Welcome to the webpage of the Association for the Defense of Human Rights in Romania-the Helsinki Committee!

Here you can find information about the mission, objectives and the team of the association, annual reports, special reports (regarding the visits to prisons and lock-ups, as well as abuses of the police), press releases and publications of APADOR-CH. In addition, there is a special section dedicated to the free access to information of public interest, containing legislation (Law no 544/2001 regarding the free access to the information of public interest; the methodological norms for the application of Law no. 544/2001, adopted through the Governmental Decision no. 123/2002; Law no. 182/2002 on the protection of classified information; Law no. 677/2001 for the protection of persons related both to the processing of personal data and to the free circulation of such data), a practical guide for the use of Law no. 544/2001, studies, as well as summaries of APADOR-CH’s freedom of information court cases.

In the section “Useful Links” you can find links to web pages of the most important authorities, public institutions and non-governmental organizations in Romania, of the intergovernmental organizations, especially those related to civil rights (for example, the Council of Europe, the European Court of Human Rights, OSCE, UN), as well as other international organizations.

The office@apador.org address is open to questions and suggestions regarding the content of our webpage.