STATISTICS OF PROCEEDINGS
Figure 10. Distribution of cases by respondents
Distribution of cases opened in 2010 by areas of government and type of proceedings is shown in Tables
2 and 3. Proceedings are divided by areas or responsibility of government agencies and other institutions
depending on who was competent to resolve the petitioned matter or against whose activities the petitioner
complained38.
Table 2. Distribution of cases by respondent state or government agencies or institutions
Agency, body, person
Finding of
Finding of
violation of lawCases Proceedings
conflict with
fulness or good
opened
initiated the Constitution
administrative
or an Act
practice
No
proceedings
conducted
Riigikogu or the Chancellery
of the Riigikogu
42
20
1
0
22
Supreme Court or other courts,
except registry departments
236
45
0
2
191
National Audit Office
0
0
0
0
0
President of the Republic or
Office of the President
3
1
0
0
2
Government of the Republic
or Prime Minister
4
1
0
0
3
Chancellor of Justice or
Chancellor’s Office
14
1
0
0
13
Area of government of the
Ministry of Education and
Research
19
3
1
1
16
Ministry of Education and Research
18
2
1
0
16
Agency subordinate to the Ministry
of Education and Research
1
1
0
1
0
Language Inspectorate
0
0
0
0
0
Area of government of the
Ministry of Justice
659
98
1
6
561
Ministry of Justice
176
55
1
0
121
Agency subordinate to the Ministry
of Justice
9
3
0
0
6
Bar Association
7
2
0
0
5
Data Protection Inspectorate
5
3
0
0
2
38 Mostly constitutional review proceedings relating to Acts.
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