Tens of thousands of Romanians took to the streets last night in Bucharest and other cities, protesting an emergency order that amends the Criminal Code so that penalties for certain crimes are reduced and corruption...

Romania’s government decriminalized some official misconduct and pardoned thousands of convicts late on Tuesday night, as citizens gathered to publicly protest the move, which is seen as a new obstacle in the fight...

More than 100,000 people have signed an online petition demanding for the resignation of the Romanian ombudsperson. The petitioners are outraged that Victor Ciorbea appealed to the Constitutional Court against a 2001...

What is the correction process for criminals with a suspended sentence in Romania? Here’s the experience of one probation officer who has to get more than 200 people back "on the right track."

Halden Prison in Norway is a model for how a prison should be run: prisoners often live in better conditions than they would if they were free.

The European Implementation Network (EIN) was formed as a result of worrying findings that European countries that are condemned by the European Court of Human Rights often fail to implement the judgments of the...

The Constitutional Court of Romania has postponed for the fourth time its decision in a gay marriage case, this time to await advice from the European Court of Justice. The case was brought by a gay couple that got...

The Court of Cassation put a stop to the execution of a European Arrest Warrant because of the risk of inhuman and degrading treatment in Romania.

The Romanian Prosecutor’s Office claims to have devised and implemented a "strategy" as an answer to the numerous complaints lodged in recent years regarding police violence. Prime Minister Dacian Cioloș himself...

A simpler eviction process and a more active police force are the best ways to more easily remove unlawful settlements, a government investigation suggests.