Legislation in the Member States of the Council of Europe in the Field of Violence Against Women, prepared in part by Jill Radford, United Kingdom, for the Council of Europe's Steering Committee for Equality Between Men and Women, March 2004 (Doc. EG 2004 2).
This report details national legislation dealing with violence against women in 38 of the 45 Council of Europe member states. In 1995, the Council requested member states to complete a questionnaire on relevant legislation, and subsequent research completed by the Council allowed for a survey of the varying legislation of member states. The report consists of two volumes, ending with a list of good practices and effective legislation prohibiting violence against women. Pages 101-107 of Volume II contain information on Romania.

2005 Report to the UN Division for the Advancement of Women. Center for Partnership and Equality, 2005.
NGO Report on the status of violence against women in Romania.

2004 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices: Romania, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, U.S. Department of State, 28 February 2005.
Section 5 of the report contains a paragraph on the status of women in Romania, and a subsection on trafficking.

Human Rights in the OSCE Region: Europe, Central Asia and North America, Report 2004 (Events of 2004), International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights, 23 June 2004. (PDF, 9 pages).
This report discusses general human rights and discrimination of minorities .

2003 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices: Romania, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, U.S. Department of State, 25 February 2004.
Section 5 of the report contains a paragraph on the status on women in Romania, and Section 6 contains a subsection on trafficking.

Who Is the Next Victim? Vulnerability of Young Romanian Women to Trafficking in Human Beings.  International Organization for Migration, August 2003. (PDF, 75 pages)
Romania is one of the main countries of origin in South Eastern Europe for victims of trafficking.  Most of the young women are trafficked for the purpose of sexual exploitation.  This report examines factors that make women vulnerable to trafficking.  It looks not only at individual attributes, but also at environmental factors - the family and the community. 

Integration of the Human Rights of Women and the Gender Perspective - Violence Against Women, Addendum 1, Radhika Coomaraswamy, Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, 27 Feb. 2003. (PDF, 435 pages).
Pages 375 -378 provide an overview of the Romanian legislation, policies and programs and issues of concern.

Monitoring the EU Accession Process: Equal Opportunities for Women and Men in Romania, Open Society Institute, 2002. (PDF, 65 pages).
This report examines Romania's efforts to comply with E.U. Directives related to gender equality and concludes by making recommendations specific to each Directive.

Legal Analysis of National and European Anti-Discrimination Legislation, Romania, Renate Weber, Interrights, European Roma Rights Center, Migration Policy Group, September 2001. (PDF, 45 pages).
This report compares the EU Race Equality Directive and Protocol No. 12 with Romanian legislation.

Victims of Trafficking in the Balkans, International Organization for Migrations, 2001. (PDF, 51 pages).
This report analyses data on trafficking collected from NGO, governmental and intergovernmental sources in 28 countries and territories.

Women 2000 - An Investigation into the Status of Women's Rights in Central and South-Eastern Europe and the Newly Independent States, International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights, 5 November 2000. (PDF, 26 pages).
The fourth chapter of the report, pages 359-366, discusses violence against women and provides information on domestic violence, sexual abuse and sexual exploitation.

A Perspective on Women's Human Rights, International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights, 1 July 2000. (PDF, 23 pages).
This is a questionnaire describing the legal framework on violence against women.

Women's Reproductive Rights in Romania: A Shadow Report, Center for Reproductive Law and Policy, 2000. (PDF, 47 pages).
This report describes international law, domestic law, and the situation of women in Romania with regard to health care, sexual violence, the family, education and sexual harassment.

Lifting the Last Curtain: a Report on Domestic Violence in Romania, The Advocates for Human Rights, February 1995. (PDF, 23 pages).
This report documents domestic violence as a human rights violation in Romania. The report analyzes the legal system of Romania, including criminal law and family law as well as forensic regulations that relate to domestic violence. The report includes information on both the police and NGO response to domestic violence. The report also addresses Romania's obligations under international law .

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