HUMAN RIGHTS DEVELOPMENTS IN ROMANIA
THE ACTIVITIES OF THE ROMANIAN HELSINKI COMMITTEE (APADOR-CH)
1994 REPORT

CONTENTS:

I. Introduction

II. THE PROMOTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS THROUGH LEGISLATION
a) The draft law for the modification and completion of the Criminal and Criminal Procedure Codes
b) The Law on the organization and functioning of the police
c) Two draft bills on national minorities
d) The draft law on the protection of the state secret
e) The draft law for the modification of Law 60/1991 on public rallies

III. THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN POLICE AND INDIVIDUALS
a) The criminal record
b) Deprivation of liberty
c) Domicile search
d) Criminal investigations in cases involving police officers
e) Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatments
f) Law no.61/1991 on sanctioning misdemeanours
SIGNIFICANT INDIVIDUAL CASES DOCUMENTED BY APADOR-CH
a) Cases started in 1993
1. The Comanesti (county of Bacau) case
2. The Costel Covalciuc case (Dorohoi)
3. The Dorel Dinca case (Bors)
4. The Andrei Zanopol case (Galati) )
5. The Ion Trifan case (Bucharest)
b) Cases taken up in 1994
1. The Ionel Buzoianu case (Bucharest)
2. The Emil and Virgil Macau case (Victoria)
3. The Ioan Epure case (Lunca Pascani, Iasi)
4. The Liviu-Petrisor Oprea case (Cimpina)
5. The Ioan Neagu case (Brasov)
6. The Gabriela-Ioana Gavrila case (Bucharest)
c) Cases investigated by APADOR-CH in penitentiaries
1. The Radu-Daniel Achim case (Bucharest)
2. The Marian Tudorache case (Gherla Penitentiary)
3. The Relu Axinte case (Gherla Penitentiary)
4. The Nicolae Gheorghe case (Bucharest Penitentiary)
d) Ethnic conflicts; the reaction of the local police
1. The Hadareni case (municipality of Chetani, county of Mures)
2. The Racsa case (municipality of Orasul Nou, county of Satu Mare)

IV. MINORITIES IN ROMANIA
A. THE SITUATION OF NATIONAL MINORITIES
1. Background
2.1. The analysis of the draft bills on national minorities
2.2. The drafting of an alternative bill
3. The relationship with the Council for National Minorities
4. Violence against Roma
4.1. The Racsa village, municipality of Orasul Nou, county of Satu Mare
4.2. The evolution of the main cases of violence against Roma recorded between 1990-1994
a) Cases investigated by APADOR-CH
Municipality of Turulung, county of Satu Mare (January 11, 1990)
The Lunga village, county of Covasna (February 5, 1990)
Town of Huedin, county of Cluj (August 20, 1990)
The Mihail Kogalniceanu village, county of Constanta (October 9, 1990)
The Bolintin Deal village, county of Giurgiu (April 7, 1991)
The Ogrezeni village, county of Giurgiu (May 17,1991)
The Bolintin Vale village, county of Giurgiu (May 18, 1991)
The Gaiseni village, county of Giurgiu (June 5, 1991)
The Plaiesii de Sus village, county of Harghita (June 9, 1991)
The Rahova square, Bucharest (July 3, 1992)
The Hadareni village, municipality of Chetani, county of Mures (September 20, 1993)
The Racsa village, municipality of Orasul Nou, county of Satu Mare (May 29, 1994)[15]
b) Cases documented based on the data provided by the General and local Prosecutor's Offices conducting criminal investigations
Municipality of Varghis, county of Covasna (December 1989)
Reghin, county of Mures (January 29, 1990)
Village Casinul Nou, county of Harghita (August 12, 1990)
Village Cuza Voda, county of Constanta (October 7, 1990)
Municipality of Carpinis, county of Timis (March 17, 1993)
B.THE SITUATION OF SEXUAL MINORITIES

V. REFUGEES IN ROMANIA
LEGISLATIVE AND PROCEDURAL MATTERS
LEGAL ASSISTANCE PROVIDED BY APADOR-CH FOR REFUGEES AND ASYLUM-SEEKERS
APADOR-CH FACT-FINDING MISSION TO FOUR BORDER AREAS

VI. OTHER ACTIVITIES
THE HUMAN RIGHTS CENTRE
LEGAL ASSISTANCE
FOLLOW-UP MONITORING OF THE SITUATION IN TIRASPOL
SEMINARS AND COURSES ORGANIZED BY APADOR-CH

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