Until Estonia has at least transposed the EC Directives on racial equality and employment equality, non-nationals, newcomers and their descendents will only be protected by the least favourable anti-discrimination regime for promoting integration in the 28 (see box). In the limited fields where anti-discrimination applies, enforcement is partially unfavourable. Victims have access to numerous procedures, yet if they bring forward a case, they have no explicit protection from victimisation. Possible sanctions are limited and courts do not give harsher penalties to perpetrators with a deliberate motive to commit ethnic, racial, religious, or nationality discrimination. Unfavourable equality policies do not allow the Legal Chancellor to help victims by investigating their case or instigating proceedings in its own name. The state does not inform the public about their rights as victims or lead dialogue on anti-discrimination. Neither does it ensure that public bodies respect non-discrimination.
