Constitution

Texts

Constitution 1994

Case Law of the Constitutional Court

Decision on the interpretation of a phrase in Article 31 of the Constitution

Religious Communities

Laws and decrees

General law on cults 1992

Law on religious freedom of churches and their members in 2007

Exercise of religious activity by unregistered religious confession

General law on cults changes and introduction of provisions more favorable to religious denominations

Law on freedom of conscience, thought and religion, amended and updated in 2017

Statutes and Internal Rules

Statute of the orthodox church of Bessarabia 1993

Decision of the Government nr. 22 n. 719/1993 on the approval of Statutului Bisericii Ortodoxe din Moldova Mitropoliei Moldovei

Statute for the organization and functioning of the romanian orthodox church 1949

Statute for the organization and functioning of the Baha’I cult

Tomos of Patriarch Alexy II: Recognition of the autocephaly of the Orthodox Church of Moldova in 1994

Caritas Statute in the Republic of Moldova 2015

Statute of the Messianic Jewish cult 2014

Ordinance nr.46/1993 approving the Statute of the Union of the Churches of Evangelical Christian Faith (Pentecostal Cult)

Changes to the Statute of the Orthodox Church of Moldova 2001 

Regulations, Decisions, Provisions, Ordinances, Circulars

On the dissolution of the State Service for Religious Affairs under the Government of the Republic of Moldova

Decision of the Government nr. 848, 23 December 1992, on the approval of the state interim organization and functioning of the Moldovan Orthodox Church (Diocese of Chisinau and Moldova, Moscow Patriarchate)

Decision of the ECHR 12282/2002 on the registration and recognition of the Muslim cult in Moldova

Government Order nr. 129/2000 on the functioning duties of the Ministry of Justice

Approval of transitory regulation nr. 758/1994 on cults inclusion (registration)

Ruling nr. 1741/2002 on Religious Faiths’ registration and their properties

Ruling nr. 201/2003 on the management of structure and staff in sects

Order nr. 1130/2007 on the dismissal of the Public Service for cults problems 

Case Law of the Constitutional Court

Judgment No. 272 of 06.03.2002 on measures designed to create an information system, System “State Register of legal entities”

Judgment of Moldova 2007 Metropolitan Church of Bessarabia, Orthodox parish

Case no. 2221/2006 Arcadie Fusu and others against The Republic of Moldova

ECHR Decision no. 952/2003 Church Adevărat Orthodox of Moldova and others against The Republic of Moldova 

Bodies And Church Properties

Confiscation, Restitution and Compensation of Properties of Religious Communities

Law on the public ownership and territorial administrative management 1999

Law n. 459/1991 on the property right in the Republic of Moldova 

Regulations, Decisions, Provisions, Ordinances, Circulars

Constitutional Court Ruling nr. 10-13/2007 on the constitutionality of section 1 and section 2 paragraph 1 of decision nr. 740/2002 on building and holy sites

Regulation on public property transfer 2015 

Construction of Worship And Urban Planning

Laws and decrees

Provision on buildings and places of worship 2002 

Case law

ECHR Judgment on cult buildings Metropolitan Church of Bessarabia, Moldova 

Individual and Collective Religious Freedom and Minorities

Religious Assistance

Caritas Statute 

Measures

Law on the right to petition updated to 2008 

Laws and decrees

Law n. 1225/1992 on the rehabilitation of victims of political repression

Law no. 212/2004 on the regime of state of emergency, siege and war 

Case Law

Decision of the Constitutional Court nr. 1/2011 on the freedom of association concerning the Article 11 of the European Convention on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms

Decision of the Constitutional Court nr. 28g / 2016 on the violation of the right of religious freedom and gender equality 

Conscientious objection

Law on the protection of reproductive health and family planning 2001

Guidelines for the pregnancy interruption process 2011

Law on Patient Rights and Responsibilities 2005

Health Protection Act 1995

Regulation No. 647-2010 about pregnancy interruption 

Cemeteries

Law n. 102/2014 on the management of cemeteries, human cremations and funeral services

Management Regulations of the Chişinău Cemetery 2011

Ordinance containing the general management regulation for the Cemeteries 1998 

Pandemic

Guidelines for compliance with the new disease (COVID-19) prevention measures 2020

Decision of the Extraordinary National Public Health Commission nr. 10 of 15 May 2020

Decision of the Extraordinary National Public Health Commission nr. 11 of 15 May 2020

Teaching of Religion and Religious Schools

Laws and decrees

Education Act 1995 

Provisions of the Criminal Code

Codes

Criminal code 2002 abstract

Criminal code 2002 

Family

Laws and decrees

Family code 2001 abstract

Law about reproductive health 2012 

Provisions of the Civil Code

Codici

Civil Code 2002 

Laws and decrees

Law No. 54/2003 to counter extremist activities 

Museums, Libraries, Archives and Cultural Heritage

Laws and decrees

Law regulating cultural activities 1999

Law on the ownership of mobile cultural heritage 2011

Law on the ownership of intangible cultural property 2012 

Communication

Laws and decrees

Telecommunications Act 1995 

Administration Policies and Procedures

Laws and decrees

Administrative Code 1985 (Russian language) (Romanian language)