Centru Court of Law from Chisinau convicted C.V. to 8 years of imprisonment for acts resulting in the death of his wife – victim of domestic violence. The incident took place in January 2014. In the wake of a conflict with his wife, C.V., being under the influence of alcohol, hit ... ...more

Victoria Prunteanu will spend the next three years and eight months in the prison for stabbing her husband to death in an attempt to defend herself from his attacks. The sentence was pronounced today by the Straseni Court of Law. The court of law failed to take into account that Victoria ... ...more

A young man, persecuted for alleged homosexual orientation, was refused asylum in the Republic of Moldova. The European Court of Human Rights will examine the case. C.N. is a young man from Abia, Nigeria. In February 2013 he requested asylum in the Republic of Moldova, because in his community he ... ...more

Five years of imprisonment and fifty thousand Moldovan lei – non-pecuniary damage for domestic violence. The victim, mother of three children, claims that her husband had abused her physically and mentally for 15 years. Although she repeatedly asked the competent authorities for help, they failed to take appropriate measures to protect ... ...more

The ethnic and racial stereotypes are still a problem for the Moldovan society. In this respect, Roma people from Moldova are often subjected to discrimination. The lawyers of Promo-LEX Association provided assistance on such a case of discrimination. It is about the case of Cosmina Novacovici, a Roma woman who ... ...more

Human Rights Day is marked annually on 10 December[1]. On 10 December 1948, the General Assembly of the United Nations adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which along with other two Covenants [2] form “the International Bill of Human Rights”. The Republic ... ...more

Promo-LEX Association joined the “16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence” Campaign, which was conducted by the Office of the Ombudsperson. On 25 November, a mobile team travelled to Gura Bacului commune, Anenii Noi district, to launch the Campaign and organize public discussions ... ...more

The second round of Ukrainian local elections has met most international standards of free and democratic election s. However, certain legal provisions leave space for concern and discussion especially in relation to unequal access to election funds and media, unequal representation of all election contestants within election commissions, as well ... ...more

On 20 October 2015, the European Court of Human Rights informed the responded governments on the case Ion Iovcev and other 13 v. Republic of Moldova and Russia (Case file no. 40942/14). The applicants are teachers, employees, pupils, and parents from four schools with teaching in Latin alphabet from the Transnistrian ... ...more