Edited sentence: " Pursuant to subsection 2 of the same section, citizens of foreign states and stateless persons shall have the right to protection by the courts equal to that of Estonian citizens on the territory of Estonia, if not otherwise prescribed in the Republic of Estonia's international treaties.Acts motivated by racism or racial discrimination are punishable under the provisions  of the Criminal Code.All individuals, regardless of citizenship status, are equal before the law.Although Article 29 does not explicitly prohibit discrimination and giving preferences on the grounds of ethnicity, colour, race or language, the principle of non-discrimination is to be found in Article 12 of the Constitution.Article 29 of the Constitution guarantees the right to work and to free choice of employment.Justice shall be administered on the principle of the equality of citizens before the law and the courts.Rights of the individual are defined in the Estonian constitution, in legislation, and in adherence to international treaties.Section 13 of the Code of Criminal Procedure provides: justice is administered the justice is administered in criminal cases on the principle that all persons are equal before the law and the courts irrespective of their origin, social or property status, racial or ethnic origin, sex, education, language, attitude towards religion, sphere and mode of activity, place of residence or other grounds.Section 72 of the Criminal Code provides for punishment of violations of the principle of equality: for direct or indirect restriction of individual's rights or for establishing direct or  indirect preferences for an individual on the basis of his or her ethnicity, race, color, sex, language, origin, religion, political or other opinion, property or social status, or  on other grounds.Section 72, provides for liability for the incitement of national, racial, religious or political hatred, violence or discrimination.Subsection 1 of section 4 of the Courts Act provides:  "Citizens shall have the right to protection by the courts if their life, health, personal liberty, property, honour and dignity or other rights and liberties, which are guaranteed by the Constitution, are violated.The same principle is expressly worded in section 10 of the Employment Contracts Act, prohibiting illegal preferences and restriction of rights as follows: "It is illegal to allow or give preferences, or to restrict rights on the grounds of the sex, ethnicity, colour, race, native language, social origin, social status, previous activities, religion, political or other opinion, or attitude towards the duty to serve in the armed forces of employees or employers