3. Distribution of cases by respondents The distribution of cases by types of respondents has been presented in Figure 9. The state 1045 Local authorities 225 A legal person in private law 125 A natural person 39 A legal person in public law, except local authorities 13 0 200 400 600 800 1000 1200 Figure 9. Distribution of cases by respondents Distribution of cases opened in 2014 by areas of government and type of proceedings is shown in Figures 10 and 11. Proceedings are divided by areas of responsibility of government agencies and other institutions depending on who was competent to resolve the petitioned matter or against whose activities the petitioner complained. Similarly to the previous years, the largest number of proceedings fell within the area of government of the Ministry of Justice and the majority of these were still related to criminal enforcement law and imprisonment law and were initiated on the basis of petitions by prisoners. Area of government of the Ministry of Justice 441 Supreme Court or other courts, except registry departments 159 Area of government of the Ministry of Internal Affairs 113 Area of government of the Ministry of Social Affairs 83 Area of government of the Ministry of Finance 52 Area of government of the Ministry of Economic Affairs and… 33 Riigikogu or the Chancellery of the Riigikogu 35 Area of government of the Ministry of Education and Research 30 Area of government of the Ministry of the Environment 29 Area of government of the Ministry of Defence 19 Area of government of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs 15 Chancellor of Justice or Chancellor's Office 13 Government of the Republic or Prime Minister 8 Area of government of the Ministry of Agriculture 7 Area of government of the Ministry of Culture 3 National Audit Office 1 0 100 200 300 400 500 Figure 10. Distribution of cases by respondents on state level 83