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(a)
The amendments to the Criminal Investigation Act (805/2011), to the
Coercive Measures Act (806/2011) and to the Police Act (872/2011), which entered into
force on 1 January 2014;
(b)
The adoption of the Act on Probationary Liberty under Supervision
(629/2013), which entered into force on 1 January 2014;
(c)
The adoption of the Act on State Compensation to Producers of Shelter
Services (1354/2014), which entered into force on 1 January 2015;
(d)
The amendments to the Act on the Treatment of Persons Detained by the
Police (Government Bill 348/2014), on 10 March 2015;
(e)
The amendments to the Act on the Treatment of Aliens Placed in Detention
and on Detention Units (Government Bill 172/214), on 14 March 2015;
(f)
The amendments to the Prison Act and Remand Imprisonment Act (45/2014),
which entered into force on 1 May 2015;
(g)
The amendments to the Act on the Reception of Persons Seeking
International Protection and on the Identification of and Assistance to Victims of Human
Trafficking (746/2011), which entered into force on 1 July 2015;
(h)
The amendments to the Aliens Act (170/2014 and 218/2014), inter alia,
prohibiting the detention of unaccompanied minors seeking international protection, which
entered into force on 1 July 2015;
(i)
The amendments to the Code of Judicial Procedure (46/2014) explicitly
prohibiting the use of evidence obtained through torture in judicial proceedings, which
entered into force on 1 January 2016.
5.
The Committee also welcomes the initiatives of the State party to amend its policies,
programmes and administrative measures to give effect to the Convention, including:
(a)
The adoption of the National Action Plan to Reduce Violence against
Women for the period 2010-2015 and the implementation of the project “Support services
for victims of sexual violence”;
(b)
The adoption of the National Action Plan on Fundamental and Human Rights
for 2012-2013;
(c)
The adoption in August 2012 of the Action Plan for the Prevention of
Circumcision of Girls and Women 2012-2016;
(d)
The implementation by the National Institute for Health and Welfare of the
national action plan for the reduction of disciplinary violence against children for 20102015 and the implementation during the period 2013-2016 of the “children’s house” pilot
project, which aims to provide assistance to children and young people who are victims of
sexual and physical violence;
(e)
The appointment on 1 June 2014 by the Ministry of the Interior of a
coordinator for activities aimed at combating human trafficking for the period 1 June 201531 May 2017;
(f)
The designation on 7 November 2014 of the Parliamentary Ombudsman as
the national preventive mechanism of Finland;
(g)
The transfer of the health-care services of inmates to the National Institute for
Health and Welfare, under the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health, in 2016.
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