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Preventing torture and ill treatment in Moldovan prisons

27 November 2013
  • Members of the local commissions monitoring places of detention during a study visit to the Penitentiary 13 in Chisinau. (OSCE/Igor Schimbator)
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  • The Mission provides expertise and support aimed at improving legislation and institutional practices. It also conducts monitoring visits of detention places on both banks of the Dniestr/Nistru River. (OSCE/Igor Schimbator)
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  • This year’s workshop on development of local monitoring commissions is a follow-up on last year project aimed to provide civil society members with active and effective mechanisms for monitoring human rights and preventing torture at local level. (OSCE/Igor Schimbator)
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  • The OSCE Mission to Moldova closely monitors Moldova's legal reforms in the field of human rights and rule of law, provides expertise on draft legislation and strictly follows its implementation. (OSCE/Igor Schimbator)
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  • Detention-monitoring commissions and representatives of local authorities gain legal knowledge about their responsibilities and improve their reporting and practical skills in monitoring all types of detention places during a visit to the penitentiary. (OSCE/Igor Schimbator)
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  • Commission members and representatives of local authorities gained legal knowledge about their responsibilities, as well as reporting and other practical skills for monitoring places of detention, including police commissariats, penitentiaries and psychiatric hospitals. (OSCE/Igor Schimbator)
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  • The Mission monitors efforts made by the Moldovan Government and civil society in preventing and addressing torture and degrading treatment. (OSCE/Igor Schimbator)
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The OSCE Mission to Moldova provides support and advice on a range of human rights and democratization issues, including combating torture and ill-treatment.
Together with the Moldovan Center for Human Rights, the Mission organized a roundtable for local commissions checking international standards in detention monitoring. As a follow up on last year’s project, a focus was put on establishing monitoring commissions. Participants, including commission members, donors and local NGOs, discussed local commissions’ challenges and developments over the past year, as well as best practices in productive co-operation with local authorities. The roundtable was followed by a training session during which commission members conducted a monitoring visit with experts to detention facilities under the Ministry of Interior and Ministry of Justice. The following photo gallery includes images from a study visit to Penitentiary 13 in Chisinau on 27 November 2013