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  • Report / Paper / Summary
    4
    December
    2018
    Die Agentur der Europäischen Union für Grundrechte
    (FRA) will zu einer wirksameren Deinstitutionalisierung
    beitragen, indem sie konkrete Belege dafür
    sammelt, was vor Ort funktioniert und was nicht.
    Zu diesem Zweck führte die Agentur in fünf EU-Mitgliedstaaten
    (Bulgarien, Finnland, Irland, Italien und
    der Slowakei) eine umfangreiche Feldforschung in
    verschiedenen Phasen der Deinstitutionalisierung
    durch.
    In diesem Bericht sind die wichtigsten Ergebnisse
    dieser Feldforschung und die Stellungnahmen der
    FRA diesbezüglich zusammengefasst.
  • Report / Paper / Summary
    4
    December
    2018
    The European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights
    (FRA) wanted to contribute to making steps to implement
    deinstitutionalisation more effective, by capturing
    concrete evidence of what is and what is
    not working on the ground. To do this, the agency
    conducted extensive fieldwork research in five EU
    Member States at different stages of the deinstitutionalisation
    process.
    This summary report presents the key findings of
    that fieldwork and the FRA opinions stemming from
    them.
  • Report / Paper / Summary
    4
    December
    2018
    L’Agence des droits fondamentaux de l’Union
    européenne
    (FRA) a souhaité contribuer à une mise
    en oeuvre plus efficace de la désinstitutionnalisation,
    en rassemblant des preuves concrètes de ce
    qui fonctionne ou non sur le terrain. À cette fin,
    l’Agence a mené des recherches approfondies sur
    le terrain dans cinq États membres de l’UE (Bulgarie,
    Finlande, Irlande, Italie et Slovaquie) à différents
    stades du processus de désinstitutionnalisation.
    Le présent résumé fournit les principaux résultats de
    ces recherches menées sur le terrain ainsi que les
    avis de la FRA qui en découlent.
  • 4
    December
    2018
    The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities commits both the EU and all of its Member States to realising the right of persons with disabilities to live independently in the community – which includes achieving deinstitutionalisation for those residing in institutional settings. But much remains to be done to make this a reality in practice. This report presents the main insights gained during fieldwork on the drivers of and barriers to deinstitutionalisation. Focusing on the local level, it gives voice to a diverse set of actors – most importantly, to people with disabilities themselves.
  • Subtitle
    X v the Embassy of Finland in Switzerland
    Deciding body type
    National Court/Tribunal
    Type
    Decision
    Decision date
    15/08/2017
  • Subtitle
    A v the Finnish Immigration Service
    Deciding body type
    National Court/Tribunal
    ECLI (European case law identifier)
    FI:KHO:2017:81
    Type
    Decision
    Decision date
    15/05/2017
  • Subtitle
    Y v Finnish Immigration Service
    Deciding body type
    National Court/Tribunal
    Type
    Decision
    Decision date
    24/10/2016
  • The Scope of Application of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union – Quo Vadimus?

    Publication Year
    2014
    Author(s)
    Genberg, J
    Journal
    Helsinki Law Review
    Page numbers
    pp. 31-62
  • Salla
    Saastamoinen
    Job Title
    representing Věra Jourová, EU Commissioner for Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality, European Commission

    Salla Saastamoinen is the Director for Equality in the Directorate-General Justice and Consumers, European Commission since 2014. The Equality Directorate contributes to the development and consolidation of an area of freedom, justice and equality, ensuring that citizens benefit from progress made at the European level. To this end, the Directorate develops and implements policies to combat discrimination on grounds of sex, racial or ethnic origin, religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation, promotes awareness on gender equality and non-discrimination and coordinates policy developments in respect of the Roma. The Directorate is also responsible for relations with the European Institute for Gender Equality.

    She headed the Fundamental rights and rights of the child Unit and the Civil Justice Policy Unit in Directorate-General Justice before taking over her current post. She is a lawyer from the University of Helsinki, Finland and has worked in the Commission for 20 years.

  • Rauno
    Merisaari
    Job Title
    Ambassador for Human Rights and Democracy, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Finland

    Rauno Merisaari is Ambassador for Human Rights and Democracy and a leading expert in the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland in charge of the government’s international democracy promotion policies. His portfolio also includes the government´s human rights report to the parliament, rights of the Roma and Holocaust remembrance issues. He has also been the head of the Development Minister´s cabinet of development cooperation, a senior adviser on human rights, and Secretary-General of the UN Association. He believes the EU must keep a high profile in international human rights policy and this requires a better consistency between external and internal activities on human and fundamental rights.

  • Kirsi
    Pimiä
    Job Title
    Non-discrimination Ombudsman, Finland

    Kirsi Pimiä is Finland’s non-discrimination Ombudsman and a lawyer by training. Her work covers all discrimination grounds except gender. The Ombudsman also works towards improving the rights, living conditions and status of groups at risk of discrimination. She also supervises the removal of foreign nationals from Finland subjected to refusal of entry or deportation, and is the national rapporteur on human trafficking. Previously, she held many civil servant positions in the Finnish parliament, at the Prime Minister’s Office, at the Ministry of Justice, at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs and at the University of Helsinki. Fundamental rights and human rights issues have always been important for her. 

  • Subtitle
    Sähköalojen ammattiliitto ry v Elektrobudowa Spółka Akcyjna
    Deciding body type
    Court of Justice of the European Union
    ECLI (European case law identifier)
    ECLI:EU:C:2015:86
    Type
    Decision
    Decision date
    12/02/2015
  • Page
    Michael O’Flaherty ist Direktor der Agentur der Europäischen Union für Grundrechte. Zuvor war Michael O’Flaherty Professor auf Lebenszeit für Menschenrechtsnormen und Direktor des irischen Menschenrechtszentrums der National University of Ireland in Galway. Er war Präsident der Menschenrechtskommission von Nordirland, Mitglied des Menschenrechtsausschusses der Vereinten Nationen und Leiter einer Reihe von Feldeinsätzen für Menschenrechte der Vereinten Nationen.

    Michael O'Flaherty war Mitglied der beratenden Gremien des Auswärtigen Amtes des Vereinigten Königreichs Großbritannien und Nordirland zur Meinungsfreiheit und zur Prävention von Folter sowie des Beratenden Ausschusses für Menschenrechte des irischen Ministeriums für auswärtige Angelegenheiten. Er ist Mitglied der Royal Society of the Arts und gehörte den Beiräten zahlreicher internationaler Menschenrechtsgruppen und Zeitschriften an.
  • Page
    Sirpa Rautio is Director of the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA). She started in March 2024.
  • Page
    Michael O’Flaherty est directeur de l’Agence des droits fondamentaux de l’UE. Auparavant, Michael O’Flaherty a été professeur titulaire en droit des droits de l’homme et directeur du Centre irlandais des droits de l’homme à la National University of Ireland, à Galway. Il a été commissaire en chef de la Commission des droits de l’homme de l’Irlande du Nord (Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission), membre du Comité des droits de l’homme des Nations Unies et chef de plusieurs opérations des Nations Unies sur le terrain pour la protection des droits de l’homme.
  • Subtitle
    O, S v Maahanmuuttovirasto, and Maahanmuuttovirasto v L
    Deciding body type
    Court of Justice of the European Union
    ECLI (European case law identifier)
    ECLI:EU:C:2012:776
    Type
    Decision
    Decision date
    06/12/2012
  • Subtitle
    Auto- ja Kuljetusalan Työntekijäliitto AKT v Öljytuote v Öljytuote ry, Shell Aviation Finland Oy
    Deciding body type
    Court of Justice of the European Union
    ECLI (European case law identifier)
    ECLI:EU:C:2014:2392
    Type
    Opinion
    Decision date
    20/11/2014
  • Call for Tender
    The subject of the contract is to provide the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) with data collection and research services on fundamental rights issues.
  • Nomination
    pending
    Job Title
    Chair of the FRA Management Board

    Sirpa Rautio, Chair and Finnish member of the FRA Management Board, has over 25 years of experience in human rights (e.g. the World Bank Nordic Trust Fund, the Council of Europe, the OSCE/ODIHR, the UN and the EU). She has been the director of the Finnish Human Rights Centre since 2012. The Centre, together with the Finnish Parliamentary Ombudsman Office is Finland’s A-rated National Human Rights Institution. She has extensive experience working in post-conflict settings and countries in transition, including former Yugoslavia. She is a lawyer by profession.

  • The Finnish Ministry of Justice has set up and is further developing a data hub on equality and discrimination. Recent research results, studies and statistics on discrimination in Finnish society are displayed on a website and structured according to grounds of discrimination/population group and areas of life covered.