Constitution of the Republic of Estonia

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The Constitution of the Republic of Estonia is the country's fundamental law that defines its system of government, guarantees citizens' rights and freedoms, and establishes the legal framework for state institutions and national defense.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf constitution ⓘ
fundamental law ⓘ
adoptedBy Constitutional Assembly of Estonia ⓘ
people of Estonia ⓘ
adoptionDate 1992-06-28 ⓘ
adoptionMethod referendum ⓘ
contains chapter on amendments to the Constitution ⓘ
chapter on finance and the national budget ⓘ
chapter on foreign relations and international treaties ⓘ
chapter on fundamental rights, freedoms and duties ⓘ
chapter on general provisions ⓘ
chapter on legislation ⓘ
chapter on local government ⓘ
chapter on national defence ⓘ
chapter on the Chancellor of Justice ⓘ
chapter on the Government of the Republic ⓘ
chapter on the National Audit Office ⓘ
chapter on the President of the Republic ⓘ
chapter on the Riigikogu ⓘ
chapter on the courts ⓘ
chapter on the people and citizenship ⓘ
preamble ⓘ
country Estonia ⓘ
defines competence of state institutions in Estonia ⓘ
separation of powers in Estonia ⓘ
system of government of Estonia ⓘ
effectiveDate 1992-07-03 ⓘ
establishes Chancellor of Justice of Estonia ⓘ
Government of the Republic of Estonia as executive power ⓘ
National Audit Office of Estonia ⓘ
President of the Republic of Estonia as head of state ⓘ
Riigikogu as the parliament of Estonia ⓘ
courts of Estonia as judicial power ⓘ
framework for national defence of Estonia ⓘ
legal framework for state institutions of Estonia ⓘ
parliamentary republic in Estonia ⓘ
guarantees civil liberties in Estonia ⓘ
freedom of expression in Estonia ⓘ
freedom of religion in Estonia ⓘ
fundamental rights of Estonian citizens ⓘ
human rights in Estonia ⓘ
local self-government in Estonia ⓘ
right to fair trial in Estonia ⓘ
right to property in Estonia ⓘ
inForce true ⓘ
jurisdiction Republic of Estonia ⓘ
linked to: Estonia
language Estonian ⓘ
legalStatus supreme law of Estonia ⓘ
predecessor Constitution of Estonia of 1938 ⓘ

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Estonian Defence Forces → legalBasis → Constitution of the Republic of Estonia ⓘ
President of Estonia → legalBasis → Constitution of the Republic of Estonia ⓘ
Prime Minister of Estonia → constitutingInstrument → Constitution of Estonia ⓘ
linked to: Constitution of the Republic of Estonia
Riigikogu → constitutionalBasis → Constitution of the Republic of Estonia ⓘ
Estonian Defence Forces → legalBasis → Constitution of Estonia ⓘ
subject linked to: EDF
linked to: Constitution of the Republic of Estonia
Constitution of the Republic of Estonia → predecessor → Constitution of Estonia of 1938 ⓘ
linked to: Constitution of the Republic of Estonia
Government of Estonia → legalBasis → Constitution of the Republic of Estonia ⓘ
Politics of Estonia → constitutionalDocument → Constitution of the Republic of Estonia ⓘ
Asutav Kogu → adoptedDocument → Constitution of Estonia (1920) ⓘ
linked to: Constitution of the Republic of Estonia
Riigikogu → governedBy → Constitution of Estonia ⓘ
subject linked to: RK
linked to: Constitution of the Republic of Estonia
Bank of Estonia → constitutionalBasis → Constitution of the Republic of Estonia ⓘ
state seals of Estonia → regulatedBy → Constitution of Estonia ⓘ
linked to: Constitution of the Republic of Estonia
Eesti vapp → reguleerivAkt → Eesti Vabariigi põhiseadus ⓘ
linked to: Constitution of the Republic of Estonia
Chancellor of Justice of Estonia → constitutionalBasis → Constitution of the Republic of Estonia ⓘ
Chancellor of Justice of Estonia → establishedBy → Constitution of Estonia (1992) ⓘ
linked to: Constitution of the Republic of Estonia
National Audit Office of Estonia → legalBasis → Constitution of Estonia ⓘ
linked to: Constitution of the Republic of Estonia
Declaration of Independence of Estonia → relatedDocument → Constitution of Estonia ⓘ
linked to: Constitution of the Republic of Estonia
Cabinets of Estonia → legalBasis → Constitution of the Republic of Estonia ⓘ
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Estonia → legalBasis → Constitution of the Republic of Estonia ⓘ
Estonian diplomatic service law → basedOn → Constitution of Estonia ⓘ
linked to: Constitution of the Republic of Estonia