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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.
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.
Based on appeals by parents, the Chancellor of Justice initiated a discussion about whether charging a transition fee is justified when a child changes his/her sports club.
Chancellor of Justice Ülle Madise has requested the Estonian Road Administration no longer refuse to release the contact details of someone owing a private car park parking fees.
Chancellor of Justice Indrek Teder asked the Riigikogu to pay attention to the continuing impact of invalid excessive state fees on justice proceedings.
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 is of the position that the established rates of extraction charges and water abstraction charges are contrary to the principle of legitimate expectation arising from the Constitution, due to which the Chancellor of Justice has made a proposal to the Government of the Republic to bring the regulations into conformity with the Constitution.
The Chancellor of Justice has sent a memorandum to the Regional Minister pointing out that the regulation of cemetery financing in the Cemeteries Act is inadequate.
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.
The Chancellor of Justice Indrek Teder is convinced that the Tax and Customs Board’s practice in taxing importation of fuel in a standard fuel tank of a motor vehicle at the frontier crossing points of the Estonian-Russian border is not in conformity with the principles of legality and good administrative practice.
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.