United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk will visit Finland from 18 to 19 December. He will meet Minister for Foreign Affairs Pekka Haavisto, who will be hosting the visit, and Prime Minister Sanna Marin.
Türk will exchange views with Members of Parliament, the Human Rights Centre and representatives of civil society organisations. In addition, he will attend an event on the global realisation of human rights, which is organised by the Ministry for Foreign Affairs and the Advisory Board for International Human Rights. There he will have an opportunity to exchange views with a broad spectrum of civil society representatives.
The agenda of Türk’s visit to Finland focuses on international questions, opportunities to promote human rights, and global challenges in protecting and promoting human rights.
In recent years, Finland has been among the top ten donors to the OHCHR. Finland is a member of the UN Human Rights Council during the term 2022–2024.
For further information see press release, here.
