
The Center for Legal Resources (CLR) firmly protests to the racist and irresponsible remarks of the Romanian President made on a televised show on September 22, 2011, regarding the Roma.
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An important case concerning both access to justice for people with disabilities as well as their mistreatment in institutions, The Centre for Legal Resources on behalf of Valentin Campeanu v Romania, has taken a significant step forward at the European Court of Human Rights.
This is the first case brought before the European Court of Human Rights painting a grim picture of the range of extreme human rights abuses routinely inflicted upon people with disabilities placed in long-term stay institutions across Europe, and who are often unable to complain or seek remedies for their plight before a court, due to their disability or because they are prevented from doing so by the authorities.
The Center for Legal Resources (CLR) is outraged at the initiative of the local authorities from Baia Mare to build a wall in order to separate the Roma community and at the fact that Mayor Catălin Cherecheş is still in office after such an initiative.
The Center for Legal Resources (CLR) and Romani CRISS manifest their concern with regards to the way in which the National Council for Combating Discrimination (NCCD) decides on cases concerning high dignitaries of the Romanian state.