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  1. World Press Freedom Day highlights importance of freedom of expression for democracy and security - Finnish Government

    3.5.2026 | World Press Freedom Day is celebrated on 3 May. The day reminds us of the importance of free and independent media as the foundation for democracy, the rule of law and an open society. Finland promotes media freedom, which is fundamental to freedom of speech and expression, as part of its foreign and security policy.
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/world-press-freedom-day-highlights-importance-of-freedom-of-expression-for-democracy-and-security

  2. Government supports extending European Disability Card scheme to third-country nationals - Finnish Government

    14.12.2023 | The Government supports the Commission’s proposal to extend the scope of the proposal for a Directive establishing the European Disability Card and the European Parking Card for persons with disabilities to include third-country nationals who are legally residing in the territory of an EU Member State. Today, the Government submitted a Union communication on the matter to Parliament.
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1271139/government-supports-extending-disability-card-scheme-to-third-country-nationals-

  3. Ministry funded International Disability Alliance tackles problems related to leadership and fairness in the organization - Finnish Government

    16.2.2024 | The organization’s newly elected Executive Committee implements reforms. The recognised problems do not directly relate to the project funded by the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland (the Ministry). However, the Ministry has suspended payments of the government grant to the international non-governmental organization while investigations are ongoing.
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/ministry-funded-international-disability-alliance-tackles-problems-related-to-leadership-and-fairness-in-the-organization

  4. Ministers issue declaration on artificial intelligence and rights of persons with disabilities - Finnish Government

    11.6.2025 | The Nordic ministers for health and social affairs and the Nordic and Baltic ministers for digitalisation have issued a joint declaration on artificial intelligence (AI) and the rights of persons with disabilities. 
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1271139/ministers-issue-declaration-on-artificial-intelligence-and-rights-of-persons-with-disabilities

  5. Minister for Foreign Affairs Pekka Haavisto to attend the Global Disability Summit - Finnish Government

    14.2.2022 | Minister for Foreign Affairs Pekka Haavisto will attend the Global Disability Summit in Oslo on 16–17 February. He will announce the Foreign Ministry’s commitments on the promotion of the rights of persons with disabilities at the meeting. The aim of the summit is to intensify the implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) and thereby to bring about substantial improvements in the lives of persons with disabilities.
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/minister-for-foreign-affairs-pekka-haavisto-to-attend-the-global-disability-summit

  6. Travelling within the EU to become easier for persons with disabilities - Finnish Government

    31.10.2024 | The European Union has adopted a Directive establishing the European Disability Card and the European Parking Card for persons with disabilities. The EU has also adopted a Directive extending the European Disability Card and the European Parking Card to third-country nationals legally residing in EU Member States. The purpose of these Directives is to make it easier for persons with disabilities to travel within the EU.
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1271139/travelling-within-the-eu-to-become-easier-for-persons-with-disabilities

  7. National Action Plan on UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities emphasises right to inclusion and equality - Finnish Government

    10.12.2024 | The third National Action Plan on the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities was published today. The Action Plan sets out the measures to promote the implementation of the Convention in different administrative branches in 2024–2027. 
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1271139/national-action-plan-on-un-convention-on-the-rights-of-persons-with-disabilities-emphasises-right-to-inclusion-and-equality

  8. Finland to support disability rights in Syria - Finnish Government

    22.1.2020 | -
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/finland-to-support-disability-rights-in-syria

  9. EU ministers to discuss free movement of persons with disabilities - Finnish Government

    27.11.2023 | The EU employment and social affairs ministers will meet in Brussels on 27–28 November to discuss, among other things, the European disability card. Other topics on the agenda include green collective bargaining, the EU action plan against racism, and social investment. Minister of Social Affairs and Health Kaisa Juuso will represent Finland at the meeting. 
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1271139/eu-ministers-to-discuss-free-movement-of-persons-with-disabilities

  10. Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Council (EPSCO) to discuss labour and skills shortages and promoting the employment of persons with disabilities - Finnish Government

    15.7.2024 | The Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Council (EPSCO) will meet in Brussels on 16 July 2024. The topics on the agenda include labour shortages and skills shortages in the EU, and promotion of the employment and social inclusion of persons with disabilities. Minister of Employment Arto Satonen will represent Finland at the meeting in Brussels.
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410877/employment-social-policy-health-and-consumer-affairs-council-epsco-to-discuss-labour-and-skills-shortages-and-promoting-the-employment-of-persons-with-disabilities

  11. Ulkoministeriön rahoittamassa International Disability Alliance -järjestössä korjataan johtamiseen ja yhdenvertaisuuteen liittyviä ongelmia - Valtioneuvosto

    16.2.2024 | Järjestön uusi johtoryhmä toteuttaa uudistuksia. Havaitut ongelmat eivät liity suoraan Suomen tukemaan hankkeeseen. Ulkoministeriö on kuitenkin keskeyttänyt kansainväliselle kansalaisjärjestölle myönnetyn tuen maksatuksen selvitysten ajaksi.
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/-/ulkoministerion-rahoittamassa-international-disability-alliance-jarjestossa-korjataan-johtamiseen-ja-yhdenvertaisuuteen-liittyvia-ongelmia

  12. International Disability Alliance (IDA) som får finansiering av utrikesministeriet, åtgärdar ledarskaps- och jämlikhetsproblem - Statsrådet

    16.2.2024 | Organisationens nya styrgrupp ska genomföra reformer. De upptäckta problemen har inte direkt att göra med det projekt som Finland stödjer. Utrikesministeriet betalar dock inte stöd åt internationella civilsamhällesorganisationen under den tid som utredningen pågår.
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/sv/-/international-disability-alliance-ida-som-far-finansiering-av-utrikesministeriet-atgardar-ledarskaps-och-jamlikhetsproblem

  13. Trade policy does not pay sufficient attention to persons with disabilities, report by Ministry for Foreign Affairs finds - Finnish Government

    26.9.2023 | International trade impacts the goods and services that are produced and consumed in countries. It also affects employment opportunities and working conditions. Not everyone is able to benefit, however. Disadvantaged groups, such as persons with disabilities have limited access to the opportunities generated by trade and they disproportionately shoulder adjustment.
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/trade-policy-does-not-pay-sufficient-attention-to-persons-with-disabilities-report-by-ministry-for-foreign-affairs-finds

  14. UNFPA photo campaign gives voice to people with disabilities - Finnish Government

    11.10.2022 | People with disabilities across the world get a voice in the ‘Wanted’ photo campaign of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), the Ministry for Foreign Affairs and the Family Federation of Finland. Girls and women with disabilities are often at a particularly high risk of discrimination.
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/unfpa-photo-campaign-gives-voice-to-people-with-disabilities

  15. European Committee of Social Rights delivers decision on rights of persons with disabilities in COVID-19 response in spring 2020 - Finnish Government

    25.8.2023 | In a decision published on 25 August 2023, the European Committee of Social Rights concluded that the right of persons with disabilities to protection of health, social integration and participa-tion in the life of the community as laid down in the revised European Social Charter, as well as the prohibition of discrimination, were not violated in the response to the COVID-19 pandemic in spring 2020.
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/european-committee-of-social-rights-delivers-decision-on-rights-of-persons-with-disabilities-in-covid-19-response-in-spring-2020

  16. Follow discussion online: Who determines the sexual and reproductive health and rights of persons with disabilities? - Finnish Government

    15.11.2022 | The Ministry for Foreign Affairs, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), the Family Federation of Finland and the Disability Partnership Finland will organise a discussion event on the sexual and reproductive health and rights of persons with disabilities at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs on 17 November.
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/follow-discussion-online-who-determines-the-sexual-and-reproductive-health-and-rights-of-persons-with-disabilities-

  17. European Committee of Social Rights delivers decision on rights of persons with disabilities in COVID-19 response in spring 2020 - Finnish Government

    25.8.2023 | In a decision published on 25 August 2023, the European Committee of Social Rights concluded that the right of persons with disabilities to protection of health, social integration and participation in the life of the community as laid down in the revised European Social Charter, as well as the prohibition of discrimination, were not violated in the response to the COVID-19 pandemic in spring 2020.
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1271139/european-committee-of-social-rights-delivers-decision-on-rights-of-persons-with-disabilities-in-covid-19-response-in-spring-2020

  18. Rehabilitation for disabled veterans’ spouses and widows and for war widows and front-line allowance for foreign volunteer front-line soldiers to continue unchanged in 2024 - Finnish Government

    7.12.2023 | The Government has issued decrees on rehabilitation for disabled veterans’ spouses and widows and for war widows and on the front-line allowance for foreign volunteer front-line soldiers in 2024.
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1271139/rehabilitation-for-disabled-veterans-spouses-and-widows-and-for-war-widows-and-front-line-allowance-for-foreign-volunteer-front-line-soldiers-to-continue-unchanged-in-2024

  19. Ulkoministeri Pekka Haavisto osallistuu Global Disability Summit -vammaishuippukokoukseen - Valtioneuvosto

    14.2.2022 | Ulkoministeri Pekka Haavisto julkistaa Oslossa 16. –17.2. järjestettävässä Global Disability Summit -vammaishuippukokouksessa ulkoministeriön sitoumukset vammaisten henkilöiden oikeuksien edistämiseksi. Huippukokouksen tavoitteena on tehostaa YK:n vammaisyleissopimuksen toimeenpanoa ja saada näin aikaan todellisia parannuksia vammaisten henkilöiden elämään.
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/-/ulkoministeri-pekka-haavisto-osallistuu-global-disability-summit-vammaishuippukokoukseen

  20. Finland’s second presidency of session of Conference of States Parties to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities - Finnish Government

    14.6.2022 | On 14–16 June 2022, Finland will serve for the second time in succession as president of the session of the Conference of States Parties (COSP) to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD). Representatives from more than 180 countries are expected to attend the conference in New York. A large number of representatives of civil society organisations and UN agencies, dedicated to promoting the rights of persons with disabilities, will also attend the conference.
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/finland-s-second-presidency-of-session-of-conference-of-states-parties-to-the-convention-on-the-rights-of-persons-with-disabilities