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17 February 2016
THE RIGHT TO HEALTH CARE
According to World Health Organisation’s principles, an important function of the health care system is to meet population’s expectations and needs, which are to be approached in a fair and reasonable manner, considering universal human rights to life and health. Thus, the right to health is the ...
12 February 2016
Ombudsperson’s Website Viewed over One Million Times
During one year since the launch of the Ombudsperson Office’s updated website version – www.ombudsman.md , it has been viewed over one million times. For comparison, in five years -during 2009-2013 - the previous version of the website was visited slightly over 3 million times. Currently, the ...
12 February 2016
The ombudsman, Mihail Cotorobai, is concerned about the situation in Penitentiaries No. 8 and No. 12 of Bender and calls upon the authorities to take measures for ensuring proper operation of the latter
The Ombudsperson Office has been monitoring closely the situation in the penitentiary institutions No.8 and No. 12 of Bender. In 2015 alone, the staff of the Ombudsperson Office conducted 5 visits to each of the two institutions after having examined the complaints from the convicts. In order to ...
11 February 2016
The ombudsman MihailCotorobai: The declarations of the Basarabeasca raion president as a response to a protester’s statements about monetary rewards being paid to participants in the demonstrations organised in the capital are discriminatory
The ombudsman, MihailCotorobai: The declarations of the Basarabeasca raion president as a response to a protester’s statements about monetary rewards being paid to participants in the demonstrations organised in the capital are discriminatory, and the disclosure of information about the protester’s ...
11 February 2016
The Ombudsman MihailCotorobai took part in the National Conference “Participation of Persons with Disabilities in Political and Public Life”, organized by the Centre for Legal Assistance to Persons with Disabilities
Within the Conference, the Monitoring Report on Observance of the Right to Vote of Persons with Disabilities During the 2015 Local Elections was presented. The report was developed by the Centre for Legal Assistance to Persons with Disabilities with the support of the US Embassy to Chisinau, within ...
11 February 2016
The Ombudsman: the Bastovoi case has revealed serious gaps in the emergency care system, which must be addressed as soon as possible
The ombudsman, MihailCotorobai, disapproves of the Ministry of Health’s declining liability of the team of doctors for their failure to take action in the case of the Bastovoi family, which resulted in the death of one person and damage to the health of another person. According to the central ...
25 January 2016
The sentencing of the orphan with five children for having killed her husband who was beating her is under consideration by the ombudsperson, Mihail Cotorobai
As an Ombudsman, Mihail Cotorobai does not have any authority to intervene in this case, as the Law No.52 does not allow the ombudsperson to express any opinion “on adjudicated cases in which there is a court sentence or a decision on the merits”. Given the particular social importance of the case ...
22 January 2016
The seminar “Preventing and Fighting Torture, Ill Treatment and Impunity. Standards for Monitoring Detention Places”.
On January 21-22, 2016 the staff of the Ombudsperson Office took part in the seminar “Preventing and Fighting Torture, Ill Treatment and Impunity. Standards for Monitoring Detention Places”. The seminar was organized by the Council of Europe in cooperation with the Ombudsperson Office, within the ...
20 January 2016
Call of the Ombudsman Mihail Cotorobai to the Participants in the Protests Happening in Front of the Parliament and to the Police Forces
Peaceful expression of opinion about some subjects and/or events with an impact for the public at large, within demonstrations, is a proof of maturity of a democratic society. The ombudsperson Mihail Cotorobai urges the government authorities and the representatives of political parties to ensure ...
30 December 2015
Press Release
The ombudsman, Mihail Cotorobai, has had discussions with his counterpart in Tiraspol, Vasili Calico, about the human rights situation in the Transnistria region. The meeting took place on December 29 inst., at the Varnita Office of the Ombudsperson Institution, in the context of strengthening ...