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31 May 2022
MOLDOVA, REPUBLIC OF
List of Documents
1.
General Information and Maps
Title:
Republic of Moldova
Source:
United Nations. Cartographic Section.
Date of Document:
February 2013
Accessed Date:
27 June 2017
Title:
Moldavie. L'Encyclopédie en ligne.
Accessed Date:
11 July 2016
Title:
Moldova. The World Factbook.
Source:
United States. Central Intelligence Agency.
Date of Document:
9 June 2021
Accessed Date:
9 June 2021
Title:
Association agreement between the EU and the Republic of Moldova: European Implementation Assessment (update)
Source:
European Parliament. European Parliamentary Research Service.
Date of Document:
May 2020
Author:
Anna Zygierewicz; Kamil Całus
Accessed Date:
2 June 2021
Title:
Association Implementation Report on Moldova
Source:
European Commission. High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy.
Date of Document:
11 September 2019
Accessed Date:
2 June 2021
Title:
BTI 2020 Country Report — Moldova
Accessed Date:
2 June 2021
Title:
Social and Economic Impact Assessment of the COVID-19 pandemic on vulnerable groups and economic sectors in the Republic of Moldova
Source:
United Nations Development Programme Moldova et al.
Date of Document:
November 2020
Accessed Date:
4 June 2021
Title:
Information received from the Republic of Moldova on follow-up to the concluding observations on its third periodic report
Source:
Republic of Moldova
Date of Document:
14 December 2020
Accessed Date:
2 June 2021
Title:
Présentation de la Moldavie
Source:
France. Ministère de l'Europe et des Affaires étrangères.
Date of Document:
16 April 2019
Accessed Date:
2 June 2021
Title:
Moldova. Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2021.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
12 April 2022
Accessed Date:
27 April 2022
Title:
Moldova. Amnesty International Report 2020/21: The State of the World's Human Rights.
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
7 April 2021
Accessed Date:
2 June 2021
Title:
Moldova. Nations in Transit 2021.
Accessed Date:
2 June 2021
Title:
Moldova. Freedom in the World 2021.
Accessed Date:
3 June 2021
Title:
Transnistria. Freedom in the World 2021.
Accessed Date:
3 June 2021
Title:
Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders on his visit to the Republic of Moldova
Source:
United Nations. Human Rights Council.
Date of Document:
15 January 2019
Accessed Date:
3 June 2021
Title:
National report submitted in accordance with paragraph 5 of the annex to Human Rights Council resolution 16/21: Republic of Moldova
Code:
A/HRC/WG.6/26/MDA/1
Source:
Republic of Moldova
Date of Document:
23 August 2016
Accessed Date:
21 July 2017
Title:
Report on the Observance of Human Rights and Freedoms in the Republic of Moldova in 2020
Source:
Republic of Moldova. People's Advocate Office
Accessed Date:
3 June 2021
Title:
Perceptions of Human Rights in the Republic of Moldova
Source:
Republic of Moldova. People's Advocate Office.
Accessed Date:
3 June 2021
Title:
Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe Dunja Mijatović: Report following her visit to the Republic of Moldova from 9 to 13 March 2020
Source:
Council of Europe. Commissioner for Human Rights.
Date of Document:
25 June 2020
Accessed Date:
3 June 2021
Title:
16th National Report on the implementation of the European Social Charter submitted by the Government of Republic of Moldova: Articles 3, 11, 12, 13, 14, 23 and 30 for the period 01/01/2016- 31/12/2019
Code:
RAP/RCha/MDA/18(2021)
Source:
Republic of Moldova
Date of Document:
11 February 2021
Accessed Date:
3 June 2021
Title:
CSO Meter: Assessing the Civil Society Environment in the Eastern Partnership Countries. Republic of Moldova Country Update.
Source:
Promo-LEX Association; European Center for Not-for-Profit Law Stichting
Accessed Date:
3 June 2021
3.
Identification Documents and Citizenship
Title:
Law on Citizenship of the Republic of Moldova (amended 2014)
Accessed Date:
8 July 2015
Title:
The Moldovan President's decree regarding the procedure initiated for the population located in Transnistria to get Moldovan citizenship and a Moldovan passport free of charge (2006)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
1 February 2006
Accessed Date:
17 October 2012
Title:
Moldova. U.S. Visa: Reciprocity and Civil Documents by Country.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Accessed Date:
3 June 2021
Title:
Moldova. Statelessness Index.
Source:
European Network on Statelessness
Date of Document:
March 2021
Accessed Date:
3 June 2021
4.
Political Activities and Organizations
Title:
Republic of Moldova. Election for Parlament (Moldovan Parliament) of 24 February 2019.
Source:
International Foundation for Electoral Systems. Election Guide.
Accessed Date:
3 June 2021
Title:
Republic of Moldova. Election for President (Round 1) of 1 November 2020.
Source:
International Foundation for Electoral Systems. Election Guide.
Accessed Date:
3 June 2021
Title:
Republic of Moldova. Election for President (Round 2) of 15 November 2020.
Source:
International Foundation for Electoral Systems. Election Guide.
Accessed Date:
3 June 2021
Title:
Republic of Moldova Parliamentary Elections: 24 February 2019. ODIHR Election Observation Mission Final Report.
Source:
Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe. Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights.
Date of Document:
22 May 2019
Accessed Date:
3 June 2021
Title:
Republic of Moldova Presidential Election: 1 and 15 November 2020. ODIHR Limited Election Observation Mission Final Report.
Source:
Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe. Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights.
Date of Document:
26 February 2021
Accessed Date:
3 June 2021
Title:
Final Report: Observation Mission of the Presidential Election in the Republic of Moldova of 1 (15) November 2020
Source:
Promo-LEX Association
Date of Document:
4 February 2021
Accessed Date:
3 June 2021
Source:
European Forum for Democracy and Solidarity
Date of Document:
6 May 2021
Accessed Date:
3 June 2021
5.
Gender, Domestic Violence and Children
Title:
Sixth periodic report submitted by the Republic of Moldova under article 18 of the Convention, due in 2017
Source:
Republic of Moldova
Date of Document:
24 January 2019
Accessed Date:
3 June 2021
Title:
Ensuring the rights of the victims of sexual crimes: Analysis of the judicial practice in the Republic of Moldova
Source:
International Center for Women Rights Protection and Promotion “La Strada”
Author:
Natalia Bayram et al.
Accessed Date:
27 June 2017
Title:
Concluding observations on the sixth periodic report of the Republic of Moldova
Source:
United Nations. Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women.
Date of Document:
10 March 2020
Accessed Date:
3 June 2021
Title:
Ensuring access of victims of sexual violence to adequate legal and social protection
Source:
International Center for Women Rights Protection and Promotion “La Strada” et al.
Accessed Date:
18 July 2016
Title:
Republic of Moldova. Social Institutions and Gender Index 2019.
Source:
Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development
Date of Document:
7 December 2018
Accessed Date:
3 June 2021
Title:
Parliament has passed the draft law aimed at enhancing the protection of women victims of violence
Source:
La Strada Moldova
Date of Document:
9 July 2020
Accessed Date:
3 June 2021
Title:
Assessment of sexual, reproductive, maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health in the context of universal health coverage in the Republic of Moldova
Source:
World Health Organization. Regional Office for Europe.
Accessed Date:
3 June 2021
Title:
Moldova. 2019 Findings on the Worst Forms of Child Labor.
Source:
United States. Department of Labor.
Date of Document:
30 September 2020
Accessed Date:
3 June 2021
Title:
National level review on the fulfilment of commitments taken under the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action
Source:
Republic of Moldova. Ministry of Health, Labour and Social Protection.
Accessed Date:
3 June 2021
Title:
Moldova. Annual Review of the Human Rights Situation of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex People in Europe and Central Asia 2021.
Source:
International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association. ILGA-Europe.
Date of Document:
February 2021
Accessed Date:
3 June 2021
Title:
Rights Violations of Trans* Women in the Republic of Moldova: An “alternative report” as a commentary on the Replies to the List of Issues CEDAW/C/MDA/RQ/6 by the Republic of Moldova and the Committee's List of Issues CEDAW/C/MDA/Q/6 To the U...
Source:
Eurasian Coalition on Male Health; Information Centre GENDERDOC-M
Date of Document:
January 2020
Accessed Date:
3 June 2021
7.
Criminality and Corruption
Title:
Moldova. 2020 Crime and Safety Report.
Source:
United States. Overseas Security Advisory Council.
Date of Document:
15 May 2020
Accessed Date:
3 June 2021
Title:
Moldova: Tier 2. Trafficking in Persons Report 2020.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
25 June 2020
Accessed Date:
3 June 2021
Title:
Evaluation Report: Republic of Moldova. Third evaluation round: Access to justice and effective remedies for victims of trafficking in human beings.
Source:
Council of Europe. Group of Experts on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings.
Date of Document:
3 December 2020
Accessed Date:
3 June 2021
Title:
Fourth Evaluation Round. Corruption Prevention in Respect of Members of Parliament, Judges and Prosecutors. Evaluation Report Republic of Moldova.
Code:
GrecoEval4Rep(2016)6
Source:
Council of Europe. Group of States against Corruption.
Date of Document:
1 July 2016
Accessed Date:
28 June 2017
Title:
Fourth evaluation round: Corruption prevention in respect of members of parliament, judges and prosecutors. Second compliance report: Republic of Moldova.
Source:
Council of Europe. Group of States against Corruption.
Date of Document:
13 October 2020
Accessed Date:
3 June 2021
8.
Military Service - (No items in this section)
9.
Judiciary, Legal and Penal Systems
Title:
COVID-19 Situation in detention
Source:
People's Advocate Ombudsman. Prevention of torture Department.
Date of Document:
June 2020
Accessed Date:
4 June 2021
Title:
Legal analysis of the decisions of the Equality Council and the decisions of the domestic courts on discrimination cases of the Republic of Moldova
Source:
United Nations Development Programme Moldova et al.
Date of Document:
November 2016
Author:
John Wadham; Dumitru Russu
Accessed Date:
11 July 2017
Title:
Transnistria. The frozen conflicts of the EU's Eastern neighborhood and their impacts on the respect of human rights.
Source:
European Parliament. Subcommittee on Human Rights.
Date of Document:
March 2016
Accessed Date:
4 June 2021
Title:
Report to the Government of the Republic of Moldova on the visit to the Republic of Moldova carried out by the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) from 28 January to 7 February 2020
Source:
Council of Europe. European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment.
Date of Document:
15 September 2020
Accessed Date:
4 June 2021
Title:
Update: Legal Research in Moldova
Date of Document:
December 2020
Author:
Ecaterina Eriju; Elena Croitor
Accessed Date:
4 June 2021
10.
Police and Security Forces
Title:
Justice not attained, future not ensured: Reflection on the tenth anniversary of the April 2009 events in Moldova
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
5 April 2019
Accessed Date:
4 June 2021
11.
Media Freedoms - (No items in this section)
Title:
Moldova. International Religious Freedom Report for 2019.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
10 June 2020
Accessed Date:
4 June 2021
13.
Nationality, Ethnicity and Race
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
6 August 2020
Accessed Date:
4 June 2021
Title:
Report of the Special Rapporteur on minority issues on her mission to the Republic of Moldova
Source:
United Nations. Human Rights Council.
Date of Document:
11 January 2017
Accessed Date:
4 July 2017
Title:
Fourth Opinion on the Republic of Moldova - adopted on 25 May 2016
Code:
ACFC/OP/IV(2016)004
Source:
Council of Europe. Advisory Committee on the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities.
Date of Document:
7 February 2017
Accessed Date:
4 July 2017
Title:
Comments of the Government of the Republic of Moldova on the Fourth Opinion of the Advisory Committee on the implementation of the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities by the Republic of Moldova
Code:
GVT/COM/IV(2017)001
Source:
Republic of Moldova
Date of Document:
7 February 2017
Accessed Date:
4 July 2017
Title:
Moldova. World Directory of Minorities and Indigenous Peoples.
Source:
Minority Rights Group International
Date of Document:
January 2018
Accessed Date:
4 June 2021
Title:
Combined twelfth to fourteenth periodic reports submitted by the Republic of Moldova under article 9 of the Convention, due in 2020
Source:
United Nations. Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination.
Date of Document:
29 September 2020
Accessed Date:
4 June 2021
Title:
Moldova. Roma rights in the time of COVID.
Source:
European Roma Rights Centre
Date of Document:
September 2020
Author:
Bernard Rorke; Jonathan Lee
Accessed Date:
4 June 2021
14.
Exit/Entry and Freedom of Movement
Title:
Residence registration system; official procedures to change residence; whether registration is required to access government services; whether there is a database of residence registration information and who has access to it
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
21 June 2012
Accessed Date:
17 October 2012
Title:
Residence and work permits
Source:
Republic of Moldova. Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration.
Accessed Date:
4 June 2021
15.
Labour, Employment and Unions - (No items in this section)
16.
Other - (No items in this section)
The following changes have been made to the previous package dated 30 June 2021:
Title:
Moldova. Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2020.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
30 March 2021
URL:
https://www.state.gov/reports/2020-country-reports-on-human-rights-practices/moldova
Accessed Date:
30 April 2021
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