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Romania

Regional group:

Eastern European Group (EEG)

Council member:

2006-2007

2007-2008

2008-2009

2009-2010

2010-2011

2011-2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

2021

2022

2023

2024

2025

Council Bureau membership:	President (2007, 2008)
Coordinator of regional group:	–
Voluntary financial contribution to OHCHR (2024) :

Other HRC positions:	Member of Consultative Group (2010, 2011) Member of Working Group on Situations (2013, 2014)
OHCHR presence:	– No field presence
NHRI accreditation status:	C

National Mechanisms for Implementation, Reporting, and Follow-up (NMIRF): Unknown

Engagement with the HRC

Principal sponsorship of HRC resolutions

Right to work; Human rights, democracy and the rule of law; Extreme poverty and human rights; Local government and human rights; Freedom of religion or belief; Rights of the child; Situation of human rights in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea; Situation of human rights in Myanmar.

Voting record

Since it first became a member of the Council in 2006, Romania has voted in favour of or has joined consensus on every resolution tabled under item 4 (situations that require the Council’s attention), and country-specific resolutions under item 2. For item 7 resolutions (human rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territories), Romania usually votes in favour or joins consensus, having abstained only five times and never voting against a resolution. For thematic resolutions dealing with civil and political rights, Romania has generally joined consensus. Where there has been a vote, it has voted in favour of resolutions on: the question of the death penalty; regulation of firearms; sexual orientation; arms transfers; peaceful protests; human rights, democracy and rule of law; and education as a tool to prevent racism. It has abstained and/or voted against various Cuban resolutions on the right to peace, the Russian Federation's text on the integrity of the judicial system, a Pakistan text on drones, and various African Group resolutions on racism. For thematic resolutions dealing with economic, social and cultural rights, Romania has joined consensus on a majority of texts. Resolutions that it has voted against include: Cuban resolutions on the effects of foreign debt, NAM resolutions on unilateral coercive measures, Cuban resolutions on international solidarity, and an LMG resolution on the impacts of globalisation. It votes in favour of NAM resolutions of the right to development.

HRC participation

During HRC general discussions, panel debates and interactive dialogues with the Special Procedures, during the past three years, either as an HRC member or not, the State has joined:

Regional
group statements

Average of statements for all countries: 78

Subregional
group statements

Average of statements for all countries: 50

417

Political group
statements

Average of statements for all countries: 109

Cross-regional
group statements

Average of statements for all countries: 96

Other joint
statements

Average of statements for all countries: 5

HRC member empty chair?

Overall, as a HRC member, has participated in more than 10% of panel discussions, general debates and interactive dialogues.

Cooperation with international human rights system

Special Procedures

Standing invitation

Communications responded to / received

Visits requests status

Completed
Invitation sent by the State not (yet) accepted by the SP
Accepted / date set
Visit request by the SP and not (yet) accepted by the State
Postponed / cancelled

Longest visit request not (yet) accepted by the State >

Treaty Bodies

Ratified

Reporting Status

Ratification status
Party Not Party
Individual complaint procedure accepted.
Reporting status

Submitted on time
Submitted late
Not applicable

On schedule
Overdue (outstanding)

CAT

ICCPR

CED

CEDAW

CERD

ICESCR

CRC

CRPD

Most overdue report

CEDAW
2 Years

OP-CAT

Ratified

NPM established

Received Sub-Committee visit

Universal Periodic Review

Reported

(2008, 2013, 2018, 2023)

Mid-term report

1st and 3rd cycles

Level of delegation

Ministry

Participation in other reviews
1^st cycle: 21 / 192

2^nd cycle: 82 / 192

Cooperation with the UN, its representatives and mechanisms in the field of human rights

Cited in the Secretary General’s reports on 'alleged reprisals for cooperation with the United Nations, its representatives and mechanisms in the field of human rights' (2010-2024)?

Fulfilment of past voluntary pledges & commitments

Specific voluntary pledges: 9

Romania tabled voluntary pledges and commitments in support of its candidacy for membership for the period 2012-2014 on 18 March 2011.

Internationally, Romania pledged to: ratify the CED; engage actively in the Council’s five-year review; support dialogue between members of the Council and all UN member states; intensify its efforts to submit periodic reports to the Treaty Bodies, and support the development of new international legal instruments to enhance the protection of human rights.

At national level, Romania made commitments to: implement obligations resulting from ratified treaties; prevent discrimination in law and practice; allocate resources to protect and support vulnerable groups such as Roma people, children, women, the victims of human trafficking, those with HIV/AIDS, and those with disabilities; provide human rights training for law enforcement personnel, and work in partnership with civil society organisations to implement domestic human rights policies and measures and in the preparation of national reports to Treaty Bodies.

An analysis of steps taken by Romania in fulfilment of its international pledges shows that it is yet to ratify the CED. For those instruments to which Romania is Party, its periodic reports are often submitted late, and it has one overdue periodic report (CEDAW).

Romania

Eastern European Group (EEG)

Engagement with the HRC

Principal sponsorship of HRC resolutions

Voting record

HRC participation

HRC member empty chair?

Cooperation with international human rights system

Special Procedures

Standing invitation

Communications responded to / received

Visits requests status

Treaty Bodies

Ratified

Reporting Status

Universal Periodic Review

Participation in other reviews 1st cycle: 21 / 192

2nd cycle: 82 / 192

Cooperation with the UN, its representatives and mechanisms in the field of human rights

Fulfilment of past voluntary pledges & commitments

Specific voluntary pledges: 9

Participation in other reviews
1^st cycle: 21 / 192

2^nd cycle: 82 / 192