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„protecţie efectivă a drepturilor omului” recommended that the respondent should ensure the application of an equal treatment of religious communities (art. 2 par. 1 and par. 3 of G.O. no. 137/2000, republished).

(2007) Education. School manuals. Content. Religious affiliation. The Natural Spiritual Assembly of Baha’i from Romania complained about the content of the manual entitled „Religion – the Orthodox cult”, intended for the XIth class, in particular with regard to the group description. Among other things, the organisation is associated with sects who make proselytism, with esoteric elements of Asian origin, tools of Satan or gates to hell, it represents a danger for the society, adopts means which are unfaithful to the Gospel, with a mission which offends family and the church community, methods of indoctrination, blackmail, exploitation of poverty, fanaticism. Through decision no. 279 of 02.10.2007, the Committee set down that the presentation of the organization offended its community, generating a hostile environment. The Committee acknowledged that the manual’s authors requested the modification of the content for the section subject to analysis and the Publishing House ordered the modification of the content. The National Center for Curriculum and Assessment

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of Education mentioned that it decided to withdraw the manual from the market and from use in education and to revise and reprint it. The Committee ascertained that the notified deeds are discrimination according to art. 2 par. 1 and art. 15 of G.O. no. 137/2000, republished.

(2009) Discriminatory statements. Personal dignity. Conviction. P.H. complained about the statements made by A.F. concerning his religious beliefs. The petitioner showed that within a televised intervention, through his statements, the respondent correlated the members of a religious cult recognized in Romania and persons who perpetrate crimes, considering that „we cannot allow ourselves to be led by Pentecostals, thieves and criminals”. The petitioner showed that N.A.C. had sanctioned the television station with fine. The Committee considered that the statements of the respondent had a discriminatory effect, offending personal dignity. Through decision no. 673 of 26.11.2009, the Committee ascertained that the notified deeds are discrimination and it decided to sanction the respondent by warning (art. 2 par. 5 of G.O. no. 137/2000, republished).

(2009) Exercise of the elected representative mandate. Convictions. C.N. and others complained that following participation in elections and obtaining the mandate through the evidence issued by the District Election Office within the session of the Local Council, because of their different political orientation and ethnical affiliation, their mandates were rejected through the vote of local counselors belonging to the majority. The Committee set down that the invalidation of the mandates of the 5 petitioners in an analogous situation with the other 10 counselors constitutes a differentiation which was based on their different political orientation. It also set down that courts had cancelled the Local Council invalidation decision. Through decision no. 332 of 04.06.2009, the Committee set down that the notified deeds are direct discrimination and it decided to contraventionally sanction the respondents by fine amounting to 600 lei (art. 2 par. 1 and par. 4, art. 10 lett. h of G.O. no. 137/2000, republished).

(2010) Public interest information. Internet page. Religious cults recognized by the law. Convictions. The Romanian Humanist Association complained about the concept of the internet page developed by the Ministry of Communication, entitled e-Romania. It is shown that the tender book, in the e-Culture module contains sections which convey information about Orthodoxism, information of the public on national religion, teachings of Orthodox faith and administrative structures of the ROC (Romanian Orthodox Church), omitting the other 17 cults recognized in Romania according to the law on religious freedom, or agnostic persons, atheists, etc. The respondent showed that the sections in question were modified in order to include information regarding all the cults recognized in Romania. Through decision