Is flag burning illegal in Romania?
Legal / protected speech
Flag desecration is not a criminal offense as the prohibition was removed from the Criminal Code.
Romania is one of 10 countries classified “Legal / protected speech” for flag desecration — 15% of the 67 with data. (Also searched as flag burning.)
Source
- Taken from
- Wikipedia: Flag desecration
- Last checked
- 17 September 2026
- How it was classified
- Classified by a language model from the source text, then checked against hand-verified reference countries.
Nearby countries
- Bulgaria
- Criminal offense Desecration of the national flag is a crime in Bulgaria.
- Hungary
- Criminal offense Desecration of the national flag is explicitly stated to be illegal in Hungary.
- Ukraine
- Criminal offense Desecrating the national flag is a crime in Ukraine punishable by imprisonment.
- North Macedonia
- Criminal offense Desecration of the national flag is banned under the Criminal Code.
- Croatia
- Criminal offense Desecrating any national flag is a felony punishable by up to one year of imprisonment.
- Greece
- Criminal offense Flag desecration is illegal in Greece and punishable by up to two years of imprisonment.
Other laws in Romania
- Blasphemy Laws
- No blasphemy law
- Holocaust Denial
- Criminal offense
- Conversion Therapy
- No ban
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