Advisory Board for International Human Rights (IONK)

Organisation name in original language

Kansainvälisten ihmisoikeusasiain neuvottelukunta / Delegationen för internationella människorättsärenden

Category of human rights structure

Civil society platform

Country

Finland

Website URL

Not available

Type(s) of body

Not applicable

Address

n/a

Legal source(s)

  • n/a

Human rights capacity support

Not applicable

Functions

  • Monitors the implementation of international human rights in Finland’s foreign and security policy.
  • Ensures dialogue occurs between authorities, bodies and civil society.
  • Makes recommendations on how to integrate a human rights perspective.
  • Operates under the Ministry for Foreign Affairs in four-year terms.

Specific mandates

Not applicable

Structured cooperation with partners at national level

  • Actively engages in dialogue with officials, including through visits from ministry units and meetings with ambassadors.
  • Composed of representatives from non-governmental organisations, research institutions and political groups within the Finnish parliament.

Structured cooperation with partners at international and EU level

  • Arranges meetings with representatives of international human rights bodies.

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