Activities – Estonian Human Rights Centre

Council of Europe thematic review of the situation of LGBTI+ people in Estonia

Period:

1.08.2026 - 31.10.2027

Team:

Striking a balance between safety and privacy: safeguarding fundamental rights in psychiatric care

Period:

1.07.2026 - 30.06.2028

Team:

Ensuring legal counselling in international protection proceedings

Period:

14.06.2026 - 13.06.2029

Team:

One voice, shared values: Estonian civil society defending fundamental rights

Period:

1.06.2026 - 30.11.2026

Team:

We listen, we measure, we grow

Period:

1.06.2026 - 31.10.2026

Team:

Towards greater competitiveness through gender balance: an action programme for employers

Period:

1.06.2026 - 31.01.2028

Team:

Kelly Grossthal

Legal counselling for newly arrived immigrants

Period:

1.04.2026 - 31.03.2029

Team:

Increasing the trustworthiness, transparency, and inclusiveness of digital voting

Period:

1.01.2026 - 31.12.2027

Team:

Improving access to legal aid for asylum seekers and beneficiaries of international protection, and monitoring reception conditions

Period:

1.01.2026 - 31.12.2026

Team:

Equal opportunities – a stronger society

Period:

1.01.2025 - 31.12.2027

Team:

Past projects

Period	Name
1.05.2025 - 31.12.2025	Human Rights-Based Development Cooperation: Knowledge and Tools
1.11.2024 - 30.04.2024	Empowering Ukrainian Youth in Estonia to Protect and Advance Human Rights and Civic Engagement
1.10.2024 - 31.12.2025	Information provision and legal counselling for labour market inclusion
1.05.2024 - 31.05.2025	Monitoring report on policy and implementation of measures for the integration of Roma people in Estonia
1.03.2024 - 31.08.2026	Reinforcing Equality and Fundamental Rights in an Artificial Intelligence-Maintained Environment
1.08.2023 - 31.07.2024	Capacity-building and awareness raising for Estonian legal staff on the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union
1.01.2023 - 31.12.2024	SafeNet
1.07.2022 - 30.06.2024	BeneVict
1.06.2022 - 31.12.2024	Promoting equal treatment and human rights in Estonia
1.01.2022 - 31.08.2023	Human rights ambassador to every county
1.01.2022 - 31.12.2022	Increasing the number of permanent supporters
1.01.2022 - 30.04.2024	Human Rights Guide
1.01.2022 - 31.12.2023	Operational Grant
1.09.2021 - 30.06.2022	Empowering women and internally displaced people by raising awareness of the field of diversity and inclusion in Eastern Ukraine
17.06.2021 - 17.06.2024	Implementing the diversity label model
1.06.2021 - 31.05.2023	Establishing capacity of Estonian Human Rights Centre in the area of digital rights in Estonia
1.12.2020 - 31.10.2021	VOIVIK: Capable Civil Society Protecting Human Rights
1.08.2019 - 31.12.2019	Establishing Capacity of EHRC for Interventions in the Area of Digital Rights in Estonia
1.08.2019 - 31.07.2021	Diversity at Work
1.01.2019 - 31.12.2019	Improving the accessibility of legal aid for asylum-seekers and persons under international protection and monitoring reception conditions in Estonia
1.01.2019 - 31.12.2019	Respecting the equal rights of all in Estonia
1.11.2018 - 30.06.2020	Tackling anti-LGBT hate speech and hate crime
1.11.2018 - 1.11.2022	Estonian coordinator of the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights research network FRANET
22.10.2018 - 15.01.2019	Monitoring report on policy and implementation of measures for the integration of Roma people in Estonia
1.09.2018 - 30.09.2020	Police and NGO cooperation to combat hate crime in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania
1.09.2018 - 15.12.2018	National research for the ENAR Shadow Report racially motivated crime – reporting, recording and investigation
1.05.2018 - 15.11.2018	Strategic approach to tackle the normalization of racist and xenophobic hate speech in Estonia
1.04.2018 - 31.10.2018	The practical implementation of the Victims’ Directive (Directive 2012/29/EU)
1.04.2018 - 30.04.2019	A clear message
1.02.2018 - 31.05.2019	Human Rights e-Guide
1.01.2018 - 31.12.2018	Respecting the equal rights of all in Estonia
1.05.2017 - 31.10.2017	Human rights and basic values in Estonian schools and education policy
1.01.2017 - 31.12.2017	Improving the access of asylum seekers to legal remedies and monitoring the reception conditions in the Republic of Estonia
1.01.2017 - 31.12.2017	Valuing diversity and equal treatment in society
1.01.2017 - 1.05.2018	To implement the Diverse workplace label model
8.12.2016 - 31.12.2017	Human Rights e-Guide
1.01.2016 - 31.12.2016	Monitoring of quality of status determination procedures and access to the state legal aid in the Republic of Estonia
1.01.2016 - 31.03.2016	Enhancing cooperation to strategically fight racial discrimination and incitement
1.11.2015 - 1.11.2017	Bringing together NGOs and state institutions to respond to hate crimes and online hate speech towards LGBT people
1.08.2014 - 30.09.2015	Empowerment of civil society of Tajikistan through advancement of equal treatment
2.07.2014 - 31.01.2015	Broader legal aid to asylum seekers
1.04.2014 - 31.03.2015	Strategic Litigation
1.01.2014 - 31.12.2014	Raising awareness on the subject of equal treatment
1.12.2013 - 30.04.2014	Establishing the Committee of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
1.10.2013 - 30.11.2014	Human rights, LGBT and school bullying
1.04.2013 - 1.05.2014	Enhancing advocacy work in the area of asylum- and refugee policy
1.04.2013 - 1.05.2015	Equal Treatment Network
1.07.2012 - 31.07.2013	Awareness raising on international forced migration
2.06.2012 - 31.12.2012	Youth project “Perceive, participate, change!”
1.01.2012 - 30.11.2013	LGBT rights monitoring
1.09.2011 - 31.07.2015	Refugee legal aid clinic
17.09.2026 - 17.09.2026	Empowering Youth Workers: Advancing Human Rights and Equal Treatment through Estonian-Icelandic Cooperation

Ongoing Projects

Council of Europe thematic review of the situation of LGBTI+ people in Estonia

Striking a balance between safety and privacy: safeguarding fundamental rights in psychiatric care

Ensuring legal counselling in international protection proceedings

One voice, shared values: Estonian civil society defending fundamental rights

We listen, we measure, we grow

Towards greater competitiveness through gender balance: an action programme for employers

Legal counselling for newly arrived immigrants

Increasing the trustworthiness, transparency, and inclusiveness of digital voting

Improving access to legal aid for asylum seekers and beneficiaries of international protection, and monitoring reception conditions

Equal opportunities – a stronger society

Past projects