The current statute of prosecutors in Romania is an ambiguously mixed one. The Romanian Constitution and the subsequent legislation grant the prosecutor a status role that is two-fold: independent magistrate and representative of the Executive power, subject to hierarchical control. The consequences of this two-fold nature are a lack of unitary interpretation, ambiguity, and a confusion over the proper function, status and role of the prosecutors within the justice system. The abovementioned status quo of the statute of prosecutors is one of the reasons for holding an international conference - “Prosecutors, Democracy and the Rule of Law: Reflections on the Review of the Statute of Prosecutors in Romania” on September 28-29, 2007. The conference was organized by the Association of European Judges and Public Prosecutors for Democracy and Fundamental Rights (MEDEL), in partnership with the National Union of Judges from Romania, the Rule of Law Program South East Europe of the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung Romania, the Romanian Ministry of Justice, the General Prosecutor’s Office, and Transparency International – the Romanian Chapter.