Article 4
Human Rights and Freedoms (1) Constitutional provisions for human rights and freedoms shall be understood and implemented in accordance with the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and with other conventions and treaties endorsed by the Republic of Moldova.
(2) Wherever disagreements appear between conventions and treaties signed by the Republic of Moldova and her own national laws, priority shall be given to international regulations.
Article 20
Free Access to Justice
(1) Every citizen has the right to obtain effective protection from competent courts of Jurisdiction against actions infringing on his/her legitimate rights, freedoms and interests.
(2) No law may restrict the access to justice
Article 23
The Right to Know One's Rights and Duties
(1) Every one has the right to an acknowledged legal status.
(2) The State ensures the right of everybody to know his/her rights and duties. For that purpose the State shall publish all its laws and regulations and make them accessible to everybody.
Article 24
The Right to Life and Physical and Mental Integrity
(1) The State guarantees everybody the right to life, and to physical and mental integrity.
(2) No one may be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading punishment or treatment.
(3) Until its final prohibition, capital punishment may be applied only if it is based on a sentence passed in a court of justice, as foreseen by law.
Article 26
Right of Defense
(l) The right of defense is guaranteed.
(2) Everybody has the right to respond independently by appropriate legitimate means to an infringement of his/her rights and freedoms.
(3) Throughout the trial the parties have the right to be assisted by a lawyer, either chosen or appointed ex officio.
(4) Any interference with the activity of those carrying out the defense within legally established confines shall be punished by authority of law.
Article 36
The Right of Health Security
(1) The right of health security is guaranteed.
(2) The State shall provide a minimum health insurance, that is free.
(3) Organic laws will establish the structure of the national health security system and the means necessary for protecting individual physical and mental health.
Article 37
The Right to Live in a Healthy Environment
(1) Every human being has the right to live in an environment that is ecologically safe for life and health, to obtain healthy food products and harmless household appliances.
(2) The State guarantees every citizen the right of free access to truthful information regarding the state of the natural environment, the living and working conditions, and the quality of food products and household appliances.
(3) Non-disclosure or falsification of information regarding factors detrimental to human health constitute offenses punishable by law.
(4) Private individuals and legal entities shall be held responsible before the law for any damages they may cause to personal health and property due to an ecological offense.
Article 43
The Right of Working and of Access to Work
(1) Every person has the right to freely choose his/her work, and to benefit from equitable and satisfactory working conditions, as well as to be protected against unemployment.
(2) All employees have the right of work protection. In this respect the protective measures will bear upon work security and hygiene, working conditions for women and young people, the introduction of minimum wages across the national economy, the weekly period of rest, the paid holidays, difficult working conditions, as well as other specific situations.
(3) The length of the working week shall not exceed 40 hours.
(4) The right of collective bargaining is guaranteed, and so is the legal enforceability of collective agreements
Article 47
The Right of Receiving Social Assistance and Protection
(1) The State is obliged to take action aimed at ensuring that every person has a decent standard of living, whereby good health and welfare based on available food, clothing, shelter, medical care, and social services are secured for that person and his/her family.
(2) All citizens have the right to be insured against such adversities as: unemployment, disease, disability, widowhood, old age or other situations where, due to causes beyond one's control one loses the source or means of obtaining the necessities of life.
Article 51
Protection of Disabled Persons
(1) The disabled persons shall enjoy a special form of protection from the whole of society. The State shall ensure that normal conditions exist for medical treatment and rehabilitation, education, training and social integration of disabled persons.
(2) Except for those cases that are provided for under the law nobody may be submitted to forced medical treatment.
Article 52
Right of Petitioning
(1) All citizens have the right to apply to public authority by way of petitions formulated in behalf of the applicants.
(2) Legally established organizations may petition exclusively in behalf of the associations or bodies they represent.
Article 53
Rights of Persons Aggrieved by Public Authority
(1) Any person, whose rights have been trespassed upon in any way by public authority through an administrative ruling or lack of timely legal reply to an application, is entitled to obtain acknowledgement of those rights, the cancellation of the ruling and payment of damages.
(2) The State is under patrimonial liability as foreseen by the law for any prejudice or injury caused in lawsuits through errors of the police or the judiciary
