November 2019 – Minority database on Estonia

CPT report on the 2017 visit (excerpts), 2019

B. Establishments under the authority of the Ministry of Justice [..] 3. Conditions of detention [..] 52. As regards the regime, the CPT acknowledges the efforts made by the Estonian authorities to provide sentenced prisoners with purposeful out-of-cell activities. It is also noteworthy that many sentenced prisoners benefited from an open-door regime for much of … Continue reading

HRC views in P. L. and M. L. v. Estonia (excerpts), 2019

The complaint 3.1 The authors claim that the State party’s denial of restitution of their property amounts to a violation of articles 2, 14 and 26 of the Covenant. The authors are entitled to recover their property or to receive equivalent compensation. They claim that they suffered discrimination because other claimants in the same position … Continue reading