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The Chancellor of Justice rejected the Public Prosecutor's Office's applications to waive the immunity of two members of the Riigikogu

The Chancellor of Justice Indrek Teder is convinced that the immunity of the members of the Riigikogu Mr. Lauri Laasi and Mr. Priit Toobal were unconstitutionally violated when searches of their premises in the frame of a criminal case were conducted without the consent of the Riigikogu.

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The Chancellor of Justice as ombudsman for children became the full member of the European Network of Ombudspersons for Children (ENOC)

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).

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The Chancellor of Justice: law treats people in case of unemployment unreasonably unequally
The Chancellor of Justice Indrek Teder argues that the Unemployment Insurance Act1 is contrary to the principle of equality enacted in the Constitution of the Republic of Estonia2.
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Cooperation seminar of the ombudspersons for children of Baltic countries
The Chancellor of Justice as also the Ombudsperson for Children in Estonia hosted on 29-30 March 2012 a cooperation seminar of Estonian, Latvian and Lithuanian ombudspersons for children to share experiences and working methods in protecting and promoting children’s rights.
 
The ombudspersons for children introduced their mandates and tasks and compared child protection systems in the Baltic countries. The models of ombudspersons for children differ in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.
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The Chancellor of Justice: “The Parliament of Estonia must have a say on the granting of financial assistance under the European Stability Mechanism.”

Indrek Teder argues that the provision of the Treaty Establishing the European Stability Mechanism (ESM) which in exceptional cases allows decisions on the provision of stability support to a Member of the ESM to be adopted by means of the so-called emergency voting procedure is contrary to the Estonian Constitution. The core feature of the emergency voting procedure is that, instead of using a regular voting mechanism based on mutual agreement (i.e. unanimity), a decision is adopted if a qualified majority of 85% of the votes cast endorse the decision.

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The Ombudsman for Children drafted a manual to inform about a child who needs help
The Ombudsman for Children, Indrek Teder, reminds that pursuant to law, everyone has the obligation to immediately inform the rural municipality’s or city government's child protection official or the police of a child who needs help.  Data protection is not an obstacle to inform about a child in need of help.
 
The Ombudsman for Children drafted a manual “Informing about a child in need of help and data protection“.
NewsProtection of privacyRights of the childSocial protection and employment
The Tallinn city government regulation establishing the conditions and procedures to determine into which municipal school a child is allocated is unconstitutional

The regulation of the Tallinn city government does not consider the will of the legislator. According to the regulation, only the parents' choice for the particular school is taken into account when determining the school of residence, while other criteria set out in the Basic Schools and Upper Secondary Schools Act are disregarded. In other cases, the will of the parents is not taken into consideration at all. The Chancellor of Justice also pointed out that the schools' internal rules determining admission to the particular school are unlawful.

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