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  1. HE 103/2026 vpIn progress

    Flexible compositions for administrative courts

    The decision-making compositions of administrative courts, the Supreme Administrative Court and the Insurance Court will be reformed to speed up case processing. Simpler matters can be resolved in lighter compositions than before, while new reinforced compositions will be established for extensive questions and matters of principle.

    10 Sep 2026 · no votes yet
  2. HE 63/2024 vpPassed with amendments

    Expanding remote connections in court proceedings

    Courts will be able to hold hearings entirely via remote connections, and judges will also be able to participate in hearings remotely. In addition, hearing parties, witnesses and experts via remote connection will be made easier and more flexible.

    28 Nov 2024 · passed without a vote
  3. HE 301/2022 vpPassed with amendments

    Publishing appellate board interests online

    Interests of members of social security appeal boards and the Traffic and Patient Accident Board will be compiled into a public online register alongside information on judges. Anyone will be able to search and inspect the public interest information of board members in the register maintained by the Legal Register Centre.

    6 Mar 2023 · passed without a vote
  4. HE 51/2021 vpPassed

    Implementing privileges for the patent court

    Finland will implement the Protocol on Privileges and Immunities of the European Unified Patent Court. The arrangement secures the independence and immunity of the court and its personnel in official duties.

    24 Jun 2021 · passed without a vote
  5. HE 200/2017 vpPassed with amendments

    Streamlining court proceedings and remote connections

    Court procedures will be streamlined to speed up trials and reduce costs. Participation in hearings via video link will be permitted more widely than before, and cases can be decided by smaller panels of judges.

    9 May 2018 · 1 vote

    Only vote · 2. lakiehdotus, 8 luvun 3 §, mietintö / Tavio

    104 jaa
    61 ei
  6. HE 7/2016 vpPassed with amendments

    Reforming courts and judicial training

    Provisions on courts and judges will be consolidated into a single new Courts Act. At the same time, the posts of chief judges will be made fixed-term and a systematic training path will be created for judges.

    8 Jul 2016 · 16 votes
    109 jaa
    63 ei
  7. HE 71/2015 vpPassed

    Streamlining the processing of asylum appeals

    The Supreme Administrative Court will be able to decide on leave to appeal in asylum matters in a smaller judicial composition than before. The change will speed up case processing and make the court's operations more efficient.

    27 Nov 2015 · passed without a vote
  8. HE 56/2015 vpPassed

    Streamlining asylum appeals in administrative courts

    The Helsinki Administrative Court will be able to hear asylum appeals decided under an accelerated procedure in a single-judge composition. The amendment corrects a technical error in an earlier legislative amendment and restores the previous procedure.

    25 Nov 2015 · passed without a vote
  9. HE 286/2014 vpPassed

    Approving Protocol 16 to the ECHR

    The proposal would approve Protocol No. 16 to the European Convention on Human Rights and an act bringing it into force. The protocol would allow supreme courts to request advisory opinions from the European Court of Human Rights.

    16 Oct 2015 · passed without a vote