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The Chancellor of Justice as ombudsman for children submitted to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child a report on implementation of UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) in Estonia.
In his address at the start of the school year, Ombudsman for Children Indrek Teder urged school principals to pay attention to the importance of a safe and bullying-free school environment. He also encouraged school principals to use anti-bullying programmes more actively.
Today a new school year begins. From now on, in many families, life will follow the course directed by school.
Under the aegis of the Ombudsman for Children, the website for the ‘Bully-free school’ programme has now been completed. It offers practical advice on preventing bullying and for the resolution of cases of bullying.
The Chancellor of Justice acting also as the ombudsman for children in Estonia has published together with professionals a booklet “Bullying-free school”. The booklet gives practical recommendations for pupils, teachers and parents for the prevention of bullying and resolving bullying incidents.
The Office of the Chancellor of Justice and the Estonian Union for Child Welfare are organising the conference entitled “Bullying-free Education” that will be held on 2 April and opened by Her Royal Highness Crown Princess Mary of Denmark, who will be visiting Estonia at the time.
The ‘Child Well-Being’ compendium prepared by Statistics Estonia, which gives an overview of the situation of Estonian children, will be presented at the Office of the Chancellor of Justice today. The Ombudsman for Children feels that it highlights the issues that need more attention to ensure that children have a good life in Estonia.
The Chancellor of Justice as Ombudsman for Children in Estonia has called on candidates in the local government elections to pay more attention to the needs, requests and opinions of children and young people. Discussions held with schoolchildren by advisers to the Chancellor of Justice as Ombudsman for Children indicated that the children are eager to have a say in the organisation of local life.
The Chancellor of Justice is of the position that the decision of Rae Rural Municipality Government to suspend the payment of 120 euros in support to a resident of the municipality for the reason that she owed the municipality 2 euros and 50 cents is unconstitutional.
The Chancellor of Justice, as the Ombudsman for Children, has prepared an analysis based on inspection of substitute homes (formerly children’s homes) which provides an overview of how the rights of children raised in such homes in Estonia are guaranteed. The Ombudsman is of the opinion that minimum standards should be established for substitute homes.
The Ombudsman for Children has cooperated with specialists to prepare a counselling booklet on ways of obtaining psychological and psychiatric help.
The Office of the Chancellor of Justice published a summary of the Monitoring of the Rights of the Child and Parenting 2012 in English.
Monitoring maps out the society's awareness and attitudes concerning topics related to children's rights, inclusion of parents and being a parent. The study was carried out both among children and parents. The monitoring was conducted by the Centre for Policy Studies Praxis and it was financed from the Fund of Wise Decisions.
The Chancellor of Justice Indrek Teder is convinced that the Citizenship Act[1] is not in the conformity with the Constitution[2], since youngsters who have permanently lived in Estonia, but whom a residence permit was not applied for under the age of 15 or was not renewed in time, are not allowed to obtain Estonian citizenship.
On the 14th of September 2012, the Chancellor of Justice as the ombudsman for children in Estonia was granted full membership of the European Network of Ombudspersons for Children (ENOC).