Useful links
www.asianajajat.fi
Homepage of the Finnish Bar Association.
www.suomi.fi
This site is maintained by the Council of State and is a general guide to every citizen. Includes guidance to many difficult matters concerning for example social policy.
www.lomake.fi
A citizen's web form service which produces, maintains and distributes the different forms of the government and municipal cities for the needs of citizens and other individuals who need the services. The service is free to the users.
www.vn.fi
Homepages and contact information of all ministries and information about the decisions made by the Council of State and different ministries.
www.eduskunta.fi
Homepage of the Parliament. Phases of legislation, records of plenary sessions and databases of the Parliaments library.
www.eduskunta.fi/fakta/eoa/eoa.htm
Homepage of the Parliamentary Ombudsman.
www.vn.fi/okv
Official pages of the Chancellor of Justice.
www.kko.fi
The homepage of the Supreme Court where is also preliminary rulings made by the Court.
www.kho.fi
The homepage of the Supreme Administrative Court where is also recent rulings made by the Court.
www.oikeus.fi/vksv
The homepage of the Prosecutor-Generals office. You can for example check what is the duty to prosecution or why and how the dropping of charges is done.
http://europa.eu/institutions/inst/justice/index_fi.htm
The homepage of European Court of Justice where there is recent rulings and decision also in Finnish.
www.finlex.fi
The governments database for statutes where you can find all the valid legislation and their changes and links to databases of the rulings made by all the higher courts.
www.vero.fi
The pages of the tax administration which includes for example instructions and different forms concerning taxation.
www.kela.fi
The Social Insurance Institution of Finland, all guides as on-line versions. Information available for example about income, housing support, maternity leave, pension and other citizen rights.
www.kuntaliitto.fi
The homepage of the Association of Finnish Local and Regional Authorities. Links also to Your home municipality.
www.stat.fi
The homepage of Central Statistical Office. Almost everything possible statistical information. A great deal of the information is free.
www.vaestorekisterikeskus.fi
Population register centre. Information of all the city administrative courts.
www.ymparisto.fi
Information about construction and for example public rights.
www.fredman-mansson.fi/tuomarinohjeet.htm
Judge´s rules. The homepage of the Law office Fredman-Månsson which is specialized in issues relating human rights.
www.rikosuhripaivystys.fi
Instructions and help for the victims of a crime.
www.helsinki.fi/oik/tdk
University of Helsinki, Faculty of Law.
www.kuluttajavirasto.fi
From the homepages of the National Consumer Administration You can find lots of different information about the position of an individual as a consumer.
www.poliisi.fi
The homepage of the police. General information about the tasks, actions and organization of the police. Also some general forms.
