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Equal treatment and nondiscrimination on gender criterium in Romanian law
Equal treatment and nondiscrimination on gender criterium in Romanian law

Author(s): Mihaela Tofan
Subject(s): Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence
Published by: Editura Tehnopress
Keywords: nondiscrimination; gender equality; institutional mechanism

Summary/Abstract: There have been important changes in Romanian legal framework in the past two decades. Concepts as liberty, equality and equity evolved from declarative level to effective values applied into reality. Romanian Constitution, adopted in 1991 and considerably reviewed in 2003, started the process of adapting the Romanian legal framework to the European law. Fundamental principles, such as liberty, equal treatment and equality between all individuals have been ruled and are in force, as they are included in the constitutional texts. In order to confer stronger guaranties for respecting these principles, there have been adopted laws, ordinances and regulations. Although the separation of the power is ruled on constitutional level, the Romanian govern has the power to adopt ordinances, when the parliament is not able to act. This power is not used properly, the process of ruling through ordinances being the prior method and not the exception, as it should be. So, the equal treatment and the non-discrimination principles are insured by ordinance, many of the aspects being criticized.

  • Issue Year: 2012
  • Issue No: 01
  • Page Range: 69-78
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: English