RIHR - Signals


Joint Trio Declaration on Equal Opportunities

Romania, Finland and Croatia signed the Joint Trio Declaration on Equal Opportunities for Women and Men on Friday, March 15th, a document which is setting common objectives, measures and actions specific to this field. The three signatory Member States ensure the rotating presidency of the Council of the European Union bet ...more

Support for victims of crimes

The Center for Legal Resources has organized an event to present training and information tools aimed at improving access to information and support for victims of crimes.

The tools were created as a result of the activities carried out within the project "Improvement of victim support services - VICATIS&qu ...more

The Romanian Presidency of the European Union Council

Romania took over the rotating Presidency of the Council of the European Union on 1 January 2019,  until June 30, 2019. It is the most important role that Romania plays at European level since its accession in 2007.

The Council of the European Union represents thee governments of the EU Member States and, t ...more

Universal Children’s Day

 On 19 November, on occasion of the Universal Children’s Day, celebrated on 20 November every year, and the World Day for Prevention of Child Abuse, marked on 19 November, the Romanian Institute for Human Rights, in partnership with Secondary School &ldq ...more

Conference on “Mental health at the working place”

 The Romanian Institute for Human Rights participated in a conference on “Mental health at the working place”, organised on 10 October 2018 by Foundation “Estuar”, which gas been active for 25 years in the field of mental health, in par ...more

Conference on “The right to the reverie of age”

On Thursday 4 October 2018, Parliament Palace hosted a conference on “The right to the reverie of age”, organized by MedicHub Media under the patronage of the Senate Committee for human rights, equal opportunit ...more

Non-discrimination and equal opportunities – fundamental values promoted by the Diversity Charter

On 17 October 2018, the Association for Assistance and Sustainable Development Programmes – Agenda 21 organized at the headquarters of the Romanian-American Foundation a workshop on "Non-discrimination and equality of opportunities – fundamen ...more

17 October 2018, the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty

Celebrating the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty is paying homage to the victims of poverty, at a moment when countries reaffirmed that poverty was a violation of human rights.
 This year marks the 25th anniversary of the UN Gener ...more

1 October 2018 – The International Day of Older Persons Celebrates Older Human Rights Champions

This year, the United Nations Organization decided that the topic for the International Day of Older Persons be “Celebrating Older Human Rights Champions” in order to encourage participation of older persons to defend human rights, to acknowledge ...more

The Fundamental Rights Forum at 70 years since the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

On 25-27 September, the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) organized the Fundamental Rights Forum, thus also marking the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration ...more