Estonia
2026
- GOVERNMENT
- parliamentary republic
- CONSTITUTION
- June 28, 1992; amended several times, last in 2015
- LEGAL SYSTEM
- based on civil law; recognizes ICJ jurisdiction as mandatory with reservations
- LEGISLATIVE SYSTEM
- unicameral, Parliament (Riigikogu)
- JUDICIAL SYSTEM
- Supreme Court (composed of 19 judges, including the chief judge, and organized into civil, criminal, administrative, and constitutional review chambers); district courts (of appeal); administrative, provincial, municipal, and specialized courts
RELIGIONS
Orthodox 16.2%, Lutheran 9.9%, other Christians (including Methodists, Seventh-day Adventists, Roman Catholics, Pentecostals) 2.2%, others 0.9%, none 54.1%, unspecified 16.7% (estimate 2011)
From the country
- JANUARY 1, 2008EstoniaDEATH PENALTY
Estonia abolished the death penalty for all crimes on May 13, 1998.
Estonia abolished the death penalty for all crimes on May 13, 1998.
- DECEMBER 18, 2007EstoniaDEATH PENALTY
Estonia voted in favour of the Resolution on a Moratorium...
Estonia voted in favour of the Resolution on a Moratorium...
- JANUARY 1, 2007EstoniaDEATH PENALTY
Estonia abolished the death penalty for all crimes on May 13, 1998.
Estonia abolished the death penalty for all crimes on May 13, 1998.
- JANUARY 1, 2006EstoniaDEATH PENALTY
Estonia abolished the death penalty for all crimes on May 13, 1998.
Estonia abolished the death penalty for all crimes on May 13, 1998.
- APRIL 20, 2005EstoniaDEATH PENALTY
Estonia was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death penalty at the 61st UN Commission on Human Rights.
Estonia was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death penalty at the 61st UN Commission on Human Rights.
- JANUARY 1, 2005EstoniaDEATH PENALTY
Estonia abolished the death penalty for all crimes on May 13, 1998.
Estonia abolished the death penalty for all crimes on May 13, 1998.
- APRIL 21, 2004EstoniaDEATH PENALTY
Estonia was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death...
Estonia was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death penalty at the 60th UN Commission on Human Rights
- APRIL 7, 2004EstoniaDEATH PENALTY
Estonia abolished the death penalty for all crimes on May 13, 1998.
Estonia abolished the death penalty for all crimes on May 13, 1998.
- SEPTEMBER 22, 2003EstoniaDEATH PENALTY
Estonia's government put before parliament draft laws...
Estonia's government put before parliament draft laws to join international agreements banning the death penalty under any circumstances, including wartime crimes and crimes committed in times of threat of war
- APRIL 24, 2003EstoniaDEATH PENALTY
Estonia was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death...
Estonia was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights, in Geneva
- JANUARY 1, 2003EstoniaDEATH PENALTY
Estonia has signed but not yet ratified Protocol No...
Estonia has signed but not yet ratified Protocol No 13 to the European Convention on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms banning the death penalty in all circumstances
- JANUARY 1, 2003EstoniaDEATH PENALTY
The last time capital punishment was carried out in...
The last time capital punishment was carried out in Estonia was in 1991