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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…

In dealing with the COVID-19 outbreak, Ombudsmen and Commissioners for Children across Europe have faced a new challenge: how to continue to support children's rights in a context of emergency restrictions and lockdown measures. The COVID-19 crisis has had disastrous impacts on children's lives and rights; and will most probably have far-reaching consequences for children. The outcomes of ENOC-UNICEF survey…

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…

In an approach to the Prime Minister, Ion Chicu, the People's Advocate for Children's Rights, Maia Banarescu, notes that the provisions of Decision no. 11 of May 15, 2020 of the National Extraordinary Public Health Commission, which ordered the wearing of masks in public transport, commercial spaces and closed public spaces, in the situation where…

The People's Advocate calls on the deputies to refrain from adopting the draft law amending the Labour Code, which was examined at the Government meeting of June 17, 2020. The draft in question establishes the right of employers to order the secondment and / or recalling the staff of medical sanitary institutions and / or…