Info materials in English

Published by the Office of the Chancellor of Justice

• Estonian children's messages to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child (2023)

• Report of Estonian Children to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child (2023)

• Report of Chancellor of Justice on implementation of UN Convention on the Rights of the Child on the combined fifth to seventh periodic reports of the Republic of Estonia (2023)

• Report of Chancellor of Justice on implementation of UN Convention on the Rights of the Child on fourth and fifth regular report of the Republic of Estonia (2015)

• Bullying-free School (2014) (HTML, PDF)

• Ombudsman for Children - informative booklet (2012)

• Monitoring of the Rights of the Child and Parenting (2012)

Other info materials

• Breakup. Information and Support for Separating Families with Children (The Federation of Mother and Child Homes and Shelters 2020)
• Breakup. Leaflet for parents (The Federation of Mother and Child Homes and Shelters 2020)
• Child custody and visiting rights across EU borders (EU 2014)
• Child-friendly justice: Key terms (FRA 2014)
• Child-friendly justice: perspectives and experiences of professionals on children’s participation in civil and criminal judicial proceedings in 10 EU Member States (FRA 2015)
• Child-friendly justice - Perspectives and experiences of children involved in judicial proceedings as victims, witnesses or parties in nine EU Member States (FRA 2017)
• Child Trafficking and Child Protection: Ensuring that Child Protection Mechanisms Protect the Rights and Meet the Needs of Child Victims of Human Trafficking (OSCE 2018)
• Child Well-being (Statistics Estonia 2013)
• Cross-border parental child abduction (EU 2014)
• Cyberbullying & Substance Abuse (2017)
• Digital citizenship... and your child - What every parent needs to know and do (CoE 2019)
• Guidelines on child-friendly health care (CoE 2011)
• Guidelines on child-friendly justice (CoE 2010)
• Guidelines to respect, protect and fulfil the rights of the child in the digital environment (CoE 2018)
• Handbook on European law relating to the rights of the child (FRA 2015)
• Internet literacy handbook (CoE 2017)
• Implementation Handbook for the Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNICEF 2007)
• UN Convention of the Rights of the Child

UN General Comments to the Convention on the Rights of the Child

• Comment No 1: The aims of education
• Comment No 2: The role of independent human rights institutions
• Comment No 3: HIVAIDS and the rights of the child
• Comment No 4: Adolescent Health
• Comment No 5: General measures of implementation for the Convention
• Comment No 6: Treatment of unaccompanied and separated children
• Comment No 7: Implementing child rights in early childhood
• Comment No 8: The right to protection from corporal punishment
• Comment No 9: The rights of children with disabilities
• Comment No 9: Corrigendum
• Comment No 10: Children’s rights in Juvenile Justice
• Comment No 11: Indigenous children and their rights under the Convention
• Comment No 12: The right to be heard
• Comment No 13: The right to freedom from all forms of violence
• Comment No 14: The right to have their best interests taken into consideration
• Comment No 15: The right to the highest attainable standard of health
• Comment No 16: State obligations regarding the impact of the business sector
• Comment No 17: The right to rest, leisure, play, etc.
• Comment No 18: Elimination of Harmful practices
• Comment No 19: Public budgeting for the realization of children’s rights
• Comment No 20: Implementation of the rights of the child during adolescence
• Comment No 21: Children in street situations
• Comment No 22: General principles regarding the human rights of children in the context of international migration
• Comment No 23: The human rights of children in the context of international migration in countries of origin, transit, destination and return
• Comment No 24: Children’s rights in the child justice system
• Comment No 25: Children’s rights in relation to the digital environment
• Comment No 26: Children’s rights and the environment with a special focus on climate change