Editing Finland (section)

===Human rights===
{{Main|Human rights in Finland}}
[[File:Helsinki Cathedral before Helsinki Pride Parade 2022-07-02.jpg|thumb|People gathering at the [[Senate Square, Helsinki|Senate Square]], [[Helsinki]], before the [[Helsinki Pride|2022 Helsinki Pride parade]] started]]
Finland has one of the world's most extensive [[Social security in Finland|welfare systems]], one that guarantees decent living conditions for all residents. The welfare system was created almost entirely during the first three decades after World War II.<ref name="LOC">Text from PD source: US Library of Congress: ''[http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/fitoc.html A Country Study: Finland] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150214114830/http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/fitoc.html |date=14 February 2015 }}'', Library of Congress Call Number DL1012 .A74 1990.</ref>

Section 6 of the [[Finnish Constitution]] states: "No one shall be placed in a different position on situation of sex, age, origin, language, religion, belief, opinion, state of health, disability or any other personal reason without an acceptable reason".<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.finlex.fi/fi/lainsaadanto/1999/731 | title = Perustuslaki: 2. luku Perusoikeudet, 6 § Yhdenvertaisuus 2 momentti | year = 1999 | publisher = Finlex | access-date = 27 August 2020 | language = fi | archive-date = 23 April 2012 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120423074406/http://www.finlex.fi/fi/laki/ajantasa/1999/19990731 | url-status = live }}</ref>

Finland has been ranked above average among the world's countries in [[democracy]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.democracyranking.org/downloads/2012/Scores_of_the_Democracy-Ranking-2012.htm |title=Scores of the Democracy Ranking 2012 |publisher=Global Democracy Ranking |year=2012 |access-date=27 September 2013 |archive-date=23 April 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180423023959/http://www.democracyranking.org/downloads/2012/Scores_of_the_Democracy-Ranking-2012.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> [[press freedom]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.freedomhouse.org/report/freedom-press/2013/finland |title=Freedom of the Press: Finland |publisher=Freedom House |year=2013 |access-date=27 September 2013 |archive-date=4 September 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190904010956/https://freedomhouse.org/report/freedom-press/2013/finland |url-status=dead }}</ref> and [[human development (economics)|human development]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://hdrstats.undp.org/en/countries/profiles/FIN.html |title=Statistics of the Human Development Report |publisher=[[United Nations Development Programme]] |year=2013 |access-date=27 September 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131128081803/http://hdrstats.undp.org/en/countries/profiles/FIN.html |archive-date=28 November 2013 }}</ref> [[Amnesty International]] has expressed concern regarding some issues in Finland, such as the imprisonment of [[conscientious objector]]s, and [[Racism in Finland|societal discrimination]] against [[Romani people]] and members of other ethnic and linguistic minorities.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.amnesty.org/en/region/finland/report-2013 |title=Annual Report 2013: Finland |publisher=[[Amnesty International]] |year=2013 |access-date=27 September 2013 |archive-date=31 December 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131231151421/http://www.amnesty.org/en/region/finland/report-2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://2009-2017.state.gov/j/drl/rls/hrrpt/humanrightsreport/index.htm#wrapper |title=Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2012: Finland |publisher=U.S. State of Department [[Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor]] |year=2012 |access-date=27 September 2013 |archive-date=21 May 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180521170415/https://2009-2017.state.gov/j/drl/rls/hrrpt/humanrightsreport/index.htm#wrapper |url-status=live }}</ref>

In the report of the European umbrella organization [[ILGA-Europe]] published in May 2023, Finland [[LGBT rights in Finland|ranked sixth]] in a European comparison of [[LGBT rights by country or territory|LGBTQ+ rights]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.helsinkitimes.fi/world-int/23542-j.html|title=Finland ranks 6th in European LGTBQ+ rights comparison|work=[[Helsinki Times]]|date=11 May 2023|access-date=12 May 2023|archive-date=12 May 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512021618/https://www.helsinkitimes.fi/world-int/23542-j.html|url-status=live}}</ref>