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Romanian Consulate General in Milan discriminates Hungarians from România
Milan, 7th of May, 2020.℘ Our organisation’s legal aid service was recently contacted by a Hungarian young lady from România, Szeklerland (V.B.) living in Italy, who wanted to get a declaration stating that there is no impediment to the marriage with a diplomatic over-authentication (Nulla Osta al Matrimonio) and a certificate of a Romanian driving license. […]
TovábbLack of bilingual street names in in Tîrgu-Mureș Marosvásárhely
Tîrgu Mureș-Marosvásárhely, 2014- 2017℘ The issue of the monolingual and partially bilingual street name was presented in our previous Shadow Report, sadly in the last five years the situation remained unchanged. In May 2014 our NGO started an advocacy cause called “We want bilingual street names in Tîrgu-Mureș/Marosvásárhely”. The advocacy campaign’s aim was to […]
TovábbCEMO-TLI training 2017 (November)
Cluj-Kolozsvár, November 18-19, 2017.℘ The Civic Engagement Movement(CEMO), together with the Budapest-based Tom Lantos Institute, organized its fourth training course in Kolozsvár about advocacy and lobbying methods and techniques.
TovábbStrategic litigation for bilingual street names
Tîrgu Mureș/Marosvásárhely, Oradea/Nagyvárad, Satu Mare/Szatmárnémeti, 2016-2018 ℘ In 2016 CEMO has initiated strategic litigation cases against the mayor’s office of Tîrgu Mureș-Marosvásárhely, Oradea/Nagyvárad, Satu Mare/Szatmárnémeti as several hundred thousands of Hungarians are being affected in these three localities. The street name plates in these settlements are presently practically monolingual, the names of the streets and squares […]
TovábbCEMO-TLI training 2017 (April)
Tîrgu Mureș-Marosvásárhely, April 21-23, 2017℘ The Civic Engagement Movement(CEMO), together with the Tom Lantos Institute, held its third training course in Tîrgu Mureș-Marosvásárhely. The title of the third training course in the series was: Advocacy, community organization methods and techniques. The purpose of the training is to strengthen the skills and expertise of lawyers, legal […]
TovábbShadow report on the application of the Minority Framework Convention
Cluj-Napoca /Kolozsvár, April 3, 2017℘ At the beginning of 2017, the Civic Engagement Movement, together with the NGO called Advocacy Group for Freedom of Identity (AGFI), based in Cluj-Napoca/Kolozsvár, submitted a joint shadow report on the application of the Council of Europe’s The Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities. In this joint shadow […]
TovábbMeeting with members of the Advisory Committee of the Framework Convention
3rd of April, 2017℘ The members of the Advisory Committee of the Framework Convention on the Protection of National Minorities met in Cluj Napoca-Kolozsvár with NGOs that submitted shadow reports to the Romanian State Reports. The event, which took place on the 3 rd of April, 2017, was attended by Enikő Szigeti as the representative […]
TovábbCEMO shadow report
Tîrgu Mureș-Marosvásárhely, 11 June, 2016℘ Our NGO, Civic Engagement Movement (CEMO) submitted a shadow report to the Council of Europe about the application of the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages by 11th June 2016, to complete the periodic report of the Romanian Government. The shadow report prepared by CEMO focuses on the Hungarian […]
TovábbCEMO-TLI training 2016 (December)
Tîrgu Mureș-Marosvásárhely, December 16–18, 2016℘ The Civic Engagement Movement(CEMO), in partnership with the Tom Lantos Institute, held a second training in Tîrgu Mureș-Marosvásárhely, between 16-18th of December, primarily for lawyers, civil right defenders and attorneys.
TovábbSpeech at the UN Minority Forum
Geneva, 24-25 November, 2016℘ Enikő Szigeti, the executive director of CEMO, also spoke at the UN’s 9 th Minority Forum, held in Geneva on the 24-25 th November. The theme of the Minority Forum in 2016 was the “The situation on the minorities in time of humanitarian crisis”. In his three minute speech on […]
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