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Chancellor of justice

Chancellor of Justice Ülle Madise

History of the institution

Former Chancellor of Justices
Official duties

Constitutional review
The Chancellor of Justice verifies that laws, regulations and other legislations of general application are in conformity with the Constitution and other laws.

Protection of fundamental rights
The Chancellor of Justice ensures that authorities and officials performing public duties would not violate people’s constitutional rights and freedoms, laws and other legislations of general application, and the practice of good administration.

Protection of the rights of children and youth
The Chancellor of Justice performs the functions of the Ombudsman for Children. The Ombudsman for Children protects the rights of children and youngsters when they interact with executors of state power.

Rights of persons with disabilities
The Chancellor of Justice ensures that all disabled persons are able to exercise their fundamental rights and freedoms on equal grounds with other persons.

Prevention of ill-treatment
No one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment. As the National Preventive Mechanism in Estonia, the Chancellor of Justice regularly carries out inspection visits of the places of detention.

NHRI
The Chancellor of Justice is the national human rights institution (NHRI) in Estonia.

Other duties
Submission of an opinion to the Supreme Court in constitutional review proceedings, initiating a disciplinary proceeding against a judge, solving discrimination disputes, etc.
Activities

Selection of opinions

Annual reports

Speeches, articles and interviews

International cooperation
Office

Personnel

Location

History of the building

Human rights handbooks
UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights
European Convention on Human Rights
Principles relating to the Status of National Institutions (The Paris Principles)
Overviews of the Chancellor of Justice activities
Human Rights Reports compiled by the Estonian Human Rights Centre
Human rights surveys commissioned by the Estonian Institute of Human Rights
Human Rights in the Baltic States. Comparative survey of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania (Estonian Institute of Human Rights 2019)