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.26-04544 (E) 100426 100426 Human Rights Committee Decision adopted by the Committee under the Optional Protocol, concerning communication No. 4629/2024*, ** Communication submitted by: P.N., L.A., T.A.J., K.H., T.L., A.L. and I.M. (represented by counsel) Alleged victims: The authors State Party: Finland Date of communication: 7 June 2024 (initial submission) Substantive issues: Right of self-determination; right to vote in Sámi Parliament elections 1. The authors of the communication are seven nationals of Finland. They claimed that the State Party had violated their rights under articles 25 and 26, read alone and in conjunction with article 27, as interpreted in the light of article 1, of the Covenant concerning the right of self-determination and the right to vote in elections to the Sámi Parliament. 2. On 7 June 2024, pursuant to rule 95 of the Committee’s rules of procedure, the Committee, acting through its Special Rapporteurs on new communications and interim measures, requested the State Party to take measures to protect the authors from any acts of retaliation against the authors for exercising their rights under the Covenant as related to the present communication. 3. On 9 December 2024, the State Party submitted its observations on the admissibility and the merits of the communication. On 14 July 2025, the authors requested that the communication be discontinued, as amendments to domestic legislation had resolved the substantive issues involved in the communication. 4. On 16 March 2026, the Committee, in the light of the authors’ request to do so, decided to discontinue its consideration of communication No. 4629/2024.
* 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/4629/2024 International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights Distr.: General 10 April 2026 Original: English