Human rights situation in Moldova is problematic, Euromonitor

The human rights situation in Moldova remains problematic even if a number of normative documents and action plans were adopted to change the state of affairs. The lack of visible progress is explained by the absence of efficient mechanisms for implementing the legislation and penalizing the persons to blame for the violation of human rights, consider authors of the quarterly publication “Euromonitor”, Info-Prim Neo reports. Experts of the Association for Participatory Democracy “Adept” and the Independent Analytical Center “Expert-Grup”, who compiled the report, consider that this systemic problem is fueled by corruption among public servants and the law enforcement bodies, politicization of the state institutions and inappropriate enforcement of the human rights by those responsible for the implementation of the legislation. “The observance of human rights is regarded as an obligation rather than a conviction,” said the experts. According to the authors of “Euromonitor”, the Government in 2011 continued to improve the normative framework for the protection of human rights. There were adopted national programs for the implementation of the legislation, but many of them do not have a clear financial coverage and are based on foreign financial resources. “Despite the assumed commitments and the numerous recommendations made by international organizations, Moldova last year did not manage to adopt a comprehensive regulatory framework with efficient procedures against discrimination and to ensure the right to damages of the victims of discrimination,” says the last number of “Euromonitor”. The Government continued to take measures to fulfill the undertaken human rights commitments, but this process was slow and practically no progress was made in such important areas as the investigation and holding accountable of the persons to blame for the cases of torture of April 2009 and the adoption of the Antidiscrimination Law. The experts recommend immediately passing the Antidiscrimination Law that would include an efficient mechanism for ensuring the rights of the victims of discrimination, ensuring transparency in the process of implementing the human rights action plans adopted in 2011 by involving representatives of civil society in consultative councils for monitoring/implementing action plans and by publishing the annual progress reports on time. The quarterly analytical report “Euromonitor” is produced by the Association for Participatory Democracy “Adept” and the Independent Analytical Center “Expert-Grup” with financial support from Soros Foundation Moldova within the project “Moldova-EU Relations: Improving Public Information and Debate on Key Developments”.