The Association for the Defence of Human Rights in Romania –the Helsinki Committee (APADOR-CH) is a non-governmental not-for-profit organisation, established in 1990.

APADOR-CH wants to be an influential and principled factor of reference, in dialogue with the state authorities and in cooperation with the civil society, an active participant in changing the society and its institutions towards a democratic culture, based on the respect of human rights.

The mission of APADOR-CH is to raise the level of awareness on and respect of human rights and rule of law.

For 2006-2008 APADOR-CH has established the following strategic objectives:

1.      promotion and protection of civil rights;
2.      accountability of law enforcement officials;
3.      antidiscrimination;
4.      access to justice.

To these aims, APADOR-CH:

-            drafts comments on and recommendations to ammend laws/draft bills with impact on civil  rights and liberties
-            carries out fact-finding missions for monitoring the detention conditions in penitentiaries;
-            carries out fact-finding missions in revelant cases of violation of the right to life, the right not to be tortured or subjected to inhuman or degrading treatment, the right to liberty and security of person;
-            carries out stategic litigation before domestic courts and the European Court of Human Rights
-            initiates and carries out campaigns on raising public awareness on human rights issues;
-            provides legal advice for persons wanting to send applications to the European Court of Human Rights.

The Board members of APADOR-CH are:

-        Adrian Coman;
-        Ion Iacoş;
-        Romaniţa Iordache;
-        Simona Lupu;
-        Edwin Rekosh

The team of APADOR-CH:

-        Diana Olivia Hatneanu - Executive Director, lawyer;
-        Manuela Ştefănescu – expert;
-        Dan Mihai – lawyer;
-        Nicoleta Popescu – lawyer;
-        Raluca Stăncescu-Cojocaru – expert, lawyer;
-        Maria-Nicoleta Andreescu – junior expert, sociologist;
-        Ecaterina-Georgiana Gheorghe – junior expert, documentarist;
-        Marian Pancu – administrator;
-        Silvia Gheorghe – economist;
-        Laura Goran – secretary, librarian;