The importance of observing human rights and adjusting the Moldovan legislation is the key subject discussed at the international conference “Bringing human rights home: commitments, challenges, education and cooperation” that is held at the National Institute of Justice on November 4 and 5. The event is staged to celebrate 20 years of membership by Moldova in the Council of Europe, IPN reports.
The conference will discuss the efforts made by Moldova during the last 20 years to ensure the principles of democracy, the rule of law and the protection of human rights so as to fulfill the commitments made when joining the Council of Europe and when ratifying the European Convention on Humana Rights, setting the European integration as a major goal. The conference organizers aimed to highlight the progress, accomplishments and challenges faced by Moldova in the process of ensuring the basic human rights and fundamental freedoms and of fulfilling the commitments undertaken when joining the Council of Europe.
In the opening of the conference, Head of Parliament Andrian Candu said the human rights represent the foundations on which everything is built. Moldova joined the Council of Europe 20 years ago and the period that passed was full of challenges, but also of results. However, a lot is yet to be done. The Venice Commission was consulted about many legislative amendments. The cases dealt with by the ECHR are very important and represent a basis for improving the legislation. Despite the better statistics as regards the number of complaints examined by the ECHR, many changes are yet to be made.
The conference includes five sessions centering on Moldova’s membership in the Council of Europe, the subsidiary nature of the ECHR, the implementation of the European Convention on Humana Rights at national level, the promotion of training courses on the Convention, and the development of partnerships for strengthening the legal professionals’ capacity to coherently implement the ECHR norms and case law. At the end, there will be officially launched the Council of Europe’s Human Rights Education for Legal Professionals (HELP) Program.
The conference was organized by the Council of Europe, the National Institute of Justice and the Ministry of Justice.
