Romania

This section offers a summary of the main legislation on transitional justice adopted by the member state and, when available, a pdf with the document, together with the main decisions of national and international tribunals in relation to these measures. This is a non exhaustive list and will be updated and completed in a permanent basis. We also offer images of the museums that deal with memory issues in each EU country.

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Legislation

 

Main provisions

Year

Decree of Amnesty (see text here)

1988

Decree-Law 3 on amnesty for some crimes and pardoning others (see text here)

1990

Decree-Law 118 on granting some rights to the individuals politically persecuted by the dictatorship installed on 6 March 1945 (see text here)

1990

Decree-Law 124/24 on the Liberty Fund

1990

Law 42/1990 on Honouring Heroes-Martyrs and Rewarding Their Relatives, the Wounded, and the Fighters for the Victory of the December 1989 Revolution. The law also created the Commission for Honouring and Supporting the Heroes of the Revolution of December 1989 (see text here)

1990

Law 49/1991 on granting compensation to war invalids, veterans and widows (see text here)

1991

Law 128/1992 on declaring martyr-towns (see text here)

1992

Law 138/1994 on declaring Arad, Braila, Buzau and Targoviste martyr-towns of the December 1989 Revolution (see text here)

1994

Law 44/1994 on war veterans, and on some rights of war invalids and war widows (see text here)

1994

Law 112 on the legal situation of some dwellings confiscated by the state (see text here)

1995

Governmental Emergency Ordinance 83/1999 on Restitution of Buildings Belonging to Communities Representing Ethnic Minorities in Romania. Ordinance was approved by Law 458 of 12 November 2003 (see text here)

1999

Governmental Emergency Ordinance 214 of 29 December 1999 on granting the title of fighter in the anticommunist resistance to persons sentenced for political reasons and persons subjected to administrative abuse because of political reasons

1999

Law 189/2000 for approving Governmental Ordinance 105/1999 for granting some rights to individuals persecuted because of ethnic reasons by the regime installed in Romania from 6 September 1940 to 6 March 1945 (see text here)

2000

Governmental Emergency Ordinance 94/2000 created a Special Restitution Commission on the Return of Buildings Belonging to Religious Denominations in Romania

2000

Law 189 for approving Governmental Ordinance 105/1999 for granting some rights to individuals persecuted because of ethnic reasons by the regime installed in Romania from 6 September 1940 to 6 March 1945 (see text here)

2000

Law 10/2001 on the Legal Status of Buildings Abusively Confiscated during the 6 March 1945 – 22 December 1989 Period (see text here)

2001

Law 690/2001 on declaring Resita martyr-town of the December 1989 Revolution (see text here)

2001

Law 766/2001 on declaring Alba-Iulia martyr-town of the 1989 Revolution (see text here)

2001

Law 309/2002 on granting some rights to new recruits drafted by the General Direction of Labor Service during the 1950-1961 period (see text here)

2002

Law 351 on declaring the town of Cugir martyr-town of the Revolution of 1989 (see text here)

2002

Governmental Emergency Ordinance 31 of 13 March 2002 (denial and prohibition of symbols) (see text here)

2002

Law 572/2003 on declaring Lugoj martyr-town of the 1989 Revolution (see text here)

2003

International Presidential Commission for the Study of the Holocaust in Romania final report (November 2004)

2003

Law 303/2004 on the statute of judges and prosecutors (amended on 8 October 2007) (see text here)

2004

Law 341 on gratefulness toward heroes-martyrs and fighters who contributed to the victory of the Romanian Revolution of December 1989 (see text here)

2004

Public apologies speech (see text here)

2004

Governmental Decision 1481/2005 on the Creation of the Property Fund

2005

Governmental Emergency Ordinance 149/2005 on Measures Extending the Activity of the National Council for the Study of Securitate Archives

2005

Law 247/2005 created the Central Commission for Establishing Compensation

2005

Governmental Decision 1724 establishing the Institute for the Investigation of Communist Crimes in Romania

2005

Governmental Emergency Ordinance (see text here)

2006
Public apologies speech (see text here)

2006

Presidential Commission for the Analysis of Communist Dictatorship in Romania final report (December 2006)

2006

Governmental Emergency Ordinance 81/2007 for accelerating the procedure of granting compensations for abusively confiscated buildings

2007

Law 221/2009 concerning politically motivated court sentences and their related administrative measures during the period 6 March 1945 – 22 December 1989, 2009 (see text here)

2009