In 1995, member States of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) adopted the Declaration of Principles on Tolerance, which established the International Day for Tolerance on 16 November. The message of the International Day for Tolerance, reflected in the UNESCO Declaration of Principles on Tolerance, is that tolerance is much more than … Read more
The activities will take place online in the context of the International Day for Tolerance on 16 November and will focus on promoting a tolerant and friendly attitude towards refugees and solidarity with them. Furthermore, the importance of active involvement in helping people forced to flee war and supporting them in the process of integration … Read more
“United for Ukraine. Integration of refugees in local communities” is the theme of the essay contest launched by the Law Centre of Advocates for students of grades VII-IX from Causeni, Stefan-Voda, Basarabeasca, Cahul, Ungheni, Soroca, Comrat, Orhei, Anenii Noi, Balti. The contest is launched by CDA, in the framework of the CDA-Oxfam project ,,Decentralized support … Read more
The event took place on 2 November in Chisinau and brought together mayors from localities hosting refugees, representatives of public authorities such as Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA), Bureau for Migration and Asylum, People’s Advocate Office. The aim of the forum was to generalize the practices of working with refugees, highlight positive experiences in their … Read more
The CDA participates in the Stateless Journeys campaign, initiated by the European Network on Statelessness, and endorses the Statement “Europe has a duty to protect stateless refugees”, launched as part of the initiative. Many thousands of refugees coming to Europe are without a nationality, and some children born to refugees may be at risk of … Read more
The partnerships established with social assistance directorates in several districts of the country for the purpose of providing legal counsel to refugees are the proof of the appreciation of the work and credibility of the organization. Last week the CDA’s executive director, Oleg Palii, signed cooperation agreements with the Social Assistance and Family Protection Directorate … Read more
The village of Gura Bîcului, Anenii Noi was another destination of CDA lawyers for meetings with beneficiaries under the CDA-Oxfam Project. The event brought together refugee women with their children from Ukraine as well as from this locality. CDA legal advisor Denis Potereanu, project coordinator Victoria Tepordei discussed with the participants about the rights and … Read more
Lawyer’s Day was an occasion for a new meeting of the team members of the Law Centre of Advocates. CDA legal advisers from several districts of the country, but also from Chisinau had information sessions, discussed current issues in their work and got to know each other better. CDA Executive Director Oleg Palii congratulated the … Read more
On 3 October, an information session was organized by CDA together with the local public authorities of Basarabeasca, with more than 20 refugees from Ukraine attending the event. At the information session, the CDA’s legal advisor, Victor Țînar, gave the audience more details about the rights of refugees in general, procedures of concluding of documents, … Read more
CDA trainers Oleg Palii, Tatiana Chebac and Ion Bambuleac gave lectures in Chisinau, Balti and Cahul for lawyers and paralegals providing legal assistance, including primary legal assistance, to refugees, stateless persons and other categories of foreigners. The trainings dealt with topics related to the rights of refugees, asylum issues, forms of protection and asylum procedures, … Read more
