PRESS RELEASE AND DETAILED LEGAL ANALYSIS Geneva, 16 June 2026. Justice pour Tous Internationale (JPTi) publishes its legal review and expresses serious concern following the 8 June 2026 judgment of the Supreme Court of Estonia (Riigikohus), sitting en banc, in Case No. 5-25-49, which upheld the 2025 amendments to the Churches and Congregations Act. The full text of JPTi’s legal review, titled “Analysis of Non-Compliance with Estonia’s International Human Rights Obligations”,

On 5 May 2026, Justice pour Tous Internationale (JPTi) carried out a full day of advocacy in Geneva in connection with the review of Estonia at the 52nd session of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Working Group. JPTi’s activities included an NGO side event held from 12:30 to 14:00 in Room IX of the Palais des Nations, followed by the monitoring of Estonia’s formal UPR review before the Working Group from 14:30 to 18:00. The side event, entitled “Information Meeting on Esto

States under Review: Namibia, Niger, Mozambique, Estonia, Paraguay, Belgium, Denmark, Palau, Somalia, Seychelles, Solomon Islands, Latvia, Sierra Leone, and Singapore On 20 April 2026, Justice pour Tous Internationale (JPTi) prepared and published its inputs as concise, evidence-based briefing materials intended to assist United Nations Member States during the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 52. Their purpose is to draw focused attention to systemic human rights challenges