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Although the pressure to widely deploy artificial intelligence is high, state authorities must not base their decisions on the tempting possibilities of technology but must first and foremost ensure the protection of fundamental rights, says Liiri Oja, Senior Adviser at the Office of the Chancellor of Justice.
Patient safety is a priority concept in modern healthcare, which was first established in the late 1990s when a summary study in the United States revealed that preventable medical errors cause thousands of deaths.
The right to education is a fundamental right. A child has the right to study at their local school, and obtaining a school place must not be an exhausting and months-long effort and source of stress. If it is, then something is wrong with the system, writes Atko-Madis Tammar.
Informing residents about hazards arising from the living environment is a state responsibility and one of the measures of civil protection. Internationally, the goal has been set that every person must receive an early warning in the event of danger.
On August 14, the ninth of twelve meetings dedicated to the development of Southeast Estonia took place in the village of Karula, Valga County. This time, the focus was on the region’s future opportunities. Chancellor of Justice Ülle Madise, President of Eesti Pank Madis Müller, Auditor General Janar Holm, and Chancellor of the Ministry of Defence Kaimo Kuusk presented their vision for the future of Southeast Estonia, covering questions of law and justice, access to capital, economic development, competitiveness, security, and national defense. Twenty top leaders and decision-makers from business, law enforcement, the banking sector, education, science, and other fields participated in the meeting.
Senior Adviser to the Chancellor of Justice, Vallo Olle, writes in the latest issue of Juridica about restrictions on voting rights in local elections.
Chancellor of Justice Ülle Madise and the head of the Business Environment Department at the Chancellor of Justice’s Office, Evelin Lopman, wrote in the newsletter of the Association of Estonian Cities and Municipalities about the challenges of constructing wind farms.
The Chancellor of Justice, Ülle Madise, wrote about her friend Siiri Sisask and her new album.
On April 19, the Chancellor of Justice, Ülle Madise, published an article titled "The Monopoly on Violence" in the special edition "Guides to Meaning" of the newspaper Postimees.
On January 27, the magazine Edasi published an article by Chancellor of Justice Ülle Madise titled "On the Possibility of Good Agreements." The article is available only in Estonian.
Critical questions and different opinions are the most useful. Of course, this is only true when one is prepared to alter one's own convictions or go to the trouble of convincing those who disagree, writes Chancellor of Justice Ülle Madise.
The first sentence in Article 15(1) of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union provides as follows: ‘Given the principle of subsidiarity, the provisions of the Charter are intended for the institutions, bodies and agencies of the Union and for the Member States only in the event of the application of Union law’. This paper seeks an answer to the question, What is the meaning, after all, of the magical phrase ‘for the Member States only in the event of the application of Union law’ – in what situations, and in what manner, is the Charter to be enforced under the Estonian legal regime?