The Institute for European Civil Rights aims to support and defend the civil rights of Romanians everywhere in relation to public authorities and institutions in Romania and the EU Member States, as well as of foreign citizens legally residing in Romania.
It cooperates with national and community authorities to prevent and combat discriminatory acts against ethnic Romanians within the national administrative system and to promote an honest, responsible, and integral attitude of public officials in carrying out their professional duties.
The Institute also works to strengthen civic awareness, social solidarity, and the dignity of ethnic Romanians across the European space.
The objectives of I.D.C.E. are:
a) to organize in our country the research, analysis, recommendation, and implementation of national and community programs, in order to ensure respect for the civil rights of ethnic Romanians everywhere and of foreign citizens legally residing in Romania;
b) to promote dialogue between ethnic Romanians and foreign citizens of other origins, as well as between them and local, central, or community public authorities, in order to identify all social, civil, cultural, and political issues they face;
c) to contribute to the stability of the legal regime of ethnic Romanians in the community space through lobbying, advocacy, and legislative proposals (lege ferenda);
d) to initiate, promote, and organize exchanges of experience in the field of civil rights with similar national or international organizations, as well as cooperation with them, in order to carry out I.D.C.E. actions at the highest possible standards;
e) to periodically organize conferences, symposia, colloquia, and round tables in the field of civil, social, and political rights, with the participation of I.D.C.E. members, as well as persons, institutions, and organizations able to engage in active, constructive, and innovative dialogue on the legal, social, and political status of ethnic Romanians and foreign citizens legally residing in Romania;
f) to ensure the publication of communications, studies, and actions of I.D.C.E. presented within public, organizational, institutional, and judicial events of the Institute;
g) to represent the interests of ethnic Romanians, members of I.D.C.E., before national and/or community public authorities, courts of law, the European Court of Human Rights (E.C.H.R.), and community forums, in order to ensure the respect, recognition, and defense of their rights, as well as the sanctioning of any form of abuse, discrimination, or delay in decisions, measures, or orders concerning their rights, which may cause moral, financial, or social integration damage.
I.D.C.E. may represent the interests of applicants who are not members of the organization only on the basis of a formal request from them;
h) I.D.C.E. may provide legal advice, legal assistance, and individual representation only through lawyers accredited (employees or collaborators) by I.D.C.E., in matters such as the protection of ethnic Romanians in the community space, the protection of the rights of foreign citizens and stateless persons in the community space, and the exercise of civil rights within the European Union.
Civil rights refer to the rights and freedoms in relation to the Romanian state and the European Union, and include: public and legal recognition of the status of ethnic Romanian, reacquisition of Romanian citizenship and recognition of European citizenship, recognition of private property, the right to a decent standard of living, the right to work and social protection (particularly the right to choose one’s place of work within the European community space) of ethnic Romanians, as well as the rights of foreign citizens and stateless persons in the community space.