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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…

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…

This is mentioned in the return message to the recommendation of the People's Advocate of April 8 of this year regarding the release of certain categories of detainees in order to reduce the prison population and prevent the spread of COVID-19 infection in places of deprivation of liberty[1].  It is stated in the response of…

The People's Advocate, Mihail Cotorobai, is alarmed by the worsening of the epidemiological situation in the country and the catastrophic situation of the health system more than three months after the beginning of the health crisis in the Republic of Moldova.  The dramatic increase in the number of COVID-19 diseases in recent days to a…

The People's Advocate subscribes to the Appeal[1] of several NGOs regarding the need to urgently finalize the draft law no. 301 regarding the regulation of crimes based on prejudice In the last two years, the People's Advocate and civil society have repeatedly drawn attention upon the fact that hate speech and incitement to discrimination is…

The People's Advocate is concerned about the position adopted by the Synod of the Moldovan Orthodox Church regarding vaccination against COVID-19 and the requests made in this context to the authorities. Thus, in an address to the country's leadership, the Metropolis of Chisinau and All Moldova calls for the non-imposition of vaccination against COVID-19 because…

The People's Advocates and the members of the Council for the Prevention of Torture welcome and support the approach of the civil society1 regarding the extension of the measures for the prevention of the COVID-19 virus in detention facilities after the termination of the state of emergency.  People's Advocates warn that if the epidemic spreads…

 The People's Advocate welcomes and supports the national campaign to promote the assumption of the Journalist's Code of Ethics by media professionals and graduates of journalism faculties in the country, considering that it is necessary and timely.   Given the magnitude of recent alarming trends such as manipulation, misinformation, propaganda, fake news, selective use of information,…