Amnesty International submits this document in advance of the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination’s (the Committee) consideration of Finland’s combined 24-26th periodic reports on the implementation of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (the Convention) in August 2026. This submission summarizes Amnesty International’s concerns about Finland’s failure to comply with its obligations under the Convention, including regarding racial discrimination, hate speech and hate crimes; economic and social rights; violence against women; rights of the indigenous Sámi people; right to freedom of peaceful assembly and rights of asylum seekers, refugees and migrants. This is not an exhaustive set of issues.
