Speeches by the President

The Supreme Administrative Court publishes the President’s speeches mainly in Finnish and Swedish. Here you will find only those speeches that have been published in English.

Latest speeches‍

16 March 2026

​Guest Lecture on Backsliding of the Rule of Law, the Global South Network, University of Leicester, UK​

27 May 2024

Opening speech of the seminar “Mapping the Multilevel Protection of Human Rights in European Administrative Courts”, on 27th May, 2024, in Inari Sajos Cultural Centre

26 May 2024

Opening speech of the symposium “Climate, Environment, and Land Use” with the representatives of Sámi Parliament, 26th May, 2024, in Inari Sajos Cultural Centre

7 March 2024

Speech at the Fourth Digital Day: Environmental Law and the Water-Energy-Food-Ecosystem-Nexus

9 October 2023

Opening speech in the ACA-Europe seminar in Stockholm, Sweden

27 June 2023

Presentation of the tentative programme of the Finnish-Swedish presidency 2023-2025

3 March 2023

Speech at the seminar on Environmental policy evaluation and tribute to the legacy of Mr. Mikael Hildén – Expert Judge: Between Science and Law

28 October 2022

Speech on the occasion of the seminar in memory of justice Matti Pellonpää, The European Human Rights System – Past, Present and Future

25 October 2022

Speech on the occasion of the Centennial jubilee of the Supreme Administrative Court of Poland

23 May 2022

Together we shall build a strong European rule of law

3 December 2021

Independence of Courts in the European Union

29 October 2021

Looking in the Mirror: the Rule of Law Challenges in Finland

6 July 2021

Independence of the Judiciary in Europe

26 May 2021

The Role of Judiciary in Global Environmental Governance

26 February 2020‍

Opening Speech at the seminar “Are Climate Impacts Environmental Impacts?”

14 October 2019

Rule of Law in the European Union, 8th Annual Lecture at Turku Law School

13 June 2019

Meeting of Taxation Working Group of the Association of European Administrative Judges