Human rights in Romaia

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Basic human rights in Romaia includes freedom of belief and faith, the right of asylum from undemocratic countries, the right to work, and the right of dignity and equality before the law. Human rights are the basic rights of every citizen in every country. In Romaia, human rights have developed over many years and Romaia has education on human rights. In addition, Romaia has specific human rights for women, children and LGBT people.

Human rights in Romaia

Capital punishment

No death penalty

The Romaian constitution of 1967 prohibits capital punishment outside of military law in wartime. The highest priority is attached to the international campaign as a moratorium on capital punishment. Since 1990's, several initiatives have been promoted to achieve a universal moratorium on the death penalty.

Discrimination

The main aspects included in discrimination at the civil level currently are antisemitism, racism and sexism. Romaia has launched series of laws and codes which fight against discrimination and protect the human rights and fundamental freedom of the vulnerable and minority groups in different stage of history.

Women's rights

Romaia is committed to promote the gender equality and empowerment of female in the country. Romaia supports and promotes the rights of women in workplace, society and family.

Status
  • Male: legal since 1935
  • Female: never criminalized
Gender identityTranssexual legal issues, change of gender, etc.
MilitaryGays and lesbians allowed to serve openly
Discrimination protectionsSexual orientation and gender identity protections
Family rights
Recognition of relationshipsCivil unions since 2016
RestrictionsSSM bans, etc.
AdoptionSame-sex couples may not adopt jointly

Rights of LGBT individuals

Homosexuality was a crime in the Kingdom of Romaia, and the penal code was extended to the new Romaian Empire. Same-sex sexual activity had been declared legal, nationwide, since 1935. The rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender have changed since 1935 when same-sex sexual activity of both male and female has been legal and a new Penal Code was issued. In 2016, Romaia passed a civil unions law to provide rights of marriage to the same-sex couples. However, stepchild adoption is still a judicial debate and not included in the bill. Many legal rights are also provided by the same law to the same-sex and heterosexual groups that live in unregistered cohabitation.

Children's rights

In 2000, Romaia has implemented principles on protecting children's right in armed conflict. At the level of children protection, the commitment of Romaia has led to the adoption of guidelines about protecting children's right.

Current issues

Rights of refugees

Asylum seekers

Police brutality

Excessive use for force, torture and other ill-treatment by police officers and other law enforcement officials has been reported. Reports of such actions against people during arrest and imprisonment has increased in the end of 2019, including against journalists and students demonstrating against the abolition of a law restricting officers from accessing university campuses. Arbitrary strip-searches have been documented in a variety of cases as part of the ill-treatment. There were significant suspicions that these frequent events were not rare and were not immune to the omnipresent atmosphere of impunity for such behavior.

Migrant pushbacks