Chisinau hosts international conference on 20th anniversary of Moldova's accession to Council of Europe

Chisinau, 4 November /MOLDPRES/ - An  international conference "Bringing Human Rights Home: Commitments, Challenges, Education and Cooperation," organised on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of Moldova's accession to the Council of Europe, is held in Chisinau on 4-5 November.  

Moldovan and European official took part in the opening of the event today. 

Attending the conference, Parliament Speaker Andrian Candu said that "the most important laws of Moldova, which have certain relations with the human rights, such as the Law on Prosecution, audiovisual sector or amendments to the Constitution, have been and continue to be examined by experts from the Venice Commission. The Council of Europe plays an important role in the process of inclusion of ethnic minorities from Moldova in the social life."

For his part, Head of the Council of Europe Office in Moldova Jose Louis Herrero said that "Moldova has made progress in terms of reforming the juridical system, yet the authorities still have to work on fighting corruption in the law system."

In his speech, Director General of Human Rights and Legal Affairs of the Council of Europe Philippe Boillat said that "the primary responsibility for the enforcement of the Venice Convention's provisions on importance of observing the human rights lies with the national authorities, and the Council of Europe will provide all the needed support."

Participants in the conference will unveil the achievements, challenges and subsequent dimensions of the enforcement, at national level, of European standards on human rights, ensuring principles of democracy and state based on the rule of law, in parallel with the justice sector reformation and present developments in the architecture of the European human rights system.

Moldova  became a member of the Council of Europe on 13 July 1995. 

(Reporter P. Beregoi, editor L. Alcaza)