On Wednesday two key European Parliament committees backed the nomination of Romania's former anti-corruption chief to head the newly founded European Prosecutors Office. Laura Codruta Kovesi fought a tough fight...
CIVICUS Monitor update on Romania - July 2019
On the International Day of Human Rights several dozen young people gathered in Bucharest in front of a police station where many citizens have been reportedly abused in recent years. One of the abused died in the ...
Former Romanian President Ion Iliescu and 13 others have been ordered to stand trial for crimes against humanity related to a 1990 protest in Bucharest. Iliescu called in 10,000 mines armed with clubs to help put down...
European Commission President Jean-Claude Junker and First Vice-President Frans Timmermans on Wednesday asked the Romanian Parliament to rethink changes to laws governing the judiciary, which have raised concerns...
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Romania's prime minister is accusing Western European leaders of double standards when they criticize her country over corruption and crackdowns against protesters. Viorica Dăncilă, whose government holds the EU's...
Families should be for everyone, not only for couples made up of a man and a woman. 100 civil society organizations and citizens of Romania want to stop a referendum aimed at further restricting the constitutional definition of "family."
The ECRI has published its fourth report on Romania. Its recommendations include establishing an independent mechanism for dealing with complaints against the police and ensuring the implementation of ECtHR judgments.
The court said Italian authorities must reexamine the risk of inhuman or degrading treatment that could occur once the prisoner is returned to Romania.
A new bill recognizes the legal status of the Royal House of Romania, undertakes to finance its expenditures, and provides salaries to the heirs of former heads of state.
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