Finland
2026
STATUSAbolitionist
EXECUTIONS 20260
SENTENCES0
- GOVERNMENT
- parliamentary republic
- CONSTITUTION
- March 1, 2000; amended several times, last in 2018
- LEGAL SYSTEM
- civil law based on Swedish law; recognizes ICJ jurisdiction as mandatory with reservations
- LEGISLATIVE SYSTEM
- unicameral, Parliament (Eduskunta)
- JUDICIAL SYSTEM
- Supreme Court or Korkein Oikeus (composed of the court president and 18 judges); Supreme Administrative Court (composed of 21 judges, including the court president and organized into 3 chambers); 6 Courts of Appeal; 8 regional administrative courts; 27 district courts; special courts for issues related to markets, labor, insurance, impeachment, land, rental, and water rights
RELIGIONS
Lutheran 66.6%, Greek Orthodox 1.1%, other 1.7%, none 30.6% (estimate 2021)
From the country
- APRIL 28, 1999FinlandDEATH PENALTY
Finland was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death...
Finland was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights on April 28 (1999/61)
- JANUARY 1, 1999FinlandDEATH PENALTY
The Constitution Act of Finland (1919 as amended in...
The Constitution Act of Finland (1919 as amended in 1995), Section 6, states in part: "Everyone shall have the right to life and personal liberty, physical integrity and security of person