Human Rights

On 8th December, 2020 it was published in the Official Gazette and entered into force the Law on amending the Law on health care no. 411/1995. It provides that palliative care is part of the health system: “Palliative care is the provision of health services for the active and complex support of patients whose disease…

“70 years of the ECHR, 25 years of the Republic of Moldova’s accession to the Council of Europe – implementation of the CoE standards at national level” was the theme of the international conference organized online on December 8, by the Office of the People's Advocate in conjunction with the Office of the Council of…

The ombudsman alerts: the people who treats at home of Sars-COV-2 are violated their rights to life and health. Mihail Cotorobai recommended the Ministry of health, labor and social protection (MSMPS) to take urgent action to ensure the right to life and health to the target people. The ombudsman considers that patients with Covid-19 who…

The Office of the People's Advocate, with the support of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) Moldova, launches the online study module, the E-learning through the course “Whistleblower”. E-learning is a modern platform created by the Office of the People's Advocate for the online study of various subjects in the field of human rights. The…

The People's Advocate, Mihail Cotorobai, expresses his concern about the way in which some important laws with a crucial impact on human rights and freedoms were voted in the plenary session of the Parliament on December 3, 2020, by ignoring the internal procedural rules, the principles of transparency, good governance and restricting the possibility for…

In the last months, several cases that were at the attention of the People’s Advocates have been completed and many beneficiaries of institutions have been restored their rights. In some cases, when there were no other levers of intervention, the People’s Advocate had referred to the Constitutional Court, whose decision underlines the non-compliance of some…

Upon notification of the People's Advocate, the Constitutional Court examined the constitutionality of the ban on the transfer of pensions abroad, provided by Article 60 of the Law on Pension Insurance of the Military and of the People in the command corps and in the troops of the internal affairs bodies and from General Inspectorate…

The main consultant within Monitoring and Reporting Division, Ms. Elena Munteanu-Sagaidashina, presented the opinion of the People's Advocate at Workshop 2: Health, Social Security and Social Protection at the CoE Conference Cooperation for the Development of Social Rights in the Republic of Moldova, which took place in online format on November 24. In her speech,…

The People's Advocate has asked the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights and the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights to support his efforts to suspend the process of establishing the People’s Advocate for Entrepreneurs’ Rights within the Office of the People's Advocate until the international expertise of the draft law.  The draft law…

Yesterday, during the Government meeting, it was voted a draft law that provides for the establishment of the position of public dignity - the People's Advocate for Entrepreneurs' Rights. He will be appointed by the Parliament and will work in the People's Advocate Office, but will be autonomous from the People's Advocate and the People's…

The People's Advocate strongly condemns the use of hate speech in public debates, warning that it leads to violence and hate crimes and prejudice. The Ombudsman's attitude comes as a result of the intensification of cases of hate speech and denigration during the current presidential election campaign, but also of the recent desecration of graves…

The People's Advocate, Mihail Cotorobai, condemns any attempts to denigrate and intimidate the representatives of the associative sector in the Republic of Moldova. Even if the arguments invoked are not likely to affect the credibility of civil society, to raise doubts about the performance and contribution of non-governmental organizations, launching attacks with accusations of undermining…