An appeal to ECHR may help find solution to problem of Transnistrian schools teaching Romanian – experts

The appeal to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) of the Transnistrian schools teaching Romanian and using the Latin script could be a step to obliging the involved parties to concern more with the protection and promotion of human rights in the region controlled by the Russian authorities, head of Promo-Lex Association Ion Manole stated in an interview to the news portal Moldova.org, cited by Info-Prim Neo. According to him, ECHR admitted the prior examination of the petitions filed by the parents, pupils and teachers of three education institutions in the Transnistrian region. By December 14, 2006, Moldovan and Russian Governments are invited to make their observations on those claimed by the 170 petitioners. Even if the authorities will reject the allegations, the effect of the appeal coming from parents, pupils and teachers from three education institutions in Transnistria is already felt. As a result of communication about the respective petitions, local authorities in Grigoriopol decided on “Stefan cel Mare” Dorotcaia Lyceum’s return to Grigoriopol, Manole said. At the same time, the peasants’ access to the agricultural lands and partial settlement of the problem of schools from Transnistrian region of Moldova teaching in Latin script can be interpreted as a clear measure to minimize the effects of a possible sentence passed to ECHR, the cited source reported. Manole thinks the decision on this case can be issued even in 2007. The petitioners forwarded a request to ECHR claiming that Transnistrian authorities do not allow the schools on the left bank of the Dniester to teach in Latin script.