
Case #131: Access rights for the family of a minor in the care of a father under investigation for child abuse
September 1, 2023
Vulnerable group: children Human rights area: children's rights A new case was taken over through The Pro Bono Network for Human Rights. The applicant is a lady whose sister died two years ago, leaving two minor children: a girl from her first marriage, whom she has in her care by court order, and a boy from a cohabiting relationship, […]
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First National Pro Bono Forum in Romania, a major conference dedicated to fundamental rights and social justice, organized in Cluj-Napoca
June 15, 2023
14 June 2023, Cluj-Napoca. The Equality and Human Rights Action Centre (ACTEDO), in partnership with the Centre for Legal Resources (CRJ) and with the support of the Cluj Bar Association, organised on Tuesday 13 June the first National Pro Bono Forum in the country, a large-scale conference dedicated to fundamental rights and social justice. The […]
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Case #130: Stalled criminal investigation for victim of violent crime
June 2, 2023
Vulnerable group: victims of violence Human rights area: the right to have criminal proceedings disposed of within a reasonable time A new case was taken over through The Pro Bono Network for Human Rights. It concerns a man who, several years ago, was walking his flock of sheep near some houses when his dogs killed a puppy belonging to […]
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NATIONAL PRO BONO FORUM: Fundamental rights and social justice in Romania in the context of the shrinking of civic space, Cluj-Napoca, June 13
May 25, 2023
In recent years, amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the war in Ukraine and the energy crisis, social and political polarization has been more pronounced than ever before, and many fundamental rights, especially those of minorities, have come under fierce attack from many social and political actors. At the global level, there is a stagnation or even […]
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Case #129: Intersectional discrimination in accessing banking services
May 18, 2023
Vulnerable group: roma people Human rights area: discrimination (criterion: Roma ethnicity, level of education) A new case was taken over through The Pro Bono Network for Human Rights. It is about a Roma man who, trying to open a salary account at a banking institution, was refused on the grounds that he "cannot read and write", so it was […]
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Case #128: Obtaining the accompanying allowance in court
May 16, 2023
Vulnerable group: people with disabilities Human rights area: rights of people with disabilities A new case was taken over through The Pro Bono Network for Human Rights. The request came from a lady who has a son who is classified as permanently blind and without a personal assistant. The lady tried in court to obtain the attendant's allowance by […]
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Case #127: Legal assistance in a rape case
May 8, 2023
Vulnerable group: women Human rights area: crime against sexual freedom and integrity A new case was taken over through The Pro Bono Network for Human Rights. The case concerns a young female student who filed a criminal complaint with the police for the crime of rape. After attending an art exhibition, she went with several people she knew to […]
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Case #126: Sexual and moral harassment in the workplace
April 26, 2023
Vulnerable group: women Human rights area: sexual harassment, moral harassment Bucharest A new case has been taken up through the Pro Bono Human Rights Network. The request came from a lady, a victim of sexual harassment in the workplace from 2021 until now. The requester reported the issue to her manager twice: the first time she was […]
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Case #125: Legal assistance in the succession process for a survivor of domestic violence
March 22, 2023
Vulnerable group: women, children Human rights area: tenancy rights Bucharest A new case was taken over through The Pro Bono Network for Human Rights. The petitioner who contacted us is a survivor of domestic violence, escaping a marriage that ended in divorce, with the lady obtaining sole custody of her only child and a protection order against her ex-husband, […]
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Case #124: Minor physically and emotionally abused by his father seeks residence with maternal grandparents
February 16, 2023
Vulnerable group: minors Human rights area: children’s rights, domestic violence, emotional abuse County: Satu-Mare A new case was taken over through The Pro Bono Network for Human Rights. It is about a 10-year-old minor, who was taken last year by DGASPC Satu-Mare, from the custody of his father who physically and emotionally abused him for 3 years. A restraining order […]
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Case #123: At-risk single parent sued by neighboursCase #123:
January 13, 2023
Vulnerable group: single parent family, people with disabilities Human rights area: the right of persons with disabilities Bucharest A new case was taken over through The Pro Bono Network for Human Rights. The request came from a man who was being sued by his neighbors, and the reason was that his severely disabled son was causing noise nuisance. Although the plaintiff tried […]
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Case #121: Legal advice for a refugee from Ukraine
January 12, 2023
Vulnerable group: refugees Human rights area: refugees' rights A new case was taken over through The Pro Bono Network for Human Rights. The request came from a refugee from Ukraine who arrived in Moldova when the war started. The applicant worked on a boat and the company that employed him promised to issue him with the necessary documents, but this […]
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Case #118: Legal assistance for acquiring Romanian citizenship
December 12, 2022
Vulnerable group: refugees Human rights area: acquisition of citizenship A new case was taken over through The Pro Bono Network for Human Rights. It concerns a family of Ukrainian origin, whose members are currently refugees in Bulgaria. The person contacted us because she needs legal assistance to see if there is a possibility for her husband to acquire Romanian […]
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Case #117: Discharge of a mortgage on a property by an employer of a disabled person
December 12, 2022
Vulnerable group: people with disabilities Human rights area: workers' right to information and consultation within the undertaking County: Brașov A new case was taken over through The Pro Bono Network for Human Rights. The request came from a man who was employed as a delivery driver, whose job duties included collecting the value of goods delivered. The employer required him to conclude […]
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RECOMMENDATIONS Free access to justice for vulnerable groups in a democratic judicial system
November 22, 2022
In November, ACTEDO and the Center for Legal Resources (CRJ) launched a study on access to justice for vulnerable groups, which identifies a series of legislative gaps in the field and proposes concrete measures, including legislative changes, to improve access to justice. The study is designed for lawyers, magistrates and other legal professionals, as well […]
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REPORT Free access to justice for vulnerable groups in a democratic judicial system
August 14, 2023
"Globally, it is estimated that almost four billion people live outside the protection of the law, mostly because of poverty or because they are marginalized by society.[1] In Romania, in 2020, 35.8% of the population lived at the poverty line and at risk of social exclusion, the highest proportion in the European Union, where the […]
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Case #116: Legal procedures for a mother from Ukraine who wants to settle in Romania
November 18, 2022
Vulnerable group: women, refugees Human rights area: refugees' rights A new case was taken over through The Pro Bono Network for Human Rights. The request came from a lady from Ukraine who wants to settle in Romania after fleeing Ukraine as a result of Russia's war against Ukraine. She has reached out to us for […]
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Round table, Cluj Bar: Free access to justice for vulnerable groups, in a democratic judicial system
November 17, 2022
Equality and Human Rights Action Centre (ACTEDO), the Center for Legal Resources (CRJ) and the Cluj Bar Association will organise on Thursday, November 24, 2022, between 1:30 p.m. and 6:00 p.m., at the headquarters of the Cluj Bar Association, on Pavel Roșca Street, no. . 8, a round table, entitled: Free access to justice for […]
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Case #113: Asylum in Romania for Nigerian citizen, displaced by Russia's war in Ukraine
October 13, 2022
Vulnerable group: refugees Human rights area: right to asylum A new case was taken over through The Pro Bono Network for Human Rights. The request came from a person displaced by Russia's war in Ukraine. The applicant is a Nigerian citizen who had been living in Ukraine together with his partner, a Ukrainian national. The man came to Romania following […]
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Case #111: Erroneous Disability Certificate
September 13, 2022
County: Timis Vulnerable group: people with disabilities Human rights area: rights of people with disabilities A new case was taken up through The Pro Bono Network for Human Rights. The request came from the lady's daughter, whose mother suffers from Parkinson's stage 4 and is almost totally dependent on another person. Following the disability assessment, she was awarded […]
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Case #108: Sexual and psychological harassment at the workplace
August 9, 2022
Vulnerable group: women Human rights area: sexual harassment, psychological harassment, labour law A new case was taken up through The Pro Bono Network for Human Rights. It is about a woman from Bucharest who works for a state institution and is sexually harassed and constantly threatened by a work colleague. She reported this behaviour to […]
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The Pro Bono Network for Human Rights is expanding: 132 member lawyers
July 25, 2022
From the beginning of 2022 until July, 24 lawyers from all over the country joined the Pro Bono Network for Human Rights, thus the total number of ACTEDO's collaborating lawyers reached 132. They became members following training activities conducted by our organization, the thematic workshops held this year, following a recommendation from other lawyers who […]
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Case #107: The right to remuneration for work done and harassment from an employer
July 25, 2022
Vulnerable group: women Human rights area: labour law, harassment A new case was taken up through The Pro Bono Network for Human Rights. It is about a woman from Bucharest who started working with an association at the beginning of the year, and the proposed contract did not have clear elements defined in terms of payment and […]
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Human rights training sessions (March-April 2022)
April 20, 2022
In March and April 2022, ACTEDO, with the support of CRJ, organized a series of three training sessions of two days each in three cities in the country (Cluj-Napoca, March 25-26; Constața, April 8-9, and Brașov, April 15-16). The sessions were entitled Protection of fundamental human rights in the current context and were addressed to […]
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Case #104: Pregnancy discrimination in the workplace
March 21, 2022
Vulnerable group: women Human rights area: labour law City: Bucharest A new case was taken over through The Pro Bono Human Rights Network. The case it is about a lady who was fired immediately after she declared that she was pregnant. The lady was physically and verbally assaulted by the employer and was pressured by […]
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ACTEDO provides pro bono legal assistance for refugees from Ukraine
March 3, 2022
March 3, 2022. Equality and Human Rights Action Centre (ACTEDO), a human rights organization from Romania stands in solidarity with Ukraine and the Ukrainian people and provides pro bono legal assistance to people affected by the war started by Russia, joining the campaign "Lawyers for refugees ” of the National Union of Romanian Bar Associations. […]
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Lawyers who joined The Pro Bono Network for Human Rights in 2021
December 30, 2021
In 2021, 9 lawyers from all over the country became members of the Pro Bono Network for Human Rights, the largest pro bono clearinghouse in Romania, dedicated to vulnerable people. In total, ACTEDO collaborates with 108 lawyers at the national level to resolve various cases of violations of fundamental rights. The lawyers who joined in […]
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"Strategic Human Rights Cases. Justice in Support of the Citizen"- Official Launch of the project INTEGRIS: Integrated Support for Human Rights
November 25, 2021
On the occasion of European Pro Bono Week*, on November 25th, 2021, ACTEDO and the Center for Legal Resources (CRJ), with the support of ACCEPT, ANAIS and The Pro Bono Network for Human Rights, officially launched the project INTEGRIS: Integrated Support for Human Rights, with an online event called: Strategic Human Rights Cases. Justice in […]
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Workshop: Inclusion and Nondiscrimination of LGBTQ People
November 5, 2021
Thursday, November 4th, 2021, ACTEDO, together with the Center for Legal Resources (CLR), with the support of [H]LGBTQ United Brasov, organized a workshop dedicated to support service providers for people in vulnerable situations, entitled: Inclusion and Nondiscrimination of LGBTQ People. The workshop was built around the main issues that the LGBTQ minority (lesbians, gays, bisexuals, transgender people, queer […]
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Workshop: Good Practices for the Protection and Support of Survivors of Domestic Violence
October 29, 2021
Thursday, October 28th, 2021, ACTEDO, together with the Center for Legal Resources (CLR), with the support of The Eastern European Institute of Reproductive Health (IEESR) and the Association for Liberty and Equality of Gender (A.L.E.G.), organized a workshop dedicated to support service providers for people in vulnerable situations, entitled: Good Practices for the Protection and […]
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Workshop: The Roma Minority - (Non)discrimination, Housing Rights and Hate Speech.
October 22, 2021
Thursday, October 21st, 2021, between 17:00 and 19:00, ACTEDO, together with the Center for Legal Resources (CLR), organized a workshop dedicated to providers of support services for people in vulnerable situations, entitled: The Roma Minority: (Non)discrimination, Housing Rights and Hate Speech. The workshop was built around current problems and solutions to ensure the inclusion of […]
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ACTEDO launches a database with assistance services at the national level for people in vulnerable situations
September 16, 2021
ACTEDO provides a database with national assistance services for people in vulnerable situations, for example: The database contains the following types of services – most of them free – grouped as follows: [1] The information in this section comes from research carried out by the Center for Legal Resources (CRJ) within the project VICToRIIA: Best […]
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INTEGRIS Project: Integrated Support for Human Rights
April 8, 2021
On April 1st, the project titled "INTEGRIS - Integrated Support for Human Rights'', coordinated by ACTEDO and implemented in partnership with the Centre for Legal Resources (CRJ), was launched. The project aims to support and strengthen the capacity of vulnerable groups to exercise and defend their fundamental rights and to combat discrimination. The main beneficiaries […]
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