Anni-Kristiina Juuso appointed Secretary General of Truth and Reconciliation Commission Concerning the Sámi People

Anni-Kristiina Juuso, Master of Laws trained on the bench, has been appointed to serve as Secretary General of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission Concerning the Sámi People. Juuso will take up her duties on 1 February 2022.

Juuso is transferring to her post from UiT The Arctic University of Norway in Tromsø, where she worked as a doctoral researcher studying the institution of truth and reconciliation commissions in the context of indigenous peoples. Prior to this, she served as a Senior Specialist at the Prime Minister’s Office in preparatory tasks related to establishing the truth and reconciliation commission in Finland, and as a Senior Adviser involved in establishing a truth and reconciliation commission concerning the Sámi and Kven people in Norway.

The Secretary General is responsible for managing and organising the work of the secretariat under the guidance of the commission. The Secretary General takes part in the practical work of the commission as a member of the secretariat and acts as secretary at the commission’s meetings. The selection of other members of the secretariat is still under way. The office of the secretariat will be located in the Sámi homeland. 

The Truth and Reconciliation Commission Concerning the Sámi people was appointed in October 2021 and its term will run until the end of 2023. The commission an impartial and independent body whose objective is to identify and assess the historical and present-day discrimination experienced by the Sámi people.

Inquiries: Irja Jefremoff, Chair of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission Concerning the Sámi People, tel. +358 40 7741 048, Maiju Ranta, Coordinator of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission Concerning the Sámi People, tel. +358 50 4557402, Prime Minister’s Office.

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