CONTENTS
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Providers of 24-hour special care services ...................................................
7.1 Restriction of the liberty of persons . .............................................................
7.2. Sufficient number of activity supervisors.......................................................
7.3. The number of service recipients ....................................................................
7.4. Safety of seclusion rooms and register of means of restraint ...................
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Providers of nursing care services .................................................................
8.1. Restricting the liberty of persons ...................................................................
8.1.1. Locking of doors of wards . ..............................................................................
8.1.2. Unlawful mechanical fixing ..............................................................................
8.2. Nurse call system . ............................................................................................
8.3. Consent for the provision of nursing care services ......................................
8.4. Care corresponding to human dignity ............................................................
8.5. Language barrier ...............................................................................................
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Providers of general care services . ................................................................
PART II
CHANCELLOR OF JUSTICE AS OMBUDSMAN FOR CHILDREN . ................................ 41
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INTRODUCTION .............................................................................................................. 42
II.
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PROCEEDINGS.................................................................................................................
1. The rates of fees of kindergarten places in Keila town and Saue rural
municipality . ........................................................................................................
2. Transport compensation to pupils in Rae rural municipality .......................
3. Weekly load of pupils engaged in education for children with severe and
profound intellectual disability .........................................................................
4. Payment of support to a toddler staying at home in Rae rural
municipality . ........................................................................................................
5. Placement of a child in a special care home . .................................................
6. Acquisition and transfer of securities on behalf of a child . .........................
7. Rights of a successor who is a minor in succeeding to units in
a pension fund . ...................................................................................................
8. Payment of the childbirth allowance in Haapsalu town ...............................
9. Registration of the birth and medical check-up of a child . ..........................
10. Activities of Pärnu city government in organising the life of a child
separated from family ........................................................................................
11. The activities of Paldiski town government in its function as
the guardian in ensuring the rights of the child ............................................
12. Violating the right of decision-making of a parent in the provision
of social services .................................................................................................
13. Organising contacts between a parent and child ...........................................
14. Problems relating to rights of custody and representation of children
separated from family ........................................................................................
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1. Compliance with the recommendations given on the basis of an
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PROMOTING THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD ...................................................................
1. Studies, analyses, information materials ........................................................
2. Advisory body to the Ombudsman for Children . ............................................
3. Writing competition organised by the Ombudsman for Children and
the Centre for Children’s Literature in Estonia ...............................................
4. Public address for the involvement of children in shaping local life ..........
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