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• January 1st – The Promo-LEX Association monitors the situation and gets actively involved in the case of Vadim Pisari’s murder by a Russian soldier of the peacekeeping forces, an incident that took place in Vadul lui Voda, Chisinau city.
• January 17th – The Promo-LEX Association initiates and participates in the elaboration and launch of the Appeal of the Civic Coalition for Free and Correct Elections towards the initiators of the constitutional referendum regarding the modification of the 78th article of the Constitution.
• January 18th – The Promo-LEX Association initiates and participates in the elaboration and launch of the Appeal of the civil society representatives regarding the urgent necessity of changing the actual format of the peacekeeping mission from Moldova.
• January 20th – The Promo-LEX Association initiates and participates in the elaboration and launch of the Declaration of the human rights organizations from Moldova concerning the actions of the judge Sergiu Furdui, vice president of the Criminal Court of the Supreme Court of Justice.
• January 24th – The European Court of Human Rights has pronounced the judgment in the case of Brega and Others v. The Republic of Moldova (app. no 61485/08) finding violations of art. 5 § 1 and art. 11 of ECHR. The case has been represented by the memebers of The Promo-LEX Association.
• January 25th – The members of The Promo-LEX Association participate at the hearings in front of the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights representing the interests of 170 persons in the case of Catan and Others v. Moldova and Russia.
• January 31st – The Promo-LEX Association releases the 51st edition of the RDCT newsletter.
• February 2nd – The Promo-LEX Association celebrates the International Day of Elections urging citizens to show activism and responsibility in the exercise of the voting right.
• February 10th – The Annual General Meeting of the organization is convened.
• February 17th – The Promo-LEX Association releases the 52nd edition of the RDCT newsletter.
• February 28th – The Promo-LEX Association develops and launches the appeal concerning the organization of the formal “5 +2” meeting in Dublin. Promo-LEX requests the examination of the situation and the release of 9 victims from illegal detention.
• February 28th – The Promo-LEX Association releases the 53rd edition of the RDCT newsletter.
• March 2nd – The Promo-LEX Association monitors the situation in Corjova, Dubasari, where the separatist administration has violated the right to peaceful assembly of a local group.
• March 7th – The Promo-LEX Association, as a founding member of the International Cooperation Platform “Civic Solidarity”, participates in the meeting of Platform members.
• March 14th – The European Court communicates the Government of the Republic of Moldova the case Craciuneac v. Moldova. The case concerns the victims of the April 2009 events (app. no 77407/11), represented by the members of the Promo-LEX Association.
• March 19th – The Promo-LEX Association launches the Report “Discriminatory ill-treatment in Moldova”.
• March 21st – The Promo-LEX Association releases the 54th edition of the RDCT newsletter.
• March 28th – The Promo-LEX Association requires the central constitutional authorities to ensure the respect of young men rights in the transnistrian region regarding their forced enrollment campaign into paramilitary forces in the transnistrian region of Moldova.
• March 28th – The Promo-LEX Association signs the public Call for initiative to reform the European Court of Human Rights.
• April 3rd – The Promo-LEX Association participates in the official launch of the Declaration of Global Principles for Nonpartisan Election Observation (GNDEM). The Declaration is translated into Romanian and promoted nationally by The Promo-LEX Association.
• April 19th – The Promo-LEX Association elaborates and sends to the Ministry of Justice a number of proposals for completing the National Action Plan on Human Rights (NAPHR) for 2011-2014.
• April 24th – The Promo-LEX Association releases the 55th edition of the RDCT newsletter.
• April 25th – The Promo-LEX Association elaborates the comparative research “Legislation and practice regarding political participation in the Eastern Partnership Countries”.
• April 30th – The Promo-LEX Association releases the 56th edition of the RDCT newsletter.
• May 3rd – The Promo-LEX Association presents the Report on human rights situation in the transnistrian region of Moldova in 2011.
• May 5th – The Promo-LEX Association prepares and sends an alternative report to SPT (Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture, UN).
• May 10th – Promo-LEX lawyers present the opinion regarding the proposed amendments to the Electoral Code from the perspective of media regulation within election campaign.
• May 13th – The Promo-LEX Association participates in the NGO Fair “Get to know the NGO that represents you!”.
• May 15th – The European Court of Human Rights has pronounced its judgment in the case of I.G. v. Moldova (app. no 53519/07) finding violation of art. 3 of the ECHR. The case has been represented by the members of The Promo-LEX Association.
• May 18th – The Promo-LEX Association organizes training courses for its network of observers and invests in the continuous training of Long Term Observers (LTO).
• May 21st – The Promo-LEX Association participates in the Moldova – EU dialogue, on the human rights observance tier.
• May 28th – The Promo-LEX Association attends the meeting of the Supreme Court Plenum in which the explanatory decision on the protective measures in cases of domestic violence is adopted.
• May 29th – The Promo-LEX Association releases the 57th edition of the RDCT newsletter.
• June 10th – Promo-LEX observers participate in the monitoring of the local electoral process in Romania.
• June 15th – The Promo-LEX Association organizes the Round Table “The Role of Observers in the Electoral Process. The Importance of Codes of Conduct.”
• June 21st – The Promo-LEX Association sends repeatedly to the Ministry of Justice a number of proposals for completing the National Action Plan on Human Rights (NAPHR) for 2011-2014.
• June 26th – The Promo-LEX Association signs an appeal supporting victims of torture and participates in a campaign dedicated to the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture.
• June 26th- The Promo-LEX Association signs the public appeal regarding the initiative of amending the Code of Civil Procedure concerning judgments motivation.
• June 28th – The Promo-LEX Association organizes the Press Club on “The Torture Phenomenon and the Rehabilitation of Victims from the transnistrian region of the Republic of Moldova”.
• July 3rd – The Promo-LEX Association, Institute of History, State and Law of the ASM, The Center for Reform of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, The Institute for Research and Scientific Expertise in Law have held the Scientific-Practical Conference on the personal security in Moldova.
• July 4th – The Promo-LEX Association signs the Appeal for the establishment of the Commission selecting candidates for the post of judge at the ECHR.
• July 10th – The European Court issues a decision on Calancea v. Moldova case (app. no 50425/11) which accepts mutual settlement between the parties and the recognition of violations by the government. The cause is represented at ECHR by Promo-LEX members.
• July 11th The Promo-LEX Association launches a public appeal for the release of Alexandru Ursu from illegal detention.
• July 11th – The Promo-LEX Association signs the public Appeal on the withdrawal of the bill on amendments of the Civil Procedure Code and amendments regarding the status of judges and ensuring the activity of certain courts.
• July 13th – The Promo-LEX Association joins the call to the Russian authorities to reject the repressive Draft legislation on “Foreign Agents”.
• July 21st – The Promo-LEX Association celebrates its 10 years of activity.
• July 25th – The Promo-LEX Association initiates and participates in the development and launch of the Declaration of Human Rights organizations from Moldova on the actions of the Head of the Criminal Police and of the Director of the Center for Personal Data Protection.
• July 29th – Promo-LEX observers participate in the monitoring of the referendum from Romania.
• July 31st – The Promo-LEX Association signs the joint civil society call on frauds committing while collecting signatures for the Republican legislative referendum on joining the Customs Union of Russia – Belarus – Kazakhstan.
• August 1st – The Promo-LEX Association welcomes the release of three persons whose interests are represented at the ECHR (Ostap Popovschi, Cilei Alexandru and Cebotari Anatol), from the illegal detention of the separatist regime in Tiraspol.
• August 8th – Promo-LEX observers participate within the ENEMO mission in the long-term monitoring of the parliamentary elections in Ukraine.
• August 16th – Participating in the international conference in Prague “Domestic observation of elections in European countries”, Promo-LEX contributes to the creation of an international election observation platform.
• September 3rd – The Promo-LEX Association monitors the situation and the respect of pupils and teachers rights from the transnistrian region, founds problems and requires the authorities to ensure the respect of the fundamental rights for the inhabitants from the Eastern region of the country.
• September 17th – The Promo-LEX Association releases the 58th edition of the RDCT newsletter.
• September 21st – Promo-LEX holds the training “Defending human rights in the transnistrian region through national and international instruments and mechanisms”.
• September 23rd – Participating in OSCE HDIM, Promo-LEX submits a memorandum on the situation of human rights in the transnistrian region.
• September 25th – Promo-LEX prepares and signs an Appeal against the draft of the Resolution on traditional values.
• September 28th – The Promo-LEX Association releases the 59th edition of the RDCT newsletter.
• October 2nd – Promo-LEX and CNP have held public debates on the legal framework aimed at exercising the right to freedom of assembly in Moldova.
• October 12th – Promo-LEX intervenes in the defense of Alexandru Bejan, harassed by the Tiraspol administration.
• October 16th – The Promo-LEX Association releases the 60th edition of the RDCT newsletter.
• October 19th – The public meeting of the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights. The issue of the decision in the case of Catan and others v. Moldova and Russia. The Court finds violations of article 2 of Protocol 1 of the Convention by the Russian Federation. The case has been represented by the members of the Promo-LEX Association.
• October 22nd – Promo-LEX prepares and submits the resolution on the steps to be taken to ensure the right to education in the eastern region of Moldova (Transnistria).
• October 25th – Within international missions supported by ENEMO and ODC (Open Democracy Committee) Promo-LEX observers have involved in monitoring short-term parliamentary elections in Ukraine.
• November 5th – The Promo-LEX Association welcomes the release of Alexandru Ursu from illegal detention. A. Ursu’s interests are represented by Promo-LEX members.
• November 5th – The Promo-LEX Association releases the 61st edition of the RDCT newsletter.
• November 6th – The European Court issues a decision on Craciuneac v. Moldova case (app. no 77407/11) which accepts mutual settlement between the parties and the recognition of violations by the government. The cause is represented at ECHR by Promo-LEX members.
• November 7th – The Promo-LEX Association releases the 62nd edition of the RDCT newsletter.
• November 14th – Promo-LEX participates in civil society consultations on the future of the European Court, Strasbourg.
• November 15th – Promo-LEX participates at the traditional biannual meetings of lawyers and NGOs from Europe in Strasbourg.
• November 16th – The Promo-LEX Association releases the 63rd edition of the RDCT newsletter.
• November 16th – Promo-LEX participates in the meeting of NGOs on monitoring enforcement of ECtHR judgments, Strasbourg.
• November 19th – Promo-LEX participates in a Mission from Moldova and provides technical support to the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) in their research visit on the observance of the right to be free from torture and the right to a fair trial.
• November 23rd – The European Court communicates the Government of The Republic of Moldova the case Repeşcu and Repeşco v. Moldova (app. no 64785/11). The cause is represented at ECHR by Promo-LEX members and refers to the use of torture in No 13 prison from Chisinau.
• November 25th – December 10th – The Promo-LEX Association gets involved in the campaign “16 days against gender-based violence”.
• November 24th – The Promo-LEX Association organizes the intellectual game “Know Your Rights!” for young people from the transnistrian region.
• November 29th – The Promo-LEX Association along with Casa Marioarei Shelter and Moldova.org disseminates the short movie “The victims of domestic violence between fear and legislative flaws”.
• December 4th – The Promo-LEX Association conducts the Human Rights Week and launches interviews with personalities born in the transnistrian region who talk about human rights.
• December 5th – The Promo-LEX Association, as a member of the Civic Solidarity Platform participates in the Civil Society Conference organized by OSCE. There were developed recommendations for reforming the OSCE human dimension process.
• December 10th – The Promo-LEX Association prepares and submits the report on the situation of human rights in the transnistrian region of Moldova, 2012 retrospective.
• December 10th – The Centre of Human Rights from Moldova establishes Ombudsman’s award, awarded in 2012 to The Promo-LEX Association.
• December 10th – Through the Ministry of Defense order no 464 of 10/12/2012, The Commission for the research of the phenomenon of violation of statutory rules between the soldiers is established. A Promo-LEX representative has been included under this commission.
• December 12th – Promo-LEX presents the study on freedom of assembly in the transnistrian region of the Republic of Moldova.
• December 12th – Promo-LEX participates in the presentation of the Memorandum on transnistrian conflict settlement. The document represents the vision and proposals of civil society on methods of solving the transnistrian conflict.
• December 12th – Promo-LEX members present the research “Freedom of assembly in the transnistrian region of the Republic of Moldova. Object of constitutional regulation and the influence of external factors”.
• December 12th – The Promo-LEX Association along with 11 other organizations that support or perform observation of national elections in the states of the Eastern Partnership, the Russian Federation and the European Union launches “The European Platform for Democratic Elections” (EPDE) in Warsaw.
• December 17th – The Promo-LEX Association launches the evaluation report assessing the implementation of the Law 45 on the protection order in the Republic of Moldova during 2008 -2011.
• December 19th – Promo-LEX publishes the informative note on the Government Decision Project regarding the structure and personnel of the General Inspectorate of Police.
• December 20th – The Promo-LEX Association releases the 64th edition of the RDCT newsletter.

In 2012 Promo-LEX has celebrated its 10 years of activity. We have listed only a part of the Associations’ activities in this anniversary year.

On behalf of all our beneficiaries, The Promo-LEX Association expresses gratitude to its partners for their contribution and support in 2012: European Union Delegation to Moldova, Open Society Institute Budapest, National Endowment for Democracy, National Democratic Institute, Black Sea Trust for Regional Cooperation, Soros Foundation-Moldova, Civil Rights Defenders, UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, U.S. Mission to the OSCE.