- Development of legislation
  
  Development of legislation and legal language
  
  The mission of the Ministry of Justice in the field of legal policy is to create a purposeful, efficient, accessible, and competitive legal system based on the Constitution through the legislative activities of the ministry and the legislative management of other ministries.
  
  As one of the prerequisites for functioning law, especially in a small country like Estonia, is the existence of vocabulary and terminology in the native language, the matters of legal language also fall under the competence of the Ministry of Justice. The Ministry of Justice organises the maintenance of legal language and harmonises the use of language in draft legislation.
  
  For this purpose, the Legislative Quality Division edits the draft legislation of the ministry, performs linguistic expert analyses on draft legal acts sent to the Ministry of Justice for approval, and organises the publication of the journal Õiguskeel.
- Private and public law
  
  REGULATORY POLICY
  
  In the field of private law, the sphere of responsibility of the Ministry of Justice and Digital Affairs includes civil law, company law, private international law, civil procedural law and enforcement law, and bankruptcy law.
  
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  In the field of public law, our sphere of responsibility is constitutional law and the general part of administrative law, including the legal bases for the administrative organisation of the state, administrative procedure, public service, data protection, law enforcement, and administrative court procedure.
  
  In the field of intellectual property and competition law, the Ministry of Justice and Digital Affairs is responsible for competition law and the legal bases for the protection of copyright and related rights, industrial property rights, and trade secrets.
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  Prison and probation
  
  The Violence Prevention Agreement
  
  Advancing Rights of Estonian Victims (AREV)
  
  A youth-friendly legal system
- Digital, Communications and Cyber
  
  The vision of the Estonian digital society in 2030 is that Estonia will be full of digital powers.
  
  Digital agenda 2035
  
  Green Digital Analysis
  
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  Ensuring the State's Cyber Security
  
  Security of Communication Networks
  
  National Cyber Resilience in the Age of AI
  
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  Ministry of Justice and Digital Affairs
  
  The Ministry of Justice and Digital Affairs develops and implements the national legal and criminal policy, which helps to ensure an open and secure society where people know their rights and can be confident about their protection.
  
  About the ministry and the minister
  
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  Minister of Justice and Digital Affairs Liisa-Ly Pakosta
  
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  Ministry of Justice and Digital Affairs
  Suur-Ameerika 1, 10122 Tallinn
  Registry number 70000898
  Phone (372) 620 8100
  Email [email protected]
  
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  Contact information
  
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  Reception of citizens
  
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The judicial proceedings of Estonia are still the most efficient and quickest in Europe
14.05.2019

30.04.2019. For several consecutive years, Estonia has been at the second place among Member States of the European Union in a freshly published comparative table of justice systems called “Justice…
The Ministry of Justice entered into an agreement with Finland for the exchange of business register data
26.02.2019

26.02.2019 The Secretary General of the Ministry of Justice Tõnis Saar and the Director General of the Finnish Patent and Registration Office Antti Riivari signed an agreement today in Helsinki,…
A memorial for the Estonian victims of communism in Maarjamäe is open
23.08.2018
Representatives from eight countries adopted a joint statement to commemorate the victims of communism
23.08.2018
A Memorial for Communism Victims of Estonia Is Opened Tomorrow in Maarjamäe
22.08.2018
General Data Protection Regulation taking effect this Friday
25.05.2018
Europe’s best crime prevention project was created in Estonia
15.12.2017
EuroVisor wins Garage48’s e-Justice idea hackathon
25.10.2017

25.10.2017. Having seen the presentations at Garage48’s idea hackathon held within the framework of the e-Justice related conference ’Futur-e-Justice’ which took place on October 19-20 in…
E-Volution of Data Protection discussed in Tartu
08.09.2017

8.09.2017. On 7th-8th September, Ministry of Justice organised a high-level international conference on implementation of the EU Data Protection Reform to give the EU Member States the…
The Ministry of Justice called on Google and Intel Corporation to discuss personal data protection issues in Tartu
07.09.2017

7.09.2017. On 7th-8th September, a high-level international conference will take place in Tartu, where specialists and the largest companies of the world will discuss what comes along with the…