Constitution

Texts

Constitution 1920

Constitution 1938

Constitution 1992

Constitution 2005 

Costitutional Laws

The Constitution of the Republic of Estonia Amendment Act 2003 

Religious communities

Statutes and Internal Rules

Constitution of the Estonian Orthodox Church Ecumenical abstract

Statute of the Estonian Lutheran Church 2004

Statute of the Methodist Church in Estonia in 2008

Statute of the Estonian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate

Statute of the Estonian Pentecostal Church 2004 

National and International Agreements

Law regulating relations between cults and government 1996 abstract

Agreement between the Holy See and the Republic of Estonia concerning the legal status of the Catholic Church in Estonia in 1999 

Laws and decrees

Churches and religious congregations in 2002 amended in 2004

Laws on churches and religious associations in 1934

Adoption of Religious Faiths’ Constitution 1977

Law on religious freedom in 1993

Bodies And Church Properties

Confiscation, Restitution and Compensation of Properties of Religious Communities

Law on ownership in 1991

Law on ownership amended in 1994

Law on Land Reform amended in 1993

Circular of returning property confiscated in Estonia

Agrarian Reform 1997-2004

Compensation Act-for the evaluation of the property illegally expropriated, 1993 amended in 2005

Monitoring expropriated properties, 1993

Regulation no. 11-2014 on the restitution of property illegally expropriated, the compensation and the application procedure

Regulation no. 161-1991 on the restitution of property illegally expropriated, the compensation and the application procedure

Regulation on the restitution of property expropriated in 2013

Restitution of property illegally expropriated and compensation for the submission and review of the evidence and the procedures for submission and evaluation, 2009

Forest management and forestry management

Implementation of the law on property 2012

Law of conservation of cultural heritage in 2015

Sustenance of the Clergy and Financing of Religious Communities

Laws and decrees

Pensions of the clergy and religious 1998-2001

Pensions of the clergy and religious 2001-2007

Fiscal rules 2001

Consolidated text on taxes 2002-2007

Consolidated text on taxes in 2003 

Individual and Collective Religious Freedom and Minorities

Laws and decrees

Disciplinary Measures in Defence Forces Act

Religious assistance to the police

Imprisonment Act 2006

Internal Rules of Detention House 2006

Surveillance Act 2004

Bases for refusal to provide information 2004 

Measures

Persons Repressed by Occupying Powers Act from 1944 to 1992

Obligation to Leave and Prohibition on Entry Act

Aliens Act 2005

Act on Granting International Protection to Aliens

National Minorities Cultural Autonomy Act

Gender Equality Act 2004 abstract

Gender Equality Act 2004 

Cemeteries

Protection of War Graves Act 2007

Terms of use of the Koigi cemetery in 2011

Management Regulations of Hageri cemetery

Rules regarding the use of the Koeru parish cemetery

Rules regarding the use of the Kõrgessaare township cemetery

Law on cemeteries 2012

Law on burial practice and custody of the body 2012

Management regulations of cemeteries 2012

Rules governing the use of the cemetery – updated version 2013

Regulation of access to cemeteries 2015

Regulation of access to cemeteries 2016

Rules of access to the graveyard of the village Lüganuse 

Emigration and Labour

Laws and decrees

Equal Treatment Act 2009

Employment Service Act 2003

Wages Act 1994

Wages Act consolidated text 2002

Equal Treatment Act 2009 

Teaching of Religion and Religious Schools

Laws and decrees

Republic of Estonia Education Act 2005 

Family

Laws and decrees

Family Law Act 2005

Republic of Estonia Child Protection Act 1996

Law that regulates the interruption of pregnancy and sterilization 1998

Law that regulates the interruption of pregnancy and sterilization 2015 

Provisions of the Criminal Code

Laws and decrees

Advertising Act 2004

Advertising Act 2008

Chancellor of Justice Act 2007 

Codes

Criminal code 2002

Criminal code 2002 abstract

Criminal code 2008

Code of Criminal Procedure 2004

Code of Criminal Procedure 2007 

Provisions of the Civil Code

Codes

Code of Civil Procedure 2004 

Communication

Laws and decrees

Broadcasting Act 1994 consolidated text in 2006 

Religious tourism

Laws and decrees

Technical Rules for Manufacture, Storage and Use of Explosive Substances 2000

Residence permit for aliens 2002