A/HRC/34/53/Add.2
Report of the Special Rapporteur on minority issues on her
mission to the Republic of Moldova*
Contents
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I.
Introduction ...................................................................................................................................
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II.
Methodology .................................................................................................................................
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III.
Minority rights: legal and institutional framework........................................................................
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IV.
Specific areas of concern regarding linguistic rights .....................................................................
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A.
Education ..............................................................................................................................
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B.
Public administration ............................................................................................................
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C.
Names and denominations ....................................................................................................
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D.
Health care ............................................................................................................................
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V.
Religious minorities ......................................................................................................................
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VI.
Roma .............................................................................................................................................
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A.
Roma children .......................................................................................................................
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B.
Roma women and girls .........................................................................................................
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C.
Roma community mediators .................................................................................................
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VII.
Public participation of minorities ..................................................................................................
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VIII.
Media ............................................................................................................................................
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IX.
Transnistrian region of the Republic of Moldova .........................................................................
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X.
Conclusions and recommendations ...............................................................................................
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* Circulated in the language of submission and Russian only.
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