The Parliamentary Ombudsman supervises and promotes the legality and the implementation of fundamental and human rights
Read more about the Parliamentary Ombudsman
Can the Ombudsman help you?
You can file a complaint with the Parliamentary Ombudsman if you feel that a public authority, an official or a private party performing a public task has not complied with the law or fulfilled its duty, or if you suspect that fundamental and human rights have not been appropriately implemented in their activities.
Before filing a complaint, we recommend that you contact the authority or private party performing a public task whose actions you consider unlawful. This may already solve the problem.
Press releases and news
Welcome to the renewed website of the Parliamentary Ombudsman
Measures to improve digital services in the Tax Administration required by the Deputy-Ombudsman
Our special duties
Rights of children and young people
The Ombudsman supervises and promotes the implementation of children's rights.
Read more For children and young peopleThe rights of persons with disabilities
The Ombudsman promotes, protects and monitors the implementation of the rights of persons with disabilities.
Read moreRights of persons deprived of their liberty
The Parliamentary Ombudsman acts as the National Preventive Mechanism referred to in the Optional Protocol to the UN Convention against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (OPCAT).
Read moreRights of the elderly
The Parliamentary Ombudsman promotes the rights of the elderly as part of the comprehensive protection, supervision and promotion of fundamental and human rights.
Read moreRead the Annual Report of the Parliamentary Ombudsman
The Ombudsman publishes an annual report on activities in the previous year. It is published in Finnish and Swedish. An English summary of the annual report is also published. The printed publication can be obtained from the Office of the Parliamentary Ombudsman.