You have various rights and duties from the moment of your detention. You must be informed about these at the moment of your detention. 

Rights

You have the right to:

  • know why you were detained
  • appeal the lawfulness of your detention to the court (immediately)
  • communicate in a language that you understand with the help of a translator, if necessary
  • receive self-paid legal aid during the whole detention process or state-paid legal aid in the appeal of your detention before the court if you cannot afford to pay for a lawyer yourself
  • read the materials related to your detention
  • receive necessary medical aid

Duties

You have a duty to:

  • identity yourself to the Estonian authorities
  • tell the truth about yourself and your background
  • comply with all their lawful requests

Human Rights Guide

A European platform for human rights education