nam 22 uu 4500 10.17176/20200517-133139-0 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 200517s2020||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.17176/20200517-133139-0 doi eng 342 23 Maruste, Rait Author aut State of Emergency in Estonia Maruste, Rait Verfassungsblog 2020-05-17 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier Due to the COVID-19 epidemic the Estonian Government (Vabariigi Valitsus), without consulting the parliament (Riigikogu), declared by Order Nr. 76 on 12 March 2020 a state of emergency (eriolukord), defining the epidemic as an “emergency situation”. This is the first time in our modern history where a state of emergency has been declared. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs subsequently informed the Council of Europe of the Estonian derogation under Article 15 of the European Convention of Human Rights. funded by the government CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 Constitutional Law Coronavirus COVID 19 State of Emergency Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://staging.verfassungsblog.de/state-of-emergency-in-estonia/ raw object