Suvianna Hakalehto

Suvianna Hakalehto is professor of law teaching tort law, child law and education law. The topic of her PhD thesis from the University of Helsinki (2008) was tort liability of public authorities. Since 2010 the main focus of Suvianna’s research has been children’s rights. Her post doctoral study (2012) was the first legal work in Finland on the rights and duties of children in education context. In 2018 she published the first comprehensive legal work on children’s rights in Finland (“Lapsioikeuden perusteet”).

Suvianna is interested in the special legal status of a minor in various context (family, school, health care, immigration etc) and the implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child in Finland. Her recent research has been in the field of education law (school discipline, inclusion, supervision of education providers), on implementing UNCRC in Finland and on tort liability in case of human rights violations. She is now doing research on patients’ rights and writing a book on how to use the UNCRC

Suvianna has been training lawyers as well as professionals on several topics (tort liability, good administration, human rights and consititutional rights, family law, children’s rights, legal topics of education). She is a chair of Child Law Lawyers.