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Moldova: New Law on Political Parties Draws Criticism from Legal Experts

ishr_online2026-03-19T08:04:05+01:0017. March 2026|

Recent amendments to Moldova’s law on political parties have raised growing concern among legal experts and human rights organizations. The reform, adopted in 2025, significantly expands the state’s ability to restrict the activities of political parties or even dissolve them. The government justifies the changes as necessary to combat illegal party financing, voter bribery, and foreign interference in political processes. However, critics warn that some of the new provisions could

Ukraine and Moldova – among the countries with the highest number of victims of human trafficking

ishr_online2026-03-11T08:53:28+01:0011. March 2026|

Over 39,000 cases of human trafficking have been reported in Europe over the past 20 years. Image generated by AI War and population displacement, particularly following the outbreak of the war in Ukraine, are intensifying the crisis, as victims face forced labor and sexual exploitation. Over the past two decades, more than 39,000 cases of human trafficking have been recorded in Europe, according to the latest data from

Republic of Moldova: Risks of “Televised Justice” and Public Pressure on the Judicial System

ishr_online2026-03-05T14:45:54+01:005. March 2026|

In the Republic of Moldova, concerns continue to be raised regarding practices of public coverage of criminal investigations and court proceedings that may shape public perceptions of suspects’ guilt before a final judicial decision is delivered. Such phenomena are often described by experts as “televised justice.” Human rights organizations and representatives of national human rights institutions note that intensive media coverage of arrests, public comments by politicians, and active discussion

Moldova: When Human Rights Exist on Paper but Fail in Practice

ishr_online2026-02-09T13:50:49+01:009. February 2026|

Moldova: Deep Structural Human Rights Failures — Real Cases and Hard Evidence The latest Rule of Law Index data reveals a troubling paradox in Moldova. With an overall score of 0.53 and a global ranking of 68th out of 143 countries, the state formally recognizes many fundamental rights and maintains relative public order. Yet behind these figures lies a deeper structural failure: the state remains unable to effectively protect individuals

ENEMO raises concerns over democratic safeguards in Moldova’s 2025 parliamentary elections

ishr_online2025-12-23T10:16:42+01:0023. December 2025|

The European Network of Election Monitoring Organizations (ENEMO) has identified a number of structural concerns in its final report on Moldova’s parliamentary elections held on 28 September 2025 ENEMO warning that measures adopted to protect electoral integrity may themselves have undermined democratic safeguards. While ENEMO concluded that the elections were technically administered and completed, the mission emphasized that the broader process took place in a highly polarized environment and under a

Parliamentary elections to be held in Moldova on 28 September

ishr_online2025-09-26T12:13:43+02:0026. September 2025|

Parliamentary elections will be held in Moldova on Sunday 28 September 2025. Results of the poll conducted on the most popular news portal of the Republic of Moldova Like most of the previous elections in Moldova, these elections are geopolitical. The confrontation between the two camps of pro-European and pro-Russian has been going on for a year now, tearing the small country of two million people into two

U.S. Report on Human Rights in Moldova: Serious Human Rights Concerns Remain

ishr_online2025-08-18T14:09:10+02:0018. August 2025|

The U.S. State Department noted "limited progress" on human rights in Moldova. The under-investigated cases of torture, pressure on press freedom, and systematic violations in the Transnistrian region are just some of the serious problems highlighted in the annual report on human rights in the Republic of Moldova published by the U.S. Department of State. Although the report notes no significant changes compared to the previous year, serious human

Moldova drops four places in press freedom ranking

ishr_online2025-05-02T19:25:28+02:002. May 2025|

Moldova was ranked 35th out of 180 in the Press Freedom Index 2025 published by Reporters Without Borders (RSF). The country has dropped four places from last year, when it ranked 31st, with the state of press freedom still rated as "satisfactory". Despite the drop in the ranking, Moldova is ahead of such countries as Romania (55th), Ukraine (62nd), the USA (57th) and Russia (171st), media-azi.md writes media-azi.md For Moldova,

Moldovan citizens apply to the ECtHR three times more often than other European citizens

ishr_online2025-02-09T11:37:28+01:009. February 2025|

According to an analysis by the Centre for Legal Resources of Moldova (CRJM), in 2024, Moldovan citizens will file three times more applications to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) than the European average. At the same time, the number of applications decreased by 44 per cent compared to 2023. According to CRJM, Moldova ranks 11th among Council of Europe member states in terms of the number of complaints

85 per cent of Moldovans would not accept an LGBT+ person in their family

ishr_online2025-01-28T19:37:45+01:0028. January 2025|

About 85% of the Moldovan population would not accept an LGBT+ person as a member of their family, and more than 60% would not accept an LGBT+ person as a neighbour or work colleague. LGBT parade in Chisinau Photo: ZdG This is evidenced by the Centre for Partnership for Development's (CPD) analysis of social adoption in 2024. "The data show that Moldovan society continues to be polarised

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