Sex Offenders Register - a story from the Romanian Parliament Somewhere in Romania, in a small town, a sports teacher raped three children. He was convicted, served his sentence. Four years later he was hired again as a sports teacher, halfway across Romania. There, he raped seven other children. I had
The Parliament decided: Sexual predators will go to jail. Increased punishments and no possibility of suspended sentences The Romanian Parliament adopted on June the 30th, with majority of votes, the bill that increase punishments for sexual crimes against minors, initiated by the independent MP Oana Bîzgan. According to the bill,
Amendment of the Penal Code – Increased punishments for sexual crimes and human trafficking Child sexual harassment is a serious offence, which break the children’s rights and liberties, and at the same time, it is a major social problem having side effects for the entire society, for both the short
The Senate – Judiciary Committee: increased punishments for sexual offences and human trafficking Today, the senators in the Judiciary Committee voted the legislative proposal for amending the Criminal Code (Penal Code) and the Criminal Procedure Code. The initiative was submitted to the Parliament by the independent member of the Parliament
How will changing the law affect adoption process? Romania had, at the end of 2018, over 52000 children in the protection system. Each and every one of them has a different story, but all of them need to be taken care of, to be protected and to be offered the
Every child has the right to a family "The child has, by birth, the right to a name, a nationality and, as far as possible, the right to know and be cared for by their parents" - UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. Sadly, children do not always
The child protection system-current situation, problems, solutions What is the protection system? Which institutions represent it? Which laws give it its legal character? The public system of child protection is a governmental mechanism that who has to find solutions for the children who cannot live in their biological families.
Midterm elections – record number of female candidates for Congress November 6th, 2018 was the date of midterm elections in United States. These elections are very important for America’s politics, not only because they have the power to change the political orientation of the Congress, but because they are considered
Refusing pregnancy abortions is an abuse Lately, we have been finding more and more cases of doctors working in Romanian hospitals who refuse to perform abortions on demand. We have at least 12 hospitals, where only therapeutic abortions take place - county emergency hospitals in Botosani, Satu Mare, Slatina, Vaslui,
Equal Opportunities and Gender Equality - What is the Economic Impact? Lately, gender equality has become an important topic on the Romanian political scene. President Iohannis and Prime Minister Dăncilă have repeatedly spoken about this issue, but each time the discussion has been approached from the point of view of
