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 #122: Harassment at the workplace
January 12, 2023
Vulnerable group: women Human rights area: labor law County: Sibiu A new case was taken over through The Pro Bono Network for Human Rights. The request came from a woman who was the victim of workplace harassment by her superior. The lady in question works for an association and is constantly verbally threatened, she is assigned tasks that are not part of her […]
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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 […]
Read moreCase #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 […]
Read moreCase #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 […]
Read moreCase #102: Divorce in a domestic violence case
March 7, 2022
Vulnerable group: women, children Human rights area: domestic violence County: Tulcea A new case has been accepted through the Pro Bono Network for Human Rights. It is about a woman, mother of five children and a domestic violence survivor. The woman’s husband is dealing with alcohol addiction, thus having an extremely violent behaviour, both verbally […]
Read moreCase #101: 112 procedure not respected in a domestic violence case
February 28, 2022
Vulnerable group: women Human rights area: domestic violence, right to safety County: Brașov A new case was taken over through The Pro Bono Human Rights Network. The case it is about a lady, victim of domestic violence în 2018, who at that moment called 112 to ask for help, the aggressor being with her in […]
Read moreCase #95 Divorce in a domestic violence case
October 5, 2021
Vulnerable group: women Human rights area: domestic violence, gender-based violence, intimate partner violence, family law, divorce This case concerns a woman who is subjected to domestic violence by her husband, who is also physically and verbally aggressive towards their underaged son. There is currently a restraining order against her husband, which is one of many […]
Read moreCase #94 Nonconsensual pornography (”Revenge porn”)
October 4, 2021
Vulnerable group: women Human rights area: nonconsensual pornography, violation of privacy This request for pro bono legal assistance comes from a young woman whose pictures with explicit content were unwittingly published on a social network. Following an online conversation, the applicant sent to the person she believed to be her interlocutor pictures in which she […]
Read moreCase #93 Domestic and sexual violence
October 4, 2021
Vulnerable group: women Human rights area: domestic violence, sexual violence, rape A new case has been taken over through the Pro Bono Network for Human Rights. It concerns a lady from Constanța County, a victim of sexual assault and violence by the former partner. Mrs. M gave birth prematurely due to the shock triggered by […]
Read moreCase #92 Gender-based discrimination (pregnancy) at the workplace
October 4, 2021
Vulnerable group: women Human Rights Area: discrimination, labour law Mrs. S. lives in Dolj County and is a victim of her employer's abusive behavior, which began when she became pregnant. After returning from her parental leave she was fired. Mrs. S challenged the dismissal in court and she won the case, so as a result […]
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Case #91 Consumer rights
September 27, 2021
Vulnerable group: Roma people, families with more than two children at risk Human rights area: social inclusion, consumer rights A Roma family with an extremely low income had to subscribe to an internet service provider in order for their children to be able to participate in online classes. Later on, the internet service provider company […]
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Infographic The Pro Bono Network for Human Rights - 2016
February 21, 2017
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ACTEDO wins the European Award for Local Pro Bono Impact!
November 22, 2016
November 17, 2016, Amsterdam. In a ceremony at the 10th annual European Pro Bono Forum, ACTEDO receives the European Award for Local Pro Bono Impact in recognition of its outstanding contribution to promoting pro bono lawyering and access to justice in Romania. The award, set up by PILnet (The Global Network for Public Interest Law), one of […]
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The Pro Bono Network for Human Rights Wins 3rd Prize at the Civil Society Gala!
June 7, 2016
Monday, June 6th 2016, after a tight competition between many initiatives of nongovernmental organisations from all over the country, The Pro Bono Network for Human Rights was awarded 3rd prize at the Civil Society Gala, at the section Protection of Individual/ Collective Human Rights. The prize is a public recognition of The Pro Bono Network's […]
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14 Letters sent to Romanian Public Authorities on Access to Justice
May 24, 2016
Following the launch of the 2015 activity report of The Pro Bono Network for Human Rights, ACTEDO sent 14 letters to relevant public authorities in the field of access to justice and development, such as: The Romanian Government, The Ministry of Justice, The Ministry of European Funds, The National Association of Romanian Bars, The High Court of […]
Read moreOne year of the Pro Bono Network for Human Rights
April 16, 2016
The clearinghouse run by ACTEDO, The Pro Bono Network for Human Rights, has completed one year of activity! It was a year of positively solved cases, of challenges and lessons learned, all of which we are pleased to present in The Pro Bono Network for Human Rights. Report: 2015 - The First Year of Activity. What you […]
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The Access to Education of Children with Disabilities
March 17, 2016
A.S. is the mother of a child with multiple disabilities, Cătălin, living in Cluj county. Every day, A.S. together with her boy, wake up at 5.45 AM, in order to get to school, in the city of Cluj-Napoca. The two get back home, at 9 pm in the evening, very tired, after having changed several […]
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Legal Clinic - An Instrument for Defending Human Rights
December 22, 2015
December 11, 2015, Law Faculty, Babeș-Bolyai University Cluj-Napoca. ACTEDO organized a debate on the role of legal clinics in the professional development of law students across the country. Renowned speakers discussed how students can support public interest and why it is crucial for them to assume an active role in social justice. (Picture taken from www.clujust.ro) Associate […]
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The First 10 Months of The Pro Bono Network for Human Rights
November 9, 2015
We have been active for 10 months now, which is just enough to give us something to talk about. Here are some results of our work together with our Pro Bono Lawyers work in the past 10 months, as well as some testimonies of those involved in this project: beneficiaries of pro bono legal assistance, […]
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Training - "Pro Bono for Human Rights"
November 4, 2014
In Cluj-Napoca, ACTEDO dedicated the month of November to human rights and anti-discrimination. Two training sessions, with identical content and format, Pro Bono for Human Rights, were organized on November 14th-15th and 28th-29th at Ramada Hotel in Cluj. The two sessions were aimed at strengthening lawyer's abilities to tackle human rights violations and discrimination cases. All in […]
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