Romania

Universal Periodic Review of Romania

Human Rights Watch — Sun, 04 May 2008 17:00:00 -0700

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

Letter to the Romanian Government Urging Protection of All Families without Discrimination

Human Rights Watch — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 16:00:00 -0800

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.

Romania: Reject Discriminatory Definition of Family

Human Rights Watch — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 16:00:00 -0800

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.

Council of Europe Confirms Secret CIA Prisons

Human Rights Watch — Sun, 01 Jul 2007 09:39:29 -0700

On June 8, the Council of Europe released a report confirming allegations first made by Human Rights Watch in 2005 that the CIA used locations in Poland and Romania for the secret detention of terror suspects. During several years of research, we combed through flight records and other documents, and assembled accounts from former detainees to expose the existence of the secret program.

Council of Europe: Secret CIA Prisons Confirmed

Human Rights Watch — Thu, 07 Jun 2007 17:00:00 -0700

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

Human Rights Watch — Sun, 11 Feb 2007 16:00:00 -0800

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

Human Rights Watch — Wed, 04 Oct 2006 17:00:00 -0700

Testimony of Clarisa Bencomo, Researcher
Children’s Rights Division, Human Rights Watch
To the Committee on Social, Health and Family Affairs
Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe
Wednesday, October 4, 2006

Dear Mr. Chairman, thank you for this opportunity to discuss the situation of Romanian children and youth living with HIV.

Romania: Discrimination Closes Doors for Children With HIV

Human Rights Watch — Tue, 01 Aug 2006 17:00:00 -0700

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.

"Life Doesn't Wait"

Human Rights Watch — Tue, 01 Aug 2006 17:00:00 -0700

"Life Doesn't Wait"

Romania's Failure to Protect and Support Children and Youth Living with HIV

Glossary

"Life Doesn't Wait"

Human Rights Watch — Tue, 01 Aug 2006 17:00:00 -0700

More than 7,200 Romanian children and youth aged 15 to 19 are living with HIV. The vast majority were infected with HIV between 1986 and 1991 as a direct result of government policies that exposed them to contaminated needles and “microtransfusions” in which small children were injected with unscreened blood in the mistaken belief that this would improve their immunological status.