THE ASSOCIATION FOR THE DEFENCE OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN ROMANIA
THE HELSINKI COMMITTEE
ANNUAL REPORT – 2006

 

INTRODUCTION

I.          LEGISLATIVE FRAMEWORK

 

II.          ACCESS TO PUBLIC INFORMATION

1. Requests for information and court cases
         1.1. Cases launched in previous years and carried on in 2006
         1.2. New cases

 

III.          FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION

 

IV.          DETENTION, REEDUCATION AND SOCIAL REINSERTION OF PERSONS SERVING CUSTODIAL SENTENCES

1. Legal framework
         1.1 The regime of execution of sentences
         1.2 The legal framework for medical care during detention
         1.3 The problem of religious assistance in prisons
2. Legal framework
         2.1 Overcrowding and poor detention conditions
         2.2 Detainees’ state of health and medical care
         2.3 Social and educational activities
         2.4 Special cases
                 i. Prison protests on December 9-11, 2006
                 ii. The Cristian Marius Macasoi case
                 iii. The Szücs Iosif case

 

V.          POLICE

1. Visiting police custody facilities
2. The Public Order Territorial Authority (ATOP)
3. Other police-related activities by APADOR-CH
         3.1 Individual case of police abuse - Ninel Viorel Onţică
         3.2 The use of firearms by police and/or gendarmes
         3.3 The position of APADOR-CH regarding the public policy proposal made in July 2006 by the Ministry of Administration and Interior

 

VI.          CASES BEFORE THE EUROPEAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS

1. Concluded causes
2. Decisions on the admissibility of causes supported by APADOR-CH
3. Causes supported by APADOR-CH communicated to the defendant Government for observations or in which the Court required further comments or information
4. New causes introduced or undertaken by APADOR-CH during 2006

 

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