In its Concluding observations the Committee Against Torture expressed its concern as to the inadequate investigation conducted by authorities in relation to allegations of excessive use of force by law enforcement personnel in April 2007. The government received a number of recommendations as to the future investigation of similar allegations. The Committee is also worried by information suggesting that conditions in some prisons and police arrest houses are unacceptable and by critical information reported by the Chancellor of Justice. The Committee is of opinion that Estonia should take immediate steps to improve the material conditions in all prisons and police arrest houses, including recently built ones. European Court of Human Rights delivered three dozens of rulings confirming Estonia’s violations of the Convention. As least three decisions deal with the conditions of detention: unlawful confinement to restraint beds, the size of cells in the Tallinn jail is below permitted minimum, use of pepper spray against prisoners in a confined space. During the last months, my organization discovered cases of lengthy – from 9 months to 400 days – detention in the punishment cell, which undoubtedly can be seen as cruel treatment. Obtaining information in the language known by prisoners constitute an acute problem. Internet is the most popular and accessible source of information for everyone, including prisoners. Access is governed by the Imprisonment Act. Under Art. 31(1) prisoners can access public legislation databases and register of judicial decisions under the supervision of the prison service. It should be noted that the above-mentioned databases contain information only in Estonian. Prisoners cannot connect to the web sites containing legislation and information on the most up-to-date problems in Russian, which are developed and administered by the Ministry of Justice. In cooperation with the Tallinn City Council ICHR published a brochure in Russian for prisoners. It contains explanations of the most important pieces of legislation, requirements for complaints, translation of application forms for state legal aid and other information contributing to the improvement of legal awareness and protection of Russian-speaking prisoners in Estonia. Lack of the necessary legal information in Russian preserves the vicious circle of social tension, as the number of Russian-speaking prisoners significantly exceeds the number of Estonian-speaking while Russian-speakers constitute only around 1/3 of the country’s population. 2. ICHR is concerned about the discrepancies in construction of certain legal notions, specifically, the notion of genocide in Estonia differs from the one accepted in International law.