Mr. Tali, an Estonian sentenced to life in prison, claimed he was subjected to inhuman and degrading treatment contrary to Article 3 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (“Convention”). On July 3 2009, Tali was told he would be taken to a punishment cell. The guards used defensive equipment …Read more
The Tallinn City Council adopted new regulations on the payment of social benefits to parents of newly born children. The new regulations imposed requirements that a) both parents residents of Tallinn and one of them was a resident for at least a year before the birth, b) the social benefits are paid in two parts, …Read more
In 2009, the state legislative body passed the 2009 Supplementary Budget Act and Related Acts Amendment Act (“Supplementary Budget Act”), which amended a series of statutes in order to limit the state budget deficit. The Tallinn City Council filed a petition with the Estonian Supreme Court, asking it to declare certain provisions of the Supplementary …Read more
The defendant appealed a decision from a lower court by claiming that § 4(2) of the Estonian Health Insurance Fund Act (the “Act”) violated § 11 of the Estonian Constitution. Under § 4(2) of the Act, a health insurance fund was entitled to collect costs which such fund had incurred upon payment of health insurance …Read more
Petitioner sought nullification of the lower courts’ decisions finding that termination of his insurance coverage by the South Estonian division of Health Insurance Fund was lawful and that § 28 of the Constitution did not guarantee the right to any type of free health care. The South Estonian division of Health Insurance Fund sent a …Read more