Estonia

This section offers a summary of the main legislation on transitional justice adopted by the member state and, when available, a pdf with the document, together with the main decisions of national and international tribunals in relation to these measures. This is a non exhaustive list and will be updated and completed in a permanent basis. We also offer images of the museums that deal with memory issues in each EU country.

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Legislation

 

Main provisions

Year

Decree to rehabilitate all individuals convicted for political crimes in the Soviet Russian criminal code

1990

Principles of Ownership Reform Act (see text here)

1991

Implementation Law

1991

Law on the Rehabilitation of Persons Extra-judicially Repressed and Wrongfully Convicted (see text here)

1992

Act on Procedure for Taking the Oath of Conscience

1992

Decision establishing the Estonian State Commission on Examination of the Policies of Repression (see report of the Commission here)

1992

Election Law on City and Town Councils, District Councils and Pagasts Councils, banned those who belong or have belonged to the salaried staff of the USSR, the Latvian SSR or another country's state security, intelligence or counterintelligence services from running in local elections

1994

Lustration Law (Law on Procedure for Registration and Disclosure of Persons who Have Served in or Co-operated with Intelligence or Counter-intelligence Organisations of Security Organisations or Military Forces of States which Have Occupied Estonia)

1995

Law on Citizenship (see text here)

1995

Law Concerning the Determination of Repressed Status for Persons Who Suffered under the Communist and Nazi Regimes (amended in 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, and 2004)

1995

Decision establishing the Estonian International Commission for the Investigation of Crimes against Humanity (three reports: here, here and here)

1998

Law on Persons Repressed by Occupying Powers (see text here)

2003

Public apologies speech (see text here)

2005

Law creating the Memory Institute

2008