• Universal Periodic Review of Romania
    Written statement
    May 4, 2008
    This submission will focus only on Human Rights Watch’s key concerns regarding Romania’s compliance with international human rights law in its treatment of children and youth living with HIV. It draws on research and recommendations presented in greater detail in our August 2006 report, Life Doesn’t Wait: Romania’s Failure to Protect and Support Children and Youth Living with HIV
  • Romania: Reject Discriminatory Definition of Family
    Press release
    Feb 6, 2008
    Romanian legislators should reject a change to the Family Code that would narrow the definition of marriage to one exclusively between a man and woman, Human Rights Watch said in a letter sent today to government officials. The measure would deprive many Romanian families of basic civil rights and introduce inequality into law.
  • Letter to the Romanian Government Urging Protection of All Families without Discrimination
    Letter
    Feb 6, 2008
    On behalf of Human Rights Watch, I urge you to reject the proposed amendment to the definition of the family in Romania’s family code, a legislative initiative that would write discriminatory treatment of families into law.
  • Council of Europe Confirms Secret CIA Prisons
    Impact
    Jul 1, 2007
  • Council of Europe: Secret CIA Prisons Confirmed
    Press release
    Jun 6, 2007
    The Central Intelligence Agency secretly operated illegal prisons for terrorism suspects in multiple locations in Poland and Romania from 2003 to 2005, according to a report released today by the Council of Europe, a European intergovernmental human rights body.
  • European Parliament: Condemn Complicity in Illegal CIA Activity
    Press release
    Feb 11, 2007
    The European Parliament should condemn European complicity in the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) program of “extraordinary renditions” and secret detention of prisoners, Human Rights Watch said today.
  • Testimony to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe regarding Romanian children and youth living with HIV
    Testimony
    Oct 4, 2006
  • Romania: Discrimination Closes Doors for Children With HIV
    Press release
    Aug 1, 2006
    Thousands of Romanian children and youth living with HIV face widespread discrimination that keeps many of them from attending school, obtaining necessary medical care, working, or even learning about their medical condition, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today.
  • Open Letter to E.U. Heads of State and Government
    Letter
    Oct 30, 2002
    We are writing in advance of the upcoming E.U. summit with Russia on November 11. The appalling hostage seizure in Moscow has once again thrust the armed conflict in Chechnya high onto the E.U.’s political agenda with Russia.
  • EU: Keep Up Pressure for Arms Trade Reforms in Candidate Countries
    Press release
    Oct 8, 2002
    The European Union (EU) should continue to press candidate countries in Central and Eastern Europe to improve arms trade controls, Human Rights Watch said today. Tomorrow, the EU is expected to release the latest annual reports assessing the progress of individual candidates toward accession. These will help pave the way for final decisions, expected later this year, on the next round of EU enlargement.