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| According to ], ] face discrimination in a number of areas, especially in ] and ]. Migrants were exposed to ] by state officials and attacks by ]s. ]s into allegations of excessive ] by police were dismissed. Also Estonian security police, ], made allegations against the ] (LICHR).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://thereport.amnesty.org/en/regions/europe-central-asia/estonia |title=Amnesty International Report 2009 |publisher= ] |date=2009 |accessdate=2009-06-05}}</ref> | According to ], ] face discrimination in a number of areas, especially in ] and ]. Migrants were exposed to ] by state officials and attacks by ]s. ]s into allegations of excessive ] by police were dismissed. Also Estonian security police, ], made allegations against the ] (LICHR).<ref name="amnesty2009">{{cite web |url=http://thereport.amnesty.org/en/regions/europe-central-asia/estonia |title=Amnesty International Report 2009 |publisher= ] |date=2009 |accessdate=2009-06-05}}</ref> | ||
| In March, 2009, the UN Special Rapporteur on racism, reporting on a visit in September 2007, expressed his concern at the conditions of the Russian-speaking minority. The Rapporteur noted a high level of discrimination particularly in the field of employment, where Russian speakers suffer unemployment rates almost twice as high as among ethnic Estonians. The Rapporteur urged the government to take measures to facilitate the naturalization process of stateless people.<ref name="amnesty2009"/> | |||
| Earlier, Amnesty had noted in a 2006 report that members of the ] minority in Estonia enjoy very limited linguistic and minority rights, and often find themselves de facto excluded from the labour market and educational system.<ref name="amnesty2006">{{cite web|url=http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/asset/EUR51/002/2006/en/08694661-d3d3-11dd-8743-d305bea2b2c7/eur510022006en.html|title=Document — Estonia: Linguistic minorities in Estonia: Discrimination must end|date=2006|publisher=Amnesty International|accessdate=2009-06-01}}</ref> The discriminating policies of Estonia have led to "disproportionately high levels of unemployment among the Russian-speaking linguistic minority. This in turn has further contributed to social exclusion and vulnerability to other human rights abuses. In consequence, many from this group are effectively impeded from the full enjoyment of their economic, social and cultural rights (ESC rights)."<ref name="amnesty2006"/> | |||
| ==Human Rights Watch== | ==Human Rights Watch== | ||
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Human rights in Estonia are generally respected by the government. Estonia is ranked above-average in democracy, press freedom, privacy and human development. The country has a large ethnic Russian community, whom has guaranteed a basic rights under the Constitution and Human Rights Treaties ratified by the Estonian government.
However, human rights organisations have reported multiple problems. Linguistic minorities face discrimination especially in employment and education. Also there are problems with police use of force, conditions in detention and lengthy of pretrial detention.
Amnesty International
According to Amnesty International, linguistic minorities face discrimination in a number of areas, especially in employment and education. Migrants were exposed to harassment by state officials and attacks by extremist groups. Criminal investigations into allegations of excessive use of force by police were dismissed. Also Estonian security police, Kaitsepolitsei, made allegations against the Legal Information Centre for Human Rights (LICHR).
In March, 2009, the UN Special Rapporteur on racism, reporting on a visit in September 2007, expressed his concern at the conditions of the Russian-speaking minority. The Rapporteur noted a high level of discrimination particularly in the field of employment, where Russian speakers suffer unemployment rates almost twice as high as among ethnic Estonians. The Rapporteur urged the government to take measures to facilitate the naturalization process of stateless people.
Earlier, Amnesty had noted in a 2006 report that members of the Russian-speaking minority in Estonia enjoy very limited linguistic and minority rights, and often find themselves de facto excluded from the labour market and educational system. The discriminating policies of Estonia have led to "disproportionately high levels of unemployment among the Russian-speaking linguistic minority. This in turn has further contributed to social exclusion and vulnerability to other human rights abuses. In consequence, many from this group are effectively impeded from the full enjoyment of their economic, social and cultural rights (ESC rights)."
Human Rights Watch
According to Human Rights Watch report, 1993, the organisation did not found systematic, serious abuses of human rights in the area of citizenship. Non-citizens in Estonia were guaranteed basic rights under the Constitution of Estonia. However there was a problem to granting of citizenship equally to all who were permanent residents at the time Estonia gained independence.
United States Department of State
According to Human Right Report of United States Department of State, Estonia generally respects the human rights of citizens and the large ethnic Russian noncitizen community. However there were problems with police use of force, conditions in detention and lengthy of pretrial detention. Also there were problems in domestic violence, inequality of women's salaries, child abuse, and trafficking of women and children.
International rankings
- Democracy Index, 2008: 37 out of 167
- Worldwide Press Freedom Index, 2008: 4 out of 173.
- Worldwide Privacy Index, 2007: 13 out of 26.
- Worldwide Quality-of-life Index, 2005: 68 out of 111.
- Human Development Index, 2008: 42 out of 179.
See also
References
- ^ "Amnesty International Report 2009". Amnesty International. 2009. Retrieved 2009-06-05.
- ^ "Document — Estonia: Linguistic minorities in Estonia: Discrimination must end". Amnesty International. 2006. Retrieved 2009-06-01.
- "Integrating Estonia's Non-Citizen Minority". Human rights watch. 1993. Retrieved 2009-06-05.
- "2008 Human Rights Report: Estonia". United States Department of State. 2009-25-02. Retrieved 2009-06-05.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - "The Economist Intelligence Unit's Index of Democracy 2008" (PDF). The Economist. 2008. Retrieved 2009-06-05.
- "Press Freedom Index 2008". Reporters Without Borders. 2008. Retrieved 2009-06-05.
- "The 2007 International Privacy Ranking". Privacy International. 2007. Retrieved 2009-06-05.
- "Worldwide Quality of Life - 2005" (PDF). The Economist. www.economist.com. 2005. Retrieved 2009-06-05.
- "Statistics of the Human Development Report". United Nations Development Programme. 2008. Retrieved 2009-06-05.