Equality and Promoting Human Rights (Video Contest)

U.S. Embassy Announces Video Contest Winners “Equality and Promoting Human Rights” (Video Contest) On December 21, 2022 teachers and high school students, and American diplomats gathered online to honor the winners of the student video contest “Equality and Promoting Human Rights”. This contest launched on June 28, 2022 to raise awareness about equality and the ... Read More»

Equality and Advancing Human Rights (Video Contest)

As part of the campaign to increase the respect for and awareness of human rights by reducing inequalities, the U.S. Embassy in Bucharest invites high school students aged 16-18 to participate in a video competition on “Equality and Advancing Human Rights” on June 27, 2022. Working individually or in teams of no more than two ... Read More»

Human Rights During the Pandemic (Video Contest)

U.S. Embassy Announces Video Contest Winners “Human Rights During the Pandemic” On December 15, 2021, teachers, high school students, and Embassy representatives, gathered online to honor the winners of the student video contest, “Human Rights During the Pandemic”. This contest launched on June 11, 2021, to raise awareness around the issue of respecting of humas ... Read More»

2019 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices: Romania

Executive Summary Romania is a constitutional republic with a democratic, multiparty parliamentary system. The bicameral parliament consists of the Senate and the Chamber of Deputies, both elected by popular vote. Observers considered presidential elections held on November 10 and 24 and parliamentary elections in 2016 to have been generally free and fair and without significant ... Read More»

Romania: Human Rights Report for 2018

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Romania is a constitutional republic with a democratic, multiparty parliamentary system. The bicameral parliament consists of the Senate and the Chamber of Deputies, both elected by popular vote. The country held parliamentary elections in 2016 that observers generally considered to be free and fair and without irregularities. In 2014 the country held presidential ... Read More»

Deputy Chief of Mission Abigail Rupp at the Global Forum on Human Rights and a Tobacco-Free World

President Iohannis, Commissioner, Your Royal Highness, Your Excellencies, ladies and gentlemen.  Thank you for the invitation to speak today.  The U.S. Embassy is proud to have supported Romania Respira, Ramona Brad, Magdalena Ciobanu, and their partners as they pursued the landmark smoking ban achieved in March of 2016.  That year, we honored Ramona and Magda ... Read More»

Winners of the Student Video Contest “Stand Up for Someone’s Rights”

Teachers and high school students, along with American diplomats gathered today at Grand Cinema in Mall Baneasa Shopping City to honor the winners of the student video contest “Stand up for someone’s rights today.” This contest was launched on December 8, 2016 to mark the Human Rights Day. The Embassy received 74 videos from 24 ... Read More»
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