Chancellor of Justice of Estonia

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The Chancellor of Justice of Estonia is an independent constitutional authority that oversees the protection of fundamental rights and reviews the conformity of legislation and government actions with the Estonian Constitution.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf constitutional office ⓘ
independent state authority ⓘ
ombudsman institution ⓘ
abbreviation Õiguskantsler ⓘ
appointedBy Riigikogu ⓘ
appointmentRequires proposal of the President of Estonia ⓘ
canInitiate constitutional review proceedings in the Supreme Court of Estonia ⓘ
canInspect places of detention ⓘ
canMake proposal to bring legislation into conformity with the Constitution ⓘ
canReceive petitions from individuals ⓘ
petitions from legal persons ⓘ
canReview laws adopted by the Riigikogu ⓘ
legal acts of the President of Estonia ⓘ
local government regulations ⓘ
regulations of ministers ⓘ
regulations of the Government of Estonia ⓘ
constitutionalBasis Constitution of the Republic of Estonia ⓘ
constitutionalChapter Chapter XII of the Constitution of Estonia ⓘ
country Estonia ⓘ
establishedBy Constitution of Estonia (1992) ⓘ
firstHolder Ene Erma ⓘ
function national preventive mechanism under the Optional Protocol to the UN Convention against Torture ⓘ
incumbent Ülle Madise ⓘ
incumbentSince 2015 ⓘ
independenceFrom Government of Estonia ⓘ
Riigikogu ⓘ
jurisdiction Republic of Estonia ⓘ
linked to: Estonia
legalNature independent constitutional institution separate from legislative, executive and judicial powers ⓘ
memberOf European Ombudsman Institute ⓘ
International Ombudsman Institute ⓘ
nativeLabel Eesti Vabariigi õiguskantsler ⓘ
notableHolder Allar Jõks ⓘ
Indrek Teder ⓘ
officeLanguage Estonian ⓘ
publishes annual report to the Riigikogu ⓘ
reappointment may be reappointed ⓘ
reportsTo Riigikogu ⓘ
role constitutional review ⓘ
mediation of disputes between individuals and public authorities ⓘ
national human rights institution ⓘ
ombudsman for good administration ⓘ
prevention of ill‑treatment ⓘ
protection of fundamental rights ⓘ
review of constitutionality of legislation ⓘ
seat Tallinn ⓘ
supervises activities of executive authorities for legality ⓘ
local governments for compliance with the Constitution and laws ⓘ
termLength 7 years ⓘ
website https://www.oiguskantsler.ee ⓘ

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Constitution of the Republic of Estonia → establishes → Chancellor of Justice of Estonia ⓘ
Chancellor of Justice of Estonia → nativeLabel → Eesti Vabariigi õiguskantsler ⓘ
linked to: Chancellor of Justice of Estonia