If the prison staff, the Estonian Prison Administration or other authorities have violated your human rights, you may ask for the harm done to you to be remedied.

State Liability Act provides the bases of and procedure for the protection and restoration of rights violated upon the exercise of powers of public authority and performance of other public duties and compensation for damage caused (state liability).

To obtain a remedy for a violation of your rights, you first need to: 

  1. establish that there was a violation of your rights
  2. claim compensation

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Last updated 29/04/2019