Crime victims The Ministry of Justice is responsible for drafting the legislation related to the legal status of crime victims and for improving the position of crime victims within its mandate. The efforts to improve the position of crime victims...

Taking of evidence Taking of evidence through international legal assistance is required when a witness to be heard or a document to be used as evidence in judicial proceedings is located abroad. As a rule, courts have three options if they wish t...

Service of Documents In connection with judicial proceedings, courts sometimes need to serve documents, such as summonses and invitations to appear in court, on persons residing or companies located in another country. When the service of document...

Representative actions are a joint EU tool for improving consumer rights. They are based on the EU Representative Actions Directive.

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...

Civil Matters - General Information International legal assistance may be divided in to legal assistance in civil matters and in criminal matters. This section contains information on legal assistance in civil matters. Petitionary matters and disp...

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...

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 ...

International Recovery Of Maintenance The EU legislation and several international treaties binding on Finland contain provisions on the international aspects of maintenance obligations and payments. Within the framework of these arrangements, it ...

Criminal law Criminal law is the body of law that regulates questions related to criminal liability. Crime and punishment are the basic concepts of criminal law. A crime is an act or a failure to act that has been criminalised under the law. By cr...

The project providing Whistleblower Act (1171/2022) training aims to increase awareness of this Act, which will transpose the Whistleblower Directive (2019/1937/EU) into national legislation, among private and public sector organisations and among employees and citizens. The project will disseminate information through communications and training.

Processing of personal data in the services of the Ministry of Justice The Ministry of Justice processes personal data in order to comply with a legal obligation or, in certain situations, to perform a task carried out in the public interest or ba...

The Ministry of Justice The Ministry of Justice maintains and develops legal order and legal protection, reinforces the structures of democracy, and safeguards citizens’ fundamental rights. The Ministry is responsible for drafting the key legislat...

Persons other than those employed by a ministry may only report a breach using the centralised external reporting channel of the Office of the Chancellor of Justice . We do not cooperate with any third parties on this matter. Whistleblower protect...

2.9.2025 | The Government of Prime Minister Petteri Orpo has reached a decision on its budget proposal for 2026. The Government’s decisions aim to support economic growth, which is picking up. Supporting economic growth and continuing responsible fiscal management is necessary to ensure the security of people in Finland and safeguard their access to important services going forward.

19.1.2024 | The Ministry of the Interior has sent out for comments a proposal for an act on the protection of infrastructure critical to society and on the improvement of resilience. The legislative project will enhance national security and the resilience of society.

12.6.2025 | Valtioneuvosto esittää, että tasavallan presidentti vahvistaa 13.6. lain yhteiskunnan kriittisen infrastruktuurin suojaamisesta ja häiriönsietokyvyn parantamisesta. Laki vahvistaa hallitusohjelman mukaisesti yhteiskunnan kriisinkestävyyttä ja kansallista turvallisuutta. Lain on määrä tulla voimaan 1.7.2025.

Lainsäädäntöhankkeella täytäntöönpannaan Euroopan unionissa käsittelyssä olevan kriittisten toimijoiden häiriönsietokyvystä annetun Euroopan parlamentin ja neuvoston direktiiviehdotus (CER, Critical Entities Resilience). Hanke parantaa yhteiskunnan kriisinkestävyyttä ja vahvistaa kriittisen infrastruktuurin häiriönsietokykyä.

Hallituksen esitys eduskunnalle laiksi vesilain muuttamisesta ESITYKSEN PÄÄASIALLINEN SISÄLTÖ Esityksessä ehdotetaan muutettavaksi vesilakia. Vesilakiin ehdotetaan sisällytettäväksi säännökset uuden kalatalousvelvoittee, kalatalousmaksun tai niide...

10.11.2017 | 1Strategy for the National Languages of Finland Strategy for the National Languages of Finland Toolkit 3Strategy for the National Languages of Finland The purpose of this toolkit is to help official authorities and public servants to use the lin- ...