finland and Germany will take in minor migrants that are currently in Greece, where refugee camps are “already over the limit”. Von der Leyen noted that the minor migrants “are the most vulnerable” and that “t is urgent to get them away [...]

The UN Human Rights Committee two decisions Friday finding Finland violated the political rights of representatives to the Sámi parliament by improperly enlarging the electoral roll of eligible candidates. The two claims were submitted separately by President of the Sámi Parliament Tiina Sanila-Aikio and 25 other persons as members of the indigenous Saami people. The [...]

Activists and victims of war crimes in Nepal have urged the government to not proceed with proposed amendments to a law that governs the Commission of Investigation on Enforced Disappeared Persons (CIEDP) and the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC). The twin probes are supposed to “investigate the facts about those involved in gross violations of [...]

The Parliament of Finland  on Wednesday voted 178-13 to add an amendment to the constitution  providing an exception to the right to privacy, providing the government with more ability to combat terrorism and foreign government spying. The amendment is specifically aimed at protecting confidential communications. Essentially, it will allow the government to enact legislation for [...]

The First Criminal Senate of Germany’s Schleswig-Holstein Higher Regional Court on Tuesday rejected the Attorney General’s request to rearrest former Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont, saying the risk of Puigdemont absconding are slight. The Neumünster District Court rejected an extradition request for Puigdemont on a rebellion charge for his role during Catalonia’s independence movement. Though the [...]