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STRASBOURG, 26.06.2001 - A delegation of the Council of Europe Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) recently carried out a thirteen-day visit to Moldova. The visit started in Chişinău on 10 June 2001 and was carried out within the framework of the CPT’s programme of periodic visits for the year 2001. It was the Committee's second periodic visit to Moldova, the previous visit having taken place in 1998*.
The visit was carried out by the following members of the CPT:
- Pierre SCHMIT,
Head of the delegation (Luxembourger)
- Antoni ALEIX CAMP (Andorran)
- Mario BENEDETTINI (San Marinese)
- Emilia DRUMEVA (Bulgarian)
- Ole Vedel RASMUSSEN (Danish)
- Volodymyr YEVINTOV (Ukrainian)
They were assisted by Timothy Wilfrid HARDING (Director of the University Institute of Forensic Medicine, Geneva, Switzerland), as well as by two members of the CPT's Secretariat, Geneviève MAYER (Deputy Executive Secretary) and Hanne JUNCHER.
In the course of this second visit, the CPT’s delegation met Mr Valeriu TROENCO, Deputy Minister of Justice and Head of the Department for Penitentiary Establishments, Mr Gheorghe POPA, Deputy Minister of Defence and Mr Turcanu GHEORGHE, First Deputy Minister of Health. The delegation also met Mr Dediu VALENTI, Head of Department in the Security and Information Service of the Republic of Moldova, as well as Mr Nicolae OPREA, Mr Andrei VICOL and Mr Malic GHEORGHE, respectively Deputy Prosecutor General and Heads of Directorates in the Prosecutor General’s Office. Discussions were also held with the Parliamentary Advocate, Mr Alex POTINGA.
In the framework of the visit, the CPT’s delegation followed up a number of issues examined during the first visit concerning, in particular, the treatment and conditions of detention of persons in police custody and in prison, including persons sentenced to life imprisonment. Issues tackled for the first time in Moldova included deprivation of liberty in military establishments and the situation of immigration detainees
The delegation visited the following places:
Police establishments
Anenii-Noi
- EDP**of Anenii-Noi
Police Station
Bălţi
- EDP of Bălţi Police
Station***
Bender
- EDP of Bender Police Station
Cahul
- EDP of Cahul Police Station
Chişinău
- EDP of Chişinău
Police Inspectorate***
- EDP of the Department
for the fight against organised crime and corruption ***
- EDPs of Buiucani,
Ciocana*** and Râşcani District Police Stations
Comrat
- EDP of Comrat Police
Station
Hânçesti
- EDP of Hânçesti Police
Station
Ialoveni
- EDP of Ialoveni Police
Station
Sângerei
- EDP of Sângerei Police
Station
Information and Security Service of the Republic of Moldova
- EDP of the
Information and Security Service, Chişinău
Border Guard establishments
- Holding facilities of the
Department of Border Guards at Chişinău International Airport
Prisons
- Prison No. 2 and
Colony No. 8, Bender
- Prison No. 5, Cahul
- Prison No. 3,
Chişinău***
- Pruncul Prison
Hospital
- Unit for prisoners sentenced
to life imprisonment at Prison No. 17 in Rezina
Moreover, the delegation went to Prison No. 1 in Bălţi and to Pruncul Colony No. 9 in order to interview detainees.
Military detention facilities
- Garrison of the
Chişinău Military Command
In accordance with Article 11 of the European Convention for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, the information gathered by the CPT during its visit to Moldova and its consultations with the Moldovan authorities are confidential.
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The CPT was set up under the 1987 European Convention for the prevention of torture and inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment. Forty one of the 43 member States of the Council of Europe are bound by the Convention: Albania, Andorra, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Moldova, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russian Federation, San Marino, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, "the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia", Turkey, Ukraine and the United Kingdom.
The CPT is composed of persons from a variety of backgrounds: lawyers, medical doctors, prison experts, persons with parliamentary experience, etc. The Committee's task is to examine the treatment of persons deprived of their liberty. For this purpose, it is entitled to visit any place where such persons are held by a public authority and to interview those persons in private. The Committee may formulate recommendations to strengthen, if necessary, their protection against torture and inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.
The CPT organises periodic visits as well as any other visits which appear to it to be required in the circumstances.
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Further information may be obtained from:
- the CPT's Internet Site: www.cpt.coe.int
- the Council of Europe Press
Department:
Sabine ZIMMER, tel.
+33/(0)3 88 41 25 97; fax +33/(0)3 88 41 27 89/90;
e-mail sabine.zimmer@coe.int
- the
CPT’s Secretariat:
tel. +33/(0)3 88 41
39 39; fax +33/(0)3 88 41 27 72; e-mail cptdoc@coe.int
* The CPT's report on its first visit to Moldova, as well as the response of the Moldovan authorities, have been made public at the request of the Moldovan Government. These documents can be consulted on the CPT's website or obtained from the CPT's Secretariat.
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