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The Child Ombudsman advocates for the sanctioning of persons involving minors in the activity, propaganda / political agitation. Statements in this regard were made at the press conference on June 1, on the occasion of the presentation of the conclusions of the Thematic Report ”Using the image of children in election campaigns”[1], made by the…

#ElectionCampainWithoutHate! #ElectionCampainWithoutHateSpeech! Currently, on July 11, in the Republic of Moldova will take place parliamentary elections. The experience of previous election campaigns has shown that during these periods, hate speech, homophobic, racist, xenophobic and sexist messages intensify considerably. Using such messages, some political forces ensure the support of certain categories of the electorate, who do…

Press Release  The Ombudsman for child’s rights rights pleads for the right to acquire the citizenship of the Republic of Moldova of children born on the territory of our country from parents who are not citizens of the state. The Ombudsman filed a referral to the Constitutional Court. The People's Advocate for child’s rights, Maia…

On May 21, the Central Electoral Commission registered the first six electoral competitors in the early parliamentary elections of July 11, 2021, for which the electoral campaign began. Given the fact that this was the start of the electoral agitation in the early parliamentary election, the People's Advocate for the Child’s Rights, Maia Bănărescu[1], urges…

During the visit made to the Penitentiary no. 10 in the context of the International Family Day, Maia Bănărescu and the representatives of the Child Rights Department discussed with the minors in state custody about the problems they face, the needs they have. As a result of the discussions, several impediments in the full realization…

European Network of National Human Rights Institutions (ENNHRI), which member is and the People’s Advocate Office (Ombudsman) of the Republic of Moldova (PAO), had issued an opinion on the initiative of the authorities to establish the People's Advocate for the Entrepreneurs’ Rights within the PAO. In the opinion[1], ENNHRI underlines the importance of respect for…

Theses from the Report of the People’s Advocate on the observance of fundamental human rights and freedoms in the Republic of Moldova in 2020 (http://ombudsman.md/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Raport-2020-FINAL-RED.pdf) In 2020, there were multiple human rights violations in the Republic of Moldova and some exaggerated restrictions were imposed that had a negative impact on certain freedoms and democratic processes…

Today, the People's Advocate Office signed a memorandum of understanding with the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) and the Council for Preventing and Eliminating of Discrimination and Ensuring Equality (CPEDEE). The present Memorandum of Understanding is a tool for formalization of collaborative relations between national human rights institutions (NHRI), such as the People's Advocate Office…

A convinced militant for justice, equity and social progress, Mihail Cotorobai was the man who was not afraid to tell the truth and to plead firmly for the primacy of law, human rights and the democratization of society. Deputy in the first Parliament of the Republic of Moldova, was the basis for building the independent…

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…