News

2026

26.3.2026 Supreme Court: Päivi Räsänen and her Internet publisher convicted of agitation against a population group - Korkein oikeusAvautuu uuteen välilehteen​

2024

19.4.2024 Leave to appeal granted to the prosecutor in a criminal matter concerning hatred against a group of personsAvautuu uuteen välilehteen

2023

15.9.2023: The Role of the Supreme Court and Leave to Appeal in Finland - Speech by President Tatu Leppänen in the International Conference "The Role of the Supreme Courts in Providing Effective Legal Protection" in Brno, Czech Republic, 15 September 2023

23.2.2023: Supreme Court admitted ANOM messages into evidence

2022

18.10.2022: Opening speech by Tatu Leppänen, President of the Supreme Court of Finland, at the IACA Conference “People Centered Justice in the New Normal”, 18 October 2022 Helsinki

5.5.2022: President of the ECHR Robert Spano meets with the presidents of the highest courts of Finland

13.4.2022: The Supreme Court dismissed the criminal charges in two cases relating to the fishing rights of the Sámi

2018

6.11.2018: Filtering the Appeals to the Supreme Court: The Finnish Approach - A speech by Justice Jukka Sippo in The International Supreme Courts Conference “Supreme Courts In Changing Times” in Brno, Czech Republic, 6 November 2018

26.6.2018: Opening speech By Timo Esko, President of the Supreme Court, at the Annual Conference of the European Association of Psychology and Law, 26-29 June

2.1.2018: The Supreme Court of Finland starts to publish summaries of its precedents in English