Laidi Surva is a highly experienced professional in the field of public administration, currently serving as the Deputy Secretary General in Criminal Policy at the Ministry of Justice of Estonia since October 2018. Surva has held various roles within the ministry, including Acting Deputy Secretary General, Head of Analysis Division, Team Lead, Project Manager, and Advisor. Additionally, from September 2022 to February 2023, Surva acted as a Business Diplomacy Adviser for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Estonia. Prior experience includes significant roles at the European Union Advisory Mission Ukraine as Lead Advisor on Good Governance and Strategic Administration Reform Advisor, as well as serving as a Criminal Policy Advisor at the Estonian Ministry of Justice from 2009 to 2015. Academically, Surva is completing a PhD in Public Administration at TalTech – Tallinn University of Technology, having previously obtained a Master’s Degree and Bachelor’s Degree in Public Administration and State Sciences from the University of Tartu.
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Ministry of Justice of Estonia
The main duty of the Ministry of Justice is to plan and to carry out a legal and criminal policy of the state, which will help ensure an open and secure society, where people may be assured of the use and protection of their rights. To that end, the Ministry of Justice: shall coordinate, together with other institution, the combat against crime, in order to reduce the damage inflicted upon society by crime and to increase the feeling of security among the population; shall guarantee smoothness of case management by quick and effective proceedings, and by high-quality and available legal assistance; shall guarantee legal certainty and create prerequisites for economic growth by insuring protection of economic rights, effective execution proceeding, availability of notarial services, and quality of court registers; shall strengthen the principles of a democratic state based on the rule of law by helping to guarantee the fundamental rights of the people and by structuring state management. As coordinator of legislative drafting, the Ministry of Justice stands for the systematic development of law and supports the formation of quality legislative drafting. To that end, it sees to it that new legislation is drafted in conformity with the constitution and other acts and with the general principles of public and private law.