This policy paper presents a comprehensive legal analysis and legislative proposal for the explicit criminalization of sexual acts committed by psychologists, psychotherapists, counselors, and psychiatrists against their patients or clients in Romania.

Insight by Madalina Radu There is a persistent misunderstanding in public policy that social protection belongs to the domain of welfare — that it is, at its core, about compassion, charity, or redistribution. This framing has shaped how governments budget, how institutions are structured, and how political leaders talk about social systems. It has also left those systems chronically underfunded, fragmented, and politically vulnerable. That framing is wrong. Social protection

Insight by Madalina Radu Human trafficking remains one of the gravest human rights violations in Europe today. We know the facts, we know the patterns, and we have no shortage of strategies, campaigns and coordination frameworks designed to address it. And yet, in too many cases, victims are still not identified in time, services remain uneven, and protection depends on individual goodwill rather than institutional capacity. This is the uncomfortable truth many practitioners