RIHR - Signals


Art therapy for vulnerable youth - Arty, an Erasmus Project

On 5 May 2023, Romanian Institute for Human Rights participated in the Erasmus Project Conference – Arty – an approach to therapy through art for vulnerable youth with mental health issues.

The main objective of the project was to develop soci ...more

United Nations Open-ended Working Group on Aging (OEWGA)

The 13th session of the United Nations Open-ended Working Group on Aging (OEWGA) is taking place from April 3rd to April 6th. The role of OEWGA is to strengthen the human rights protection of older persons, with the participation of national human rights institutions and non-governmental organi ...more

National Conference ”With Us, Not For Us!”

On 22 March 2023 Romanian Institute for Human Rights participated in the national conference ”With Us, Not For Us!”. The event took place at the National Library and was organised by the Romanian National Disability Council in partnership with the Down Syndrome Federations and Star ...more

European Week Against Racism - Bullying and Cyberbullying

On March 16th, Romanian Institute for Human Rights inaugurated the European Week Against Racism by holding the video conference on ”Prevention, combat, and management of conflicts in the school environment. Phenomena of Bullying and Cyberbullying”, organized in partnership with Amer ...more

ENNHRI Working Group on Artificial Intelligence

On March 1st, 2023, Romanian Institute for Human Rights participated in the ENNHRI Working Group on Artificial Intelligence. This recently established group aims to analyse the main challenges related to artificial intelligence and digitalisation at the regional level. At the same time, it serv ...more

ENNHRI Working Group on older persons

On February 1st, 2023, Romanian Institute for Human Rights participated in the ENNHRI Working Group on older persons. The main theme revolved around supporting a convention on the rights of older persons. Discussions on this topic have been ongoing for several years within the UN’s Open-e ...more

ENNHRI Working Group on climate change

On January 30th, Romanian Institute for Human Rights participated in the ENNHRI working group on climate change. Aspects concerning third party intervention in cases before the ECtHR were discussed, drawing attention to states’ responsibility to effectively combat climate change in order ...more

27 January – International Holocaust Remembrance Day

The theme designated by the United Nations for this year’s Holocaust commemoration is “Home and Belonging”, highlighting the tragedy of the victims and survivors of the Holocaust who lost their homes, the warmth of their hearths, and had their sense of belonging destroyed by t ...more

Domestic violence. Paradigms and judicial practice

Romanian Institute for Human Rights, in partnership with ANAIS Association, launches the English translation of the publication Violența domestică. Paradigme și practică judiciară, Ca ...more

Launch of ENNHRI Annual Report 2021

In August 2022, ENNHRI launched its 2021 Annual Report. The Report presents the achievements of the European Network of National Human Rights Institutions in 2021, bearing in mind that many activities of NHRIs took place in difficult conditions. These achiev ...more