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<title>You have the right to know: how to request information from any public institution in Romania</title>
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<description>Law no. 544/2001 gives you the right to ask the State almost anything about how it works and spends money. What you can ask for, how fast it must answer, and what to do when it does not.</description>
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<title>How to take a case to the European Court of Human Rights: a guide without the myths</title>
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<description>You do not need a lawyer at the start, it costs nothing, and you can write in your own language. But you have only four months, and the form must be filled in perfectly. How an application to Strasbourg really works.</description>
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<title>A four-hour contract for an eight-hour day: what Romanian law says and what you can do</title>
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<description>It is one of the most common forms of undeclared work in Romania, and one of the most expensive for employers who get caught. What it means for you and how to recover your money.</description>
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<title>Pay transparency: the EU deadline has passed and the Romanian Senate rejected the law. The rights you still have</title>
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<description>By 7 June 2026, Romania was supposed to apply the EU pay transparency directive. On 14 October, the Senate rejected the bill. What it means for you.</description>
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<title>A life in State care: two Romanian cases in which Strasbourg is now asking for answers</title>
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<description>A man raised in the orphanages of the 1980s and a woman who has lived in institutions for 37 years. In August 2026, the European Court asked the Romanian Government to explain itself in both cases.</description>
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<title>After the judgment: what Romania fixed in 2025 and what stayed the same</title>
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<description>A European Court judgment does not end with compensation. The Committee of Ministers' report for 2025 shows Romania closed more cases than any other country in Europe. The list of cases still open says just as much.</description>
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<title>What do they know about you? How to use your right of access under the GDPR</title>
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<description>Your bank, employer, clinic or online shop must tell you what data they hold about you and what they do with it. It is free, they have a month to answer, and a one-page letter is enough.</description>
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<title>How to send a petition to the European Parliament, step by step</title>
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<description>Any EU citizen can go directly to the European Parliament when an EU rule is not respected. What you can ask for, what you cannot, and how to improve the chances of your petition being heard.</description>
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<title>He was eighteen and had no one to speak for him</title>
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<category>Cases that changed Europe</category>
<description>The case of Valentin Câmpeanu changed who can go to the European Court of Human Rights. It still asks Romania a hard question.</description>
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<title>When the state looks away: domestic violence from Opuz to Bălșan</title>
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<description>Two judgments turned domestic violence from a private family matter into a human rights violation. One of them is about Romania.</description>
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<title>The grandmothers who took their government to court over the climate</title>
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<description>On 9 April 2024 a group of Swiss women aged sixty-four and over won the first climate case at the European Court of Human Rights.</description>
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