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Romania Universal Periodic Review of Romania Human Rights Watch's Submission to the Human Rights Council 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 May 5, 2008 Written Statement Printer friendly version Romania: Reject Discriminatory Definition of Family Lawmakers Should Ensure Equal Protection for All Families 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. February 7, 2008 Press Release Also available in 
Printer friendly version Council of Europe: Secret CIA Prisons Confirmed 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. June 8, 2007 Press Release Also available in 
Printer friendly version European Parliament: Condemn Complicity in Illegal CIA Activity 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. February 12, 2007 Press Release Printer friendly version "Life Doesn't Wait" Romania’s Failure to Protect and Support Children and Youth Living with HIV 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. This 104-page report documents violations of the rights of these children and youth to education, health, privacy and information. It also shows how the authorities fail to protect these children and youth from discrimination, abuse and neglect. HRW Index No.: D1806 August 2, 2006 Report Also available in
Download PDF, 679 KB, 107 pgs Purchase online Read Press Release Romania: Discrimination Closes Doors for Children With HIV Subjected to Abuse, Thousands Are Ill-Prepared to Enter Adulthood 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. August 2, 2006 Press Release Also available in 
Printer friendly version Open Letter to E.U. Heads of State and Government On the Occasion of the E.U. Summit with Russia 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. October 31, 2002 Letter EU: Keep Up Pressure for Arms Trade Reforms in Candidate Countries 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. October 8, 2002 Press Release Printer friendly version Arms Trade, Human Rights, and European Union Enlargement: The Record of Candidate Countries The countries of Central and Eastern Europe, including several that are candidates for European Union (E.U.) membership, have long been a major source of weapons flows to human rights abusers, conflict regions, and clients suspected of diverting weapons to unauthorized destinations. There has been some recent progress to tighten controls, but serious problems remain. October 8, 2002 Background Briefing Purchase online Security Concerns Raised by Arms Transfers from Candidate Countries Open Letter to European Union (E.U.) Foreign Ministers, Commissioners Prodi, It is deeply troubling that arms trade controls in a number E.U. aspirant countries are inadequate, poorly implemented, and rarely enforced. There has been some momentum toward reform, in part the result of international pressure; however, the problem remains a serious one. October 19, 2001 Letter Persecuted Writers Honored with Prestigious Awards 27 Writers from 20 Countries Receive Hellman/Hammett Grants A diverse group of writers from 20 countries have received Hellman/Hammett grants in recognition of the courage with which they faced political persecution, Human Rights Watch announced. June 27, 2001 Press Release Printer friendly version Romania: Child Soldiers Global Report 2001 From the Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers There are no indications of under-18s in government armed forces. June 12, 2001 Multi Country Report Romania: Landmine Monitor Report 2000 Key developments since March 1999: A Romanian company offered antipersonnel mines for sale at an arms fair in the UK in September 1999; the government called the incident a "regrettable error." When Romania signed the Mine Ban Treaty at the opening ceremony in Ottawa on 3 December 1997, Minister of Foreign Affairs Adrian Severin declared: "Our military experts have no reasons to consider that antipersonnel landmines are essential to guarantee the security of Romania."131 Yet, Romania has not yet ratified the MBT. August 1, 2000 Multi Country Report Public Scandals: Sexual Orientation and Criminal Law in Romania Today in Romania, gays and lesbians are routinely denied some of the most basic human rights guaranteed by international law. Despite amendments in 1996 to the criminal code provisions relating to homosexual conduct, gays and lesbians continue to be arrested and convicted for such relations if they become public knowledge. HRW Index No.: 1-56432-178-9 January 1, 1998 Report Purchase online Lynch Law: Violence Against Roma in Romania On September 20, 1993, 3 Roma (Gypsy) men were killed by a mob in the village of Hadareni following the stabbing death of an ethnic Romanian. During the violence, 13 Roma houses were set on fire and destroyed and an additional 4 houses were seriously damaged. HRW Index No.: D617 November 1, 1994 Report Restrictions on Freedom of the Press in Romania Despite the considerable progress that has been made to ensure an independent press both in practice and in law, there is troubling evidence of official harassment of journalists whose views are critical of the ruling powers, ranging from selective denial of press credentials to the imprisonment of a journalist who wrote an allegory considered defamatory of the President of Romania. HRW Index No.: D610 June 1, 1994 Report Threats to Press Freedom A Report Prepared for the Free Media Seminar Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe The Free Media Seminar of the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe is taking place at a critical time. First, because developments throughout the region suggest that protection for media freedoms fall well short of international standards. Second, because there are disturbing signs of erosion for universal free expression protections on the part of international and continental bodies that should be insisting on bedrock protections for freedom of the press. Helsinki Watch, which since 1978 has monitored the state of human rights in many of the nations that signed the Helsinki Final Act, has in recent months published reports or conducted investigations in the countries listed above. We summarize our findings in the sections that follow. We do not claim that this is a comprehensive or exhaustive listing of curbs on media freedom in CSCE countries, or even in the countries we have included in this report. November 1, 1993 Report Download PDF, 275 KB, 39 pgs Printer friendly version Ethnic Hungarians in Post-Ceausescu Romania From our “ Struggling for Ethnic Identity” series Since the fall of the Ceausescu regime in 1989, Romania has experienced a dramatic increase in xenophobia and racist propaganda characterized by an increasingly vocal press and right-wing political parties. Although there have been significant improvements in many areas of concern to the Hungarian minority in Romania, tensions remain high, resulting in an increasing sense of insecurity among the population. HRW Index No.: 1150 September 1, 1993 Report Prison Conditions in Romania Despite the reforms following the 1989 revolution in Romania, the laws regulating prison life are largely unchanged and many of the prison personnel remain the same. Not surprisingly, with decades of neglect and the current economic crisis, prison facilities are sorely lacking in basic necessities and overcrowding contributes to violence among inmates HRW Index No.: 0766 June 1, 1992 Report The Persecution of Gypsies in Romania From our “ Destroying Ethnic Identity Series” Ethnic hatred and violence directed against Gypsies in Romania has escalated dramatically since the 1989 revolution: rarely a month passed without another Gypsy village being attacked. Gypsy homes have been burned, their possessions destroyed, they have been chased from their villages, and often not allowed to return. HRW Index No.: 0375 September 1, 1991 Report |
 
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