Right to know your origins
You have the right to find out details about your origins which can lead you to discover the truth about important aspects of your personal identity. This right forms a part of the right to a private and family life.
Information about your origins includes the identity of your parents and the circumstances of your birth and upbringing. To a certain extent this right overlaps with the more general right to access your own data, if the information about your origins has already been collected and stored by the State in a certain form.
The right to know your origins may also be related to the determination of paternity, if the biological link with your biological father has not been legally established.
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Law
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The Constitution of the Republic of Estonia
In force as of 03 July 1992
Article 44
Article 44
European Convention on Human Rights
In force for Estonia as of 16 April 1996
Article 8
Article 8
Case Law
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Gaskin v. the United Kingdom
European Court of Human Rights
7 July 1989
7 July 1989
Human Rights Guide
A European platform for human rights education
