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have been culled from the web to illuminate the situation in Finland. Some of these links may lead to websites
that present allegations that are unsubstantiated or even false. No
attempt has been made to validate their authenticity or to verify their content. HOW TO USE THIS WEBPAGE Students If you are looking
for material to use in a term-paper, you are advised to scan the postings on this
page and others to see which aspects of Torture by Authorities are of
particular interest to you. You might
be interested in exploring the moral justification for inflicting pain or
inhumane or degrading treatment or punishment in order to obtain critical
information that may save countless lives, or to elicit a confession for a
criminal act, or to punish someone to teach him a lesson outside of the
courtroom. Perhaps your paper might
focus on some of the methods of torture, like fear, extreme temperatures,
starvation, thirst, sleep deprivation, suffocation, or immersion in freezing
water. On the other hand, you might
choose to write about the people acting in an official capacity who
perpetrate such cruelty. There is a
lot to the subject of Torture by Authorities.
Scan other countries as well as this one. Draw comparisons between activity in
adjacent countries and/or regions.
Meanwhile, check out some of the Term-Paper
resources that are available on-line. ***
ARCHIVES *** 2020 Country
Reports on Human Rights Practices: Finland U.S. Dept of State Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and
Labor, 30 March 2021 www.state.gov/reports/2020-country-reports-on-human-rights-practices/finland/
[accessed 18 July
2021] TORTURE AND OTHER
CRUEL, INHUMAN, OR DEGRADING TREATMENT OR PUNISHMENT The constitution
and law prohibit such practices, and there were no reports that government
officials employed them. PRISON AND DETENTION
CENTER CONDITIONS There were no major
concerns in prisons and detention centers regarding physical conditions or
inmate abuse. The government
permitted monitoring visits by independent human rights observers. From
September 7 to 18, a delegation from the Council of Europe’s Committee for
the Prevention of Torture visited the country. The report on the visit was
not yet published by year’s end. Freedom House
Country Report 2018 Edition freedomhouse.org/country/finland/freedom-world/2018 [accessed 12 May
2020] F3. IS THERE PROTECTION FROM THE ILLEGITIMATE
USE OF PHYSICAL FORCE AND FREEDOM FROM WAR AND INSURGENCIES? People in Finland
generally enjoy freedom from violent attacks by state and nonstate
actors. Conclusions and recommendations
of the Committee against Torture U.N. Convention
against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or
Punishment -- Doc. CAT/C/FIN/CO/5-6
(2011) www1.umn.edu/humanrts/cat/observations/finland2011.html [accessed 27
February 2013] 7. The Committee is
concerned that the Criminal Code contains a statute of limitations for the
crime of torture (art. 4). The Committee recommends
that the State party ensure that acts of torture are not subject to any
statute of limitations. Fundamental legal
safeguards 8. The Committee is
concerned that fundamental legal safeguards were not always ensured for
persons deprived of their liberty– in particular for those having committed
“minor offences”, including juveniles – from the very outset of their
detention, such as meeting with a lawyer, preferably of their choice,
notifying their next of kin even in case of short stays in police custody and
being examined by an independent doctor, preferably of their own choice,
within the detention premises (arts. 2 and 16). The Committee
recommends that the State party ensure that all persons deprived of liberty
are provided with fundamental legal safeguards from the very outset of
detention, such as access to a lawyer, preferably of their choice, notifying
their family of their detention and being examined by an independent doctor,
preferably of their choice. 9. The Committee is
concerned that interrogations of persons who have been arrested and detained
and the investigations of persons before trial are not systematically subject
to audio- or video-recording (arts. 2 and 16). The Committee
recommends that the State party allocate the funds required to equip places
where persons are interrogated and where pretrial investigations occur, and
in particular police stations, with the necessary audio- and video-recording
equipment. Search … AMNESTY
INTERNATIONAL For current
articles:: Search Amnesty International
Website www.amnesty.org/en/search/?q=finland+torture&ref=&year=&lang=en&adv=1&sort=relevance [accessed 1 January 1, 2019] Scroll
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EARLIER EDITIONS OF SOME OF THE ABOVE *** Human Rights
Reports » 2005 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2005/61647.htm [accessed 28 January
2013] 2009-2017.state.gov/j/drl/rls/hrrpt/2005/61647.htm [accessed 4 July
2019] TORTURE
AND OTHER CRUEL, INHUMAN, OR DEGRADING TREATMENT OR PUNISHMENT – The law
prohibits such practices, and there were no reports that government officials
employed them. All
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