{"id":19542,"date":"2023-09-26T12:44:57","date_gmt":"2023-09-26T09:44:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/crjm.org\/?p=19542"},"modified":"2024-02-06T12:19:20","modified_gmt":"2024-02-06T10:19:20","slug":"combating-ill-treatment-an-unresolved-problem-in-moldova-findings-and-recommendations-of-the-committee-of-ministers-of-the-council-of-europe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crjm.org\/en\/combating-ill-treatment-an-unresolved-problem-in-moldova-findings-and-recommendations-of-the-committee-of-ministers-of-the-council-of-europe\/19542\/","title":{"rendered":"Combating ill-treatment \u2013 an unresolved problem in Moldova. Findings and recommendations of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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The measures taken by the Republic of Moldova to combat ill-treatment were verified by the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe on 19-21 September 2023. The action takes place in relation to the implementation of the Levin\u021ba<\/em> group of cases \u2013 judgments of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) finding torture and ill-treatment by the police, inadequate investigation, conviction based on <\/strong>\u201cevidence<\/strong>\u201d obtained as a result of ill-treatment or failure to provide adequate medical care to persons in detention.<\/strong><\/p>

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Following the checks, the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe<\/a> expressed its concern about the extremely low number of criminal cases initiated and referred to court on ill-treatment cases. This may indicate problems with the effectiveness and quality of investigations, even though there has been a slight decrease in the number of such complaints.<\/p>

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Thus, our country will have to provide information on the reasons for the reduction in the number of investigations initiated and referred to court, on the institutional structure for investigating cases of ill-treatment, including the powers of anti-torture prosecutors and the sufficiency of human resources allocated to their investigation.<\/p>

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The Committee welcomed the Constitutional Court’s ruling<\/a> No 31 of 29 November 2018 on the need to grant the injured party and his\/her representative access to the materials of the criminal proceedings, but requested information on developments in legislation and\/or practice in its application.<\/p>

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The Committee of Ministers’ decision also contains the following recommendations:<\/p>