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On February 3rd, at the Office of the Chancellor of Justice, Chancellor of Justice Ülle Madise and Widen Legal law firm partner Oliver Nääs discussed legality and the burden of proof at an event organized by the Estonian Law Students' Union.

This week, ombudspersons and their advisers from 18 countries across Europe, Africa, and Asia convened in Estonia for a two-day training seminar focused on the technological, legal, and ethical dimensions of AI in administrative decisions and ombuds investigations.

On October 15-16, ombudspersons and their advisors from 18 countries visited Estonia to discuss artificial intelligence and human rights topics.
The Office of the Chancellor of Justice has prepared the book "Human Rights", which is the first comprehensive collection in Estonian on the subject of human rights. The editor-in-chief of the book is Liiri Oja, PhD, Head of the Human Rights Department of the Office of the Chancellor of Justice.

On March 30-31, Chancellor of Justice Ülle Madise participated in a meeting at the invitation of the European Commissioner for Human Rights, Dunja Mijatović, where they discussed how to apply artificial intelligence in such a way that human rights are protected.

The aim of the Advisory Committee on Human Rights is to advise the Chancellor of Justice on the protection and promotion of human rights.

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This year's annual human rights conference's theme was war, dictatorship and human rights. Chancellor of Justice Ülle Madise interviewed professor of international relations Nina L. Hrushtshova and Nobel Peace Prize laureate and editor-in-chief of Novaya Gazeta Dmitry Muratov in the discussion group "For the sake of Russia...".

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

“Inimõigused” (“Human Rights”), the first compendium of the area of human rights in Estonian, was published on the initiative of the Office of the Chancellor of Justice.
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The Chancellor of Justice had a conversation with the editor-in-chief of the Novaya Gazeta newspaper and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Dmitry Muratov. The conversation took place on February 11, 2022, at the Swissotel Conference Center and was organized by the Estonian Institute of Human Rights.

The Chancellor of Justice received the A-status accreditation as a national human rights institution by the GANHRI Sub-Committee on Accreditation (SCA).

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The terms extremism and radicalism are frequently used in today’s political debate. Both words actually describe an attitude toward someone or something. Extremism refers to being at the edge or periphery, while radicalism originates from the Latin word radix, meaning root. It signifies an attitude striving to reach the root cause or foundation. In this sense, the concepts are opposites. Yet, they are often conflated.

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.