Ensuring the Respect of Human Rights during Public Meetings

The Promo-LEX Association, in partnership with the National Institute of Justice and the Ministry of Internal Affairs, organized, on 10 April 2013, a seminar on the topic of ensuring the respect of human rights during public meetings.

Judges and prosecutors were the beneficiaries of the seminar. The trainer from the Chisinau Municipality, Vasile Pascari, mentioned the role of local public authorities in organizing and conducting public meetings, and the method of interaction with the specialized agency within the Municipality. Marina Anton, a judge from the Chisinau Court of Appeal, tackled practical aspects of examining cases of changing conditions for holding or prohibiting public meetings.

Promo-LEX Association trainers – Alexandru Postica and Vadim Vieru – talked about certain aspects regarding the qualification and examination of infractions provided in Arts 184 and 285 of the Criminal Code.

The subject of ensuring public order during meetings and the involvement of the police was moderated by Marin Maxian from the Public Security Division of the General Police Commissariat. The representative of the General Directorate of Policy Analysis, Monitoring and Evaluation of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Alexandru Vieru, discussed about the opportunities of changing the legal and normative framework that regulates the provision and enforcement of public order during public meetings and events.

In the last part of the seminar, the participants were divided into three groups, where they examined recent case studies and adopted joint decisions.