News
04 May 2016
The Ombudsman, Mihail Cotorobai: the legislative initiative to repeal the Law on ensuring equality No. 121 of May 25th, 2012, constitutes a threat to human rights and fundamental freedoms
The Ombudsman, Mihail Cotorobai: the legislative initiative to repeal the Law on ensuring equality No. 121 of May 25th, 2012, constitutes a threat to fundamental rights and freedoms of people and a decline from the already achieved level in ensuring equality in Moldova. On April 27th, a group of ...
29 April 2016
The Office of the Ombudsman has a new priority direction in its activity: monitoring the enforcement of the right to health care and promoting patient rights
This intention was announced during the workshop "Evaluation of human rights reinforcement in medical institutions in Moldova", organized by the Institution of the Ombudsman within the project "Support to NHRIs (INPPDO)" as recommended by the UN Conventions Committees and the Universal Periodic ...
28 April 2016
The Ombudsperson, Mihail Cotorobai, calls on the Constitutional Court to conduct constitutional review of the legal provisions that prohibit the individuals declared incapable from exercising their right of free access to justice.
The Ombudsperson, Mihail Cotorobai, calls on the Constitutional Court to conduct constitutional review of the legal provisions that prohibit the individuals declared incapable from exercising their right of free access to justice. The Ombudspersonhas filed a referral to the Constitutional Court. ...
19 April 2016
Public Dialogue on the Independent Reports for the Second UPR Cycle
The achievements of the authorities in the implementation of the 122 recommendations made within the first cycle of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) are modest. Therefore, many of them have been reiterated in the reports of the National Human Rights Institutions (NHRIs) and the civil society for ...
04 April 2016
Ivan Šimonović: UN Institutions will continue to support the Ombudsperson's Office, which means strengthening the rule of law, democracy and human rights in the Republic of Moldova.
The Ombudsman, Mihail Cotorobai, had a meeting with the Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights, Ivan Šimonović, who was visiting the Republic of Moldova in an official mission. Ivan Šimonović mentioned that the Ombudsperson's Institution was a natural partner of the United Nations, which is ...
04 April 2016
The Annual Report on Human Rights Observance for 2015 of the Ombudsperson’s Office
Last year there was no progress in terms of human rights observance in the Republic of Moldova – it’s the finding of the Annual Report on Human Rights Observance for 2015 of the Ombudsperson’s Office (the full text of the Report is available on http://www.ombudsman.md/sites/default/files/document/ ...
24 March 2016
UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW ON HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA - NHRI REPORT, 2nd cycle, November 2016
UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW ON HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA - NHRI REPORT, 2nd cycle, November 2016 This Report has been developed by the Office of the People’s Advocate (Ombudsman) of the Republic of Moldova, in its capacity as National Human Rights Institution accredited with the “B” ...
04 March 2016
The Ombudsman, MihailCotorobai: I am convinced that this initiative will earn good results
The ombudsman, MihailCotorobai, has participated in the launch of the first Diversity Internship Program dedicated to persons from vulnerable groups. The program aims at stimulating the Moldovan organizations and companies to develop opportunities for internships for vulnerable groups at national ...
01 March 2016
The Issue of Prevention and Fighting of Torture is Discussed at the Varnita Representative Office
On February 28, inst., the members of the consultative group under the chargé for human rights in Tiraspol metat the office of the Varnita Representative Office of the Ombudsperson Institution, within the first meeting of 2016. The meeting was chaired by the head of the Varnita Representative ...
26 February 2016
The workshop on the topic “Know Your Rights” in Comrat
On February 25, the head of the Representative Office of the Ombudsperson’s Institution in the ATU Gagauzia conduced a workshop on the topic “Know Your Rights”. The workshop took place in the municipality of Comrat and was designed for the representatives of the Roma community from the raion. The ...