Violence against women
Protection orders, shelters and first steps for women facing violence in relationships and families in Romania.
Human rights and European affairs
Valentin Huculici
Author of The Rights You Carry and human rights advocate, based in Craiova, Romania.
I explain what the law already promises you, and what to do when that promise is not kept: a protection order, a contract that matches the hours you really work, a case in Strasbourg.
- AuthorThe Rights You Carry: A Complete Guide to Human Rights for Everyone, 2026
- CertifiedDiplomatic Protocol and Strategic Leadership, US Institute of Diplomacy and Human Rights
- TrainedHuman Rights Education, Amnesty International
About
Why I do this work
Around me I kept seeing the same things: domestic violence and femicide, children harmed by the adults meant to protect them, workers registered for four hours on paper while working eight. I also know from my own experience what it means to have your rights ignored at work. What struck me every time was not that the law was missing. It was that nobody had told these people the law was on their side.
I studied physical therapy and special motricity at the University of Craiova. Working with patients taught me how quickly dignity can be lost, and how much it matters who stands next to you when it is. I am certified in diplomatic protocol and strategic leadership by the US Institute of Diplomacy and Human Rights, and I continue to train in European fundamental rights.
The Rights You Carry is my answer: a book to keep at home and open on the day someone tells you no. It is the first in a series, and the next volume is about women's rights.
Volume 1 of a series
The Rights You Carry
A Complete Guide to Human Rights for Everyone
Most people learn about their rights at the worst possible moment. This book explains, in plain language and through true stories, what each right protects, where its limits lie, and exactly what to do when it is denied. From a prisoner's pencilled petition to the US Supreme Court to a group of Swiss grandmothers who won a climate case in Strasbourg, it shows that ordinary people change the law.
Available now on Amazon as an ebook and paperback.
Focus
What I work on
Rights at work
Contracts that match reality, unpaid hours, unfair dismissal, and where workers can turn for help.
European fundamental rights
How the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights and the European Convention on Human Rights protect people in everyday life.
Ideas
Latest writing
Cases that changed Europe
He was eighteen and had no one to speak for him
The case of Valentin Câmpeanu changed who can go to the European Court of Human Rights. It still asks Romania a hard question.
8 October 2026, 5 min readYour rights in RomaniaWhen the state looks away: domestic violence from Opuz to Bălșan
Two judgments turned domestic violence from a private family matter into a human rights violation. One of them is about Romania.
8 October 2026, 6 min readRights and the futureThe grandmothers who took their government to court over the climate
On 9 April 2024 a group of Swiss women aged sixty-four and over won the first climate case at the European Court of Human Rights.
8 October 2026, 5 min readTalks
Talks for schools, universities and NGOs
Free of charge. Invitations through the contact form.
Know your rights
An interactive session for high school students on the rights they already have, and what to do when someone ignores them.
Recognising domestic violence
For schools, universities and community groups: the warning signs, the law in Romania and where to turn.
Your rights as an EU citizen
What the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights and the European Parliament mean in everyday life.
“A right you have never heard of is a right someone else can quietly take away.”
Contact
Write to me
For interviews, talks, collaborations with NGOs and institutions, or questions about the book, write to me by email or use the contact form.