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Last year, the Chancellor of Justice was approached with a concern that at the Magdaleena unit of ITK, even patients using designated parking spaces for vehicles serving people with disabilities were required to pay parking fees.

The ITK parking lots are located on private property, which gives the owner the right to set parking fees at their discretion. Nevertheless, the Chancellor of Justice proposed to the hospital’s management that parking fees should not be charged to owners of parking cards intended for persons with disabilities.

The Chancellor’s Year in Review 2022/2023 summarizes the performance of the Office of the Chancellor of Justice in fulfilling the tasks assigned by law from 1 September 2022 to 31 August 2023. 

Chancellor of Justice Ülle Madise has expressed her view that although the government and Riigikogu deserve recognition for the work they have done to amend the Communicable Diseases Prevention and Control Act (hereafter referred to by its Estonian acronym NETS), other options should be considered for the effective protection of public health in a way that does not infringe upon basic rights an

The overview of the activities of the Chancellor of Justice covers the period from 1 September 2019 to 31 August 2020. Among other things, this year’s annual overview includes a chapter on the emergency situation.

The Chancellor of Justice is an independent constitutional institution appointed to office by the Riigikogu (parliament) on the proposal of the President of the Republic for a term of seven years. The Chancellor’s task is to make sure that legislation valid in Estonia is in conformity with the Constitution and that the fundamental rights and liberties of people in Estonia are protected.

The Annual Report 2017-2018 covers the period from 1 September 2017 to 31 August 2018. The report has been published in a new web form and it includes information on children's rights, inspection visits, local authorities, equal treatment, courts and many other topics.

Last year, advisers to the Chancellor of Justice visited four psychiatric hospitals, six special care homes and 12 nursing care hospitals to see how the rights of residents are protected. In many institutions, problems were detected in the storage of medicines and their administration to residents. There are also doubts regarding residents’ dignity always being guaranteed in these places.

The Ombudsman for Children has cooperated with specialists to prepare a counselling booklet on ways of obtaining psychological and psychiatric help.

The Chancellor of Justice Mr. Indrek Teder turned to the Supreme Court with an application to declare the restrictions on the establishment of pharmacies enacted in the Medicinal Products Act [1] unconstitutional.