Finnish ECHR judge’s views are harmful to rule of law, says NCP’s Vestman

HEIKKI VESTMAN (NCP), the chairperson of the Parliament’s Constitutional Law Committee, has voiced his displeasure with statements made by Juha Lavapuro, who begins his nine-year term as judge at the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) on 1 January.

“I consider any kind of talk that challenges the ruling of a competent body on the prevalent legal situation and the obligation to comply with it harmful for the rule-of-law state – be it from a politician, judge, professor or an ordinary citizen,” Vestman wrote on X on Monday.