MOLDOVA: UN EXPERT URGES GREATER SOCIAL INCLUSION OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES, ROMAS

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Date: 13 Sep 2013 16:00:01 -0400
Subject: MOLDOVA: UN EXPERT URGES GREATER SOCIAL INCLUSION OF PEOPLE
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MOLDOVA: UN EXPERT URGES GREATER SOCIAL INCLUSION OF PEOPLE WITH
DISABILITIES, ROMASNew York, Sep 13 2013 4:00PMA United Nations
independent human rights expert today urged Moldovan authorities to
urgently adopt measures for greater social inclusion and take more
efforts to integrate people with disabilities and Romani communities
into society.

At the end of her first fact-finding mission to the country, the UN
Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights, Magdalena
Sepúlveda, said Moldova has strengthened its legal system in recent
years by adopting important legislation, but more needed to be done to
ensure such measures were implemented.

"Even small steps taken to strengthen social inclusion in Moldova will
have a major impact on empowering the most disadvantaged in the
country," Ms. Sepúlveda
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noting also the limited available resources available and additional
challenges imposed by the current global economic crisis.

The Moldovan Government boosted economic growth, and reduced poverty
from almost 70 per cent of the population in 2000 to 26 per cent in
2004. However, she warned, after 2005 the economic growth and
development models have not been shared by all members of society.

"There is a widening gap between urban and rural areas and some groups
of the society still remain at the margin of social, political and
economic processes," said Ms. Sepúlveda.

She drew special attention to troubling rates of educational
attainment in general mandatory education, with children in rural
areas, children with disabilities and Romani children particularly
affected.

The human rights expert called for a number of reform measures aimed
at integrating persons with disabilities fully into the life of the
community, including reform of the guardianship system and adoption of
a comprehensive adult deinstitutionalization plan, in accordance with
Moldova's obligations under the Convention on the Rights of Persons
with Disabilities.

Ms. Sepúlveda also visited some Romani communities, where she
highlighted high levels of stigma and discrimination preventing the
members of the communities from lifting themselves out of poverty.

She commended Moldova on introducing the body of Roma community
mediators, but warned that "local authorities must ensure that the
selection of mediators is carried out in full compliance with the
human rights principles of transparency, meaningful and effective
participation of the relevant communities, access to information and
accountability."

During her week-long mission, the UN Special Rapporteur met with
senior Government officials, donor agencies, international
organizations, civil society and communities living in poverty in
Chisinau, Balti, Drochia, Calarasi and Briceni districts, as well as
Bender and Tiraspol on the left bank of the Nistru.

Ms. Sepúlveda will present a comprehensive report with her final
findings and recommendations to the UN Human Rights Council in June
2014.

Special rapporteurs are appointed by the Geneva-based UN Human Rights
Council to examine and report back on a country situation or a
specific human rights theme. The positions are honorary and the
experts are not UN staff, nor are they paid for their work.Sep 13 2013
4:00PM
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