Decision; Subjects: CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS, FINLAND; [CCPR: UNO-Pakt II, Internationaler Pakt über bürgerliche und politische Rechte; Pacte international relatif aux droits civils et politiques; Patto II]
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GE.26-04542 (E) 100426 100426 Human Rights Committee Decision adopted by the Committee under the Optional Protocol, concerning communication No. 3713/2020*, ** Communication submitted by: M.T. and 20 others (represented by counsel) Alleged victims: The authors State Party: Finland Date of communication: 26 February 2020 (initial submission) Substantive issue: Voter eligibility; criteria for inclusion on electoral roll in Sámi Parliament elections 1. The authors of the communication are 21 nationals of Finland who were candidates in the 2019 Sámi Parliament elections in the State Party. They claimed that the State Party had violated their rights under articles 25 and 27, read in conjunction with articles 1 and 14, of the Covenant. 2. On 18 June and 26 October 2020, the State Party submitted its observations on the admissibility and the merits of the communication. On 26 January 2022, the authors submitted their comments thereon, and the State Party’s additional observations were received on 11 April 2022. On 13 October 2025, the authors requested that the communication be discontinued, as amendments to domestic legislation had resolved the substantive issues involved in the communication. 3. On 16 March 2026, the Committee, in the light of the authors’ request to do so, decided to discontinue its consideration of communication No. 3713/2020.
* Adopted by the Committee at its 145th session (2–19 March 2026). ** The following members of the Committee participated in the examination of the communication: Tania María Abdo Rocholl, Wafaa Ashraf Moharram Bassim, Rodrigo A. Carazo, Yvonne Donders, Carlos Ramón Fernández Liesa, Laurence R. Helfer, Konstantin Korkelia, Dalia Leinarte, Bacre Waly Ndiaye, Hernán Quezada Cabrera, Akmal Saidov, Ivan Šimonović, Soh Changrok, Tijana Šurlan, Teraya Koji, Hélène Tigroudja and Imeru Tamerat Yigezu. United Nations CCPR/C/145/D/3713/2020 International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights Distr.: General 10 April 2026 Original: English