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Department for Administration and Oversight The Department for Administration and Oversight is responsible for the operational and financial planning and reporting, consistent performance guidance and development of information management in the a...https://oikeusministerio.fi/en/department-for-administration-and-oversight
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Department for Private Law and Administration of Justice The Department for Private Law and Administration of Justice is responsible for law drafting in the fields of private law, insolvency law, and judicial procedure in civil and petitionary mat...https://oikeusministerio.fi/en/department-for-private-law-and-administration-of-justice
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Administrative sector The administrative branch of the Ministry of Justice is extensive. Less than 10,300 people work in the administrative branch, most of them in courts. The Ministry guides and directs the operation of the agencies and public bo...https://oikeusministerio.fi/en/administrative-branch
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Administrative Procedure Act The Administrative Procedure Act lays down provisions on the use of authorities' services and consideration of administrative matters. The Act entered into force in the beginning of 2004. The Administrative Procedure A...https://oikeusministerio.fi/en/administrative-procedure-act
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Personnel search Department for Administration and Oversight Administrative Support Functions Mirja Al-Khafaji, Administrative Assistant Department for Administration and Oversight, Administrative Support Functions Phone number +358295150197 Email...https://oikeusministerio.fi/en/browse-by-department-and-unit
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Departments and units There are four departments at the Ministry of Justice: Department for Democracy and Public Law, Department for Administration and Oversight, Department for Criminal Policy and Criminal Law, and Department for Private Law and ...https://oikeusministerio.fi/en/departments-and-units
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The organisation of the Ministry of Justice The Ministry of Justice is headed by the Minister of Justice. The Permanent Secretary directs the Ministry's activities together with the Minister of Justice. There are four departments at the Ministry: ...https://oikeusministerio.fi/en/management-and-organisation
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Management Permanent Secretary The Permanent Secretary assists the Minister in leading and developing the Ministry's activities and strategic planning as well as the performance management on the administrative branch of the Ministry and the perfo...https://oikeusministerio.fi/en/senior-officials
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History The Ministry of Justice was established in 1918 right after Finland had gained independence. It was preceded by the Judicial Department of the Senate Economic Division, established in 1892. In 1919 the Board of Press Matters was incorporat...https://oikeusministerio.fi/en/history
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Transfer of Sentenced Persons General The purpose of transferring sentenced persons to their home countries is advancing their rehabilitation into society. Accordingly, a sentenced person is offered a possibility to continue serving his sentence i...https://oikeusministerio.fi/en/transfer-of-sentenced-persons
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Extradition General Extradition deals with handing over of suspects or sentenced persons to a foreign country for legal proceedings or service of sentence. Extradition from Finland is regulated in the Act on Extradition. The Act contains only a fe...https://oikeusministerio.fi/en/extradition
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Child Welfare In Cross-Border Situations This section contains information on the procedures, legislation and agreements related to cross-border situations concerning child welfare. Child welfare falls within the mandate of the Ministry of Social ...https://oikeusministerio.fi/en/child-welfare-in-cross-border-situations
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Mutual Legal Assistance Whenever evidence is available in a foreign country or a party to criminal proceedings or witness is located there, mutual legal assistance is required. The most important categories of mutual legal assistance are procuring...https://oikeusministerio.fi/en/mutual-legal-assistance
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Organising and securing the exercise of rights of access under the hague convention on international child abduction A child has the right to keep in touch and spend time with the parent with whom he or she does not reside also when the parent res...https://oikeusministerio.fi/en/organising-and-securing-the-exercise-of-rights-of-access-under-the-hague-convention-on-child-abduction
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Representative actions are a joint EU tool for improving consumer rights. They are based on the EU Representative Actions Directive.https://oikeusministerio.fi/en/representative-actions
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Advisory Board on Civil Society Policy (KANE) The Government has appointed a new Advisory Board on Civil Society Policy (KANE) for a four-year term from 27 January 2022 to 26 January 2026. The Advisory Board on Civil Society Policy works under the...https://oikeusministerio.fi/en/advisory-board-on-civil-society-policy
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International Legal Assistance In Criminal Matters International legal assistance in criminal matters encompasses cooperation between countries on account of crime. In a broad sense cooperation covers mutual legal assistance, extradition and trans...https://oikeusministerio.fi/en/criminal-matters
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Fundamental rights The Ministry of Justice prepares the fundamental provisions relating to the Constitution and the public administration. These include the laws regulating the competency of the President of the Republic, the Parliament and the Go...https://oikeusministerio.fi/en/fundamental-rights
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International child abduction A case usually concerns international child abduction if the following criteria are met: A child is taken to or retained in a foreign country without the consent of the person who has custody of the child , the child ...https://oikeusministerio.fi/en/child-abduction
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Addresses The Unit for International Judicial Assistance functions as the designated Central Authority for the purposes of numerous EU regulations and international treaties concerning international cooperation in civil or criminal matters. The ke...https://oikeusministerio.fi/en/addresses