Deputy-Ombudsman Maija Sakslin

Licentiate in Laws, Maija Sakslin is the Deputy Parliamentary Ombudsman since 2010.

Ms Maija Sakslin was elected for her fourth term that started on 1 April 2022. 

Ombudsman Sakslin acted as a Chairperson of the Management Board of the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) during 2012-2015. She was a member of the board during 2010-2015.

Ms. Sakslin has worked as a legal researcher at the Social Insurance Institution, Kela, since 1999.

Before that she was a researcher at Kela's research and development unit and at the Institution of International Economic Law at the University of Helsinki and she was the project head in the secretariat of Kela.

Between 1997 and 1998 she served three fixed-length stints as a legal adviser in the Office of the Parliamentary Ombudsman.

In addition, she has numerous expert tasks relating especially to constitutional questions and social security in Finnish and European working groups and research projects.

The special concentration in her research has been on fundamental and human rights, and the division of power between the EU and its Member States.

Curriculum vitae

Education

  • Upper Secondary School Graduate, Pohjois-Haagan yhteiskoulu 1979
  • Bachelor of Laws, University of Helsinki 1986
  • Licentiate of Laws, University of Helsinki 2000

Career

  • Office of the Parliamentary Ombudsman
    • Deputy-Ombudsman 2014 -
    • Deputy-Ombudsman 2010 - 2014
    • Fixed-term Advisor 1997 -1998
  • Leading Senior Researcher
    • Researcher, Research and Development Unit 1991 -1999
    • Researcher, University of Helsinki Institute of International Law 1993 - 1996
    • Project Manager, Kela’s Research and budget development unit 1993 - 1994, 1994 - 1996
    • Project Manager, Kela’s secretariat 1991 - 1993
    • Acting Assistant for Constitutional Law, University of Helsinki 1989 - 1991
  • Legal Counsel, Instrumentarium Oy, 1986 - 1988
  • Expert positions
    • EU Agency for Fundamental Rights
      • Chair of the Management Board 2012 - 2015
      • Chair of the Board of Directors 2012 -2015
      • Member of the FRA Management Board 2010 -2015
      • Member of the Budget Committee 2010 - 2012
      • Member of the Human Rights Delegation 2012 - 2016
    • Expert member of the Government’s Parliamentary Constitutional Review Committee 2008
    • Expert member of the Ministry of Justice Constitution 2008 working group 2008
    • Member of the Ministry of Justice appointed working group to investigate the enactment of the new Constitution 2001 - 2002
    • Member of the management team and national expert for trESS (Organising Training and Setting Up Networks on the European Co-ordination of Social Security Systems) 2005 - 2007
    • Member of the Editorial Board and Nation Expert for the European Observatory on Social Security for Migrant Workers researcher network 2000 - 2004.
    • Member of the Social protection in Europe. Convergence? Integration. Accession and the free movement of labour 2001 - 2004 network.
    • Part-time Secretary of the Fundamental Rights Committee 1990 - 1992

Positions of trust

  • Member of the Faculty of Law Advisory Board, University of Helsinki 2011-2013
  • Member of the board for the Finnish Society of Constitutional Law 1992 -

Publications

  • Sosiaali- ja terveysturva Euroopan unionin perusoikeuskirjassa. In the publication Nieminen, L. Perusoikeudet EU:ssa. Helsinki 2001.
  • Kansallisista perusoikeuksista yhteisön oikeudeksi. In the publication Länsineva P, Viljanen V-P. Perusoikeuspuheenvuoroja. Turku 1998.
  • Suomen hallitusmuodon sosiaaliset perusoikeudet - osa kansallista ja EU:n jäsenvaltioiden yhteistä valtiosääntöperinnettä. Lakimies 5 - 6, 1998.
  • Euroopan unionin oikeus sosiaalisten oikeuksien turvana. In the publication Kanninen H. et al. Puhuri käy. Muuttuva suomalainen ja eurooppalainen valtiosääntömme. Edita, Helsinki 2009, p. 363 - 388.
  • Potilaan oikeus hakeutua sairaanhoitoon valitsemaansa jäsenvaltioon - EY:n tuomioistuimen tulkintakannanotoista unionin jäsenvaltioiden oikeudeksi. In the publication Kaila H. et al. Yksilön oikeusasema Euroopan unionissa. Turku, Åbo 2008.
  • Sosiaaliturvajärjestelmien yhteensovittaminen Euroopan unionissa. In the publication Ojanen T, Haapea A. EU-oikeuden perusteita II - aineellisen EU-oikeuden aloja ja ulottuvuuksia. Edita Publishing Oyj 2007.
  • The Concept of Residence and Social Security: Reflections on Finnish, Swedish and Community Legislation. European Journal of Migration and Law, 2000. Kluwer Academic Publishers.
  • Social security coordination -Adapting to change. European Journal of Social Security, Volume 2/2, 2000. Kluwer Law International.
  • Asumiseen perustuva sosiaaliturva ja henkilöiden liikkuvuus Euroopan unionissa. Helsinki 1995.