While several presidential decrees and laws deal with corruption, there have been no major trials or prosecutions. Freedom of movement within the country is not restricted by law. However, regulations impose a nationwide requirement to register at the workplace and place of residence in order to be eligible for social benefits, thereby complicating freedom of movement by limiting access to certain social benefits to the place where one is registered. Property rights are formally guaranteed by the constitution and the property laws. De facto, the right to private property remains ill-defined.
Land reform is still in preliminary stages.
Though under law citizens have the right to form businesses, these rights are hindered by taxation policies, bureaucratic hurdles, and growing crime and corruption. Many leading businessmen are former members of the nomenklatura who used contacts and lax laws to gain an advantage in the privatization of enterprises and economic sectors. These factors restrict equality of opportunity. Women are well represented in education, government and in the professional classes, and there are numerous NGOs which focus on women's issues such as domestic violence.