The Tartu Child Support Centre was established as an NGO in 1995. It is the first of its kind in Estonia. The multidisciplinary teams that make up the Centre consist of paediatricians, psychotherapists, social workers and counsellors. The Child Support Centre aims to prevent child abuse and domestic violence in Estonia by raising awareness in the community, providing professionals with training and counselling and treating abused children and their family members.
Contact: Dr. Malle Roomedli
Phone: +372 74 84666
Address: Tartu Laste Tugikeskus, Kaunase pst. 11-2, Tartu 50704
Email: ecpatest22@gmail.comch.abuse@online.ee
Website: http://www.tugikeskus.org.ee
Estonia is a source, transit and destination country for women and girls trafficked for sexual purposes; Estonian victims are trafficked within the country’s borders and in other European countries.
In 2014, 147 cases of rape were reported in Estonia, of which 92 concerned child victims.
The Estonian Union for Child Welfare provides a free service, Vihejliin, which allows Internet users to report child sexual abuse material online. Reports to Vihejliin can be made anonymously. In 2015, Estonian authorities registered 63 cases of children influenced to take part in the production of child sexual abuse materials, most of the cases featured children sending naked images of themselves.
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Age of sexual consent is 16 years. The national legislation provides for a close-in-age exemption of five years between children from 14 years old and adults.
Analysis of country legislation on age of sexual consent, 2024
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Estonian Criminal Code provides for active and passive extraterritorial jurisdiction over offenses committed outside the Estonian territory and the principle of double criminality is not required. The penal law of Estonia also applies to an act committed outside the territory of Estonia if such act constitutes a criminal offence pursuant to the penal law of Estonia and is punishable at the place of commission of the act (double criminality). Universal jurisdiction is provided over crimes regardless of the place of commission if punishability of the act arises from an international agreement binding on Estonia and over for offenses committed against Estonian legal interest.
Estonia can extradite a person if criminal proceedings have been initiated and an arrest warrant or an imprisonment sentence have been issued. Extraditable offences are those punishable by at least one year of imprisonment according to both the criminal law of the requesting state and the Estonian criminal law (double criminality).
SEC offences are referred to as extraditable under the European Arrest Warrant (EAW) framework within the EU without requiring double criminality if the act is punishable by a maximum period of at least three years of imprisonment in the requesting State.
Criminal Code, Code of Criminal Procedure, 2001 (status as of 2023), 2003 (status as of 2023)
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