Censorship and political control by State authorities at State Television Company

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Manole and others v the Republic of Moldova (13936/02)

Briefing on 1 March 2024

This case concerns undue interferences with the right of freedom of expression of journalists, editors and producers working at the state television company Teleradio-Moldova on account of censorship and political control by the state authorities in the period 2001-2006.

The presentation on the case was provided by Cristina Frumosu-Durnea, Media lawyer at the Independent Journalism Centre.

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Poor material conditions in detention facilities, lack of access to adequate medical care

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I.D. v. the Republic of Moldova (Application no. 47203/06)

Briefed on: September 16, 2022

I.D. v. the Republic of Moldova concerns poor material conditions of detention in establishments under the authority of the Ministries of the Interior and Justice and the lack of access to adequate medical care (including specialised medical treatment) in these facilities and the detention facility of the National Anticorruption Centre, together with the absence of effective domestic remedies in both respects (violations of Articles 3 and 13).

Promo-LEX has been actively involved in the process of the execution of the judgment by submitting rule 9.2 communications on several occasions. Case documents can be accessed here.

  • Judgment of the European Court of Human Rights

  • Communication from Promo-LEX Association and European Prison Litigation Network.

  • Power point presentation by Promo-LEX

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Poor conditions of detention in Prison No 13

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Ciorap v the Republic of Moldova (Appl. Nos 12066/02, 9190/03, 39806/05)

Briefed on: 5 March 2018

The Ciorap group of cases mainly concern poor conditions of detention in Prison No. 13 in Chisinau and the lack of effective domestic remedies in this respect. The supervision of these cases was closed on 13 March 2018.

  • Briefing memo of Ms Hriptievschi

  • Rule 9.2. communications from the Legal Resources Centre from Moldova: from 2016, and 2018

  • Revised Action Plan by the Government of the Republic of Moldova (January 2018)

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Unlawful ban of a demonstration for LGBTI rights

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Genderdoc-M v. Moldova (App no 9106/06)

Briefed on: 6 September 2019 and 11 September 2015

This case concerns an Article 11 violation of the applicant NGO’s right to
peaceful assembly on account of the ban on a demonstration planned to be held in Chisinau
in May 2005 in front of the Parliament to encourage the adoption of laws for the protection of
sexual minorities from discrimination. In the meeting in September 2019, the Committee noted that significant progress was achieved as concerns the organisation of pride marches in the last few years in Moldova and that the applicant NGO was able to exercise the right of assembly effectively. The Committee’s supervision over the case was therefore brought to an end.

Documents from the 2019 briefing:

  • Memo by Nigel Warner, ILGA Europe

  • Rule 9.2 by ILGA Europe and GENDERDOC-M, July 2019

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Violation of the right to education for 170 children

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Violation of the right to education for 170 children

Catan and Others v Moldova and Russia (Appl. Nos. 43370/04, 8252/05 and 18454/06)

Briefed on: 20 February 2017

The case concerns the violation of the right to education of 170 children or their parents from Latin-script schools located in the Transdniestrian region of the Republic of Moldova. Pursuant to the “Moldavian Republic of Transdniestria” “law” on languages, they had suffered from the forced closure of these schools between August 2002 and July 2004, as well as from measures of harassment, which the ECtHR found in violation of Article 2 of Protocol No. 1 by the Russian Federation. 

  • Memo by Alexandru Postica, Human Rights Programme Director, PROMO-LEX, Moldova
  • Judgment of the European Court of Human Rights
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