REPORT HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE TRANSNISTRIAN REGION OF MOLDOVA / 2012 RETROSPECTIVE[EN]
RAPORT DREPTURILE OMULUI ÎN REGIUNEA TRANSNISTREANĂ A REPUBLICII MOLDOVA / RETROSPECTIVA ANULUI 2012[RO]
ОТЧЕТ ПРАВА ЧЕЛОВЕКА В ПРИДНЕСТРОВСКОМ РЕГИОНЕ/ РЕТРОСПЕКТИВА 2012 ГОДА[RU]
Report Human Rights in the Transnistrian region of Moldova / 2012 Retrospective
This Report is at its third edition, and is dedicated to the situation of human rights in the
Transnistrian region of Moldova. The Report covers the first 10 months of the year 2012.
Each chapter describes and analyzes the situation of a certain human right or fundamental
freedom in the region.
The Report does not claim to carry absolute truth, but rather a neutral point of view on the
situation in the region. The Report focuses on the major issues and progress attained in the
respect of fundamental rights guaranteed by international conventions, national and, where
appropriate, regional regulations.
The Report contains conclusions on the situation of human rights in the region, and
proposes recommendations to relevant actors, whose efforts may affect the situation and
reduce the extent of violations of fundamental human rights in the region.
In preparing the Report, the authors were guided largely by publicly available information
from Transnistrian media sources as well as official information obtained from the legal
authorities. The Report describes individual cases of human rights violations that have
come to the attention of the authors in their activities of granting free legal assistance in the
region.
The main purpose of this Report is to emphasize the need to respect human rights in a
region of conflict where there are no legal mechanisms for human rights protection, where
impunity persists and the presumption of innocence is ignored.
Thus, we find it necessary to draw the attention to the Tiraspol administration, and
representatives of legal authorities of Moldova and Russia on their obligation to observe
human rights in the region. We hope that the cases and situations described in the Report
will be carefully considered by the actors involved to prevent future recurrence of similar
situations and, where possible, to rehabilitate and compensate individuals whose rights
have been violated.
