Estonia’s criminal code includes an incitement to violence provision. The Ministry of Justice is responsible for collecting hate crime data. Data on hate crime are regularly published as part of the ministry’s annual report on crime in Estonia. How hate crime data is collected Police officers are obliged to categorize each case reported to the …
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school year total 05/06 100 06/07 97 07/08 91 08/09 86 09/10 87 10/11 82 11/12 80 12/13 79 13/14 80 14/15 74 15/16 69 16/17 70 17/18 70 18/19 69 19/20 67 Document data: quoted from database https://www.haridussilm.ee/ , choosing “General education”, then “Language of instruction” and “vene”
[..] C.Principal subjects of concern and recommendations [..] Non-discrimination 10.The Committee is concerned that the Equal Treatment Act only prohibits discrimination on the grounds of religion or views, age, disability and sexual orientation in areas relating to working life and the acquisition of professional qualifications. It regrets the delay in amending the Act to broaden …
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[EU flag] 27.643 interviews 04>20 / 12 / 2018 [EE flag] 1.004 interviews 04>17 / 12 / 2018 Methodology: face-to-face 1. PERCEPTIONS OF ANTISEMITISM IN COUNTRY QD1 Do you think antisemitism is a problem or ot in (OUR COUNTRY)? % EU28 ЕЕ Total ‘A problem’ 50 6 Total ‘Not a problem’ 43 86 Don’t know …
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1. In its report on Estonia (fifth monitoring cycle) published on 13 October 2015, ECRI recommended that the authorities introduce without delay in parliamentary proceedings a draft amendment to Article 151 of the Criminal Code, removing the restriction whereby an offence cannot be deemed to have taken place unless it is proven that it entails …
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SUMMARY [..] In this report, ECRI calls on the Estonian authorities to take further measures in certain areas; it makes a number of recommendations, including the following. [..] Steps should also be taken [..] and to establish a system for the collection of data on equality. [..] FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS I. Common topics [..] 2. …
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II. ARTICLE-BY-ARTICLE FINDINGS Article 3 of the Framework Convention [..] Data collection Present situation 20. A Population and Housing Census was organised in Estonia on 31 December 2011 7 . The Advisory Committee notes that the personal questionnaire used during the census was translated into Russian and English and contained a question on ethnic origin …
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C. Concerns and recommendations [..] Prison population 12. The Committee is concerned at the high number of non-Estonians among the prison population, which includes a significant ratio of persons of undetermined citizenship. It is also concerned that prisons and correctional facilities refuse to accept and translate complaints from prisoners that are not written in the …
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Summary [..] 1. Economic crisis and its effects on the enjoyment of human rights [..] Access to education, vocational training and the labour market must be non-discriminatory. [..] The long-standing socio-economic gap between ethnic minorities and the majority population has become more pronounced following the economic crisis. It is particularly worrying that the gap is …
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1 The Policy Context [..] 1.2 The Political and Legal Context [..] 1.2.2 Citizenship Laws According to the 1992 Citizenship Act persons residing in Estonia, who held Estonian citizenship before June 16, 1940, and their descendants (approximately 900,000 persons), automatically became citizens of post-Soviet Estonia. The current requirements for citizenship for other residents include: long-term …
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