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People's Advocate Ceslav Panico sent a message of support to the Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights, Liudmyla Denisova: Dear Commissioner, The entire team of the People's Advocate Office and I personally strongly support the Ukrainian people in these difficult times and unprecedented military aggression by Russia against Ukraine. Certainly, support your call on international human rights…

People’s Advocate Ceslav Panico sent a Letter to High Commissioner of Human Rights in the Russian Federation Tatiana Moskalikova with the urge for High Commissioner of Human Rights, the institution that she leads, to make utmost efforts and use all available leverage  in order to help to put an end to the military conflict on the territory of…

Ceslav Panico has been appointed People's Advocate (Ombudsman) Moldova for a term of seven years. A decision in this regard was approved by the Parliament on February 3, 2022, with the vote of 57 deputies. During the same meeting, Ceslav Panico took the oath. Ceslav Panico graduated the Law Faculty of the University of Iași,…

During the press conference held on December 1, the People’s Advocate, Natalia Moloșag, launched several accusations against the employees of the Office of the People's Advocate and the previous institution management. She harshly criticized the way the institution was administered, negatively appreciating the activity of the Office of the People's Advocate in the period prior…

It’s almost cliché to say that a whistleblower protection law is among the most-ignored pieces of legislation in the world. Most public agencies do not have the knowledge, experience or political will to put these policies into practice. But when Moldova passed its first whistleblower law in 2018, officials bucked this trend by putting their…

Natalia Moloșag has been appointed to the position of the People's Advocate for a term of seven years. A decision in this regard was taken by the Parliament on September 24, 2021, with the vote of 57 deputies. Natalia Molosag has a degree in law and was awarded for human rights initiatives in the field…

Maia Bănărescu mentioned in the interview that since the entry into force in November 2018 of Law no. 122 on whistleblowers, through which the People's Advocate was invested with the attribution of protection of whistleblower, the People's Advocate Office registered 11 claims on protection. All - were accepted for examination. Till now, only one case…

 In the context of the competition for the selection and appointment of the People's Advocate, we notice that some candidates, in an attempt to promote their image before the competition and argue their intentions to participate in it, have chosen to denigrate the People's Advocate Office. Thus, false hypotheses are increasingly launched regarding the lack…

Study of the perception on the observance of human rights, 2021 edition, is the third made at the request of the Office of the People's Advocate in the last six years (similar studies conducted in 2016[2] and 2018[3]) and presents the opinion of the population on observance of human rights in the Republic of Moldova.…

The People's Advocate requests the CEC to revise urgently the list of polling stations abroad for the parliamentary elections of July 11, 2021 by increasing the number of polling stations according to the evaluations presented by Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration (MFAEI) and the initial list of the CEC of June 4, 2021.…

The arguments of the People’s Advocate [1], considered by the Supreme Court of Justice (SCJ), which on yesterday meeting rejected the CEC’s appeal on the opening the voting stations abroad. The People's Advocate welcomes the decision of the SCJ, adopted yesterday, June 22, by which the decision of June 17, 2021 of the Chisinau Court…

The People's Advocate submitted a notification to the Supreme Court of Justice (SCJ) in the case regarding the opening of polling stations abroad, in which reiterated the presented arguments to the Chisinau Court of Appeal by submitting the Conclusions in the context of ensuring the right to vote for all citizens in the presidential election…