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Moldova - OPCAT Situation

Updated 08.05.2013

Moldova ratified the OPCAT in 2006 and established its National Preventive Mechanism in 2010. There is a lack of clarity about the nature of the National Preventive Mechanism as Moldova adopted a hybrid-type model: the National Centre for Human Rights was designated as the NPM, together with a Consultative Council.

In October 2012, Moldova received a SPT visit focusing on NPM issues. The authorities and the NPM received a separate SPT report in January 2013. The Moldovan NPM made the SPT report public while the report sent to the authorities remains confidential.

The SPT member Petros Michaelides is the SPT Focal Point for Moldova.

Opcat status
OPCAT Ratification July 24, 2006
UNCAT Ratification November 28, 1995
SPT Member Viktor Zaharia (2013 - 2016)
NPM Designated

Moldovan Centre for Human Rights (comprising the four Parliamentary Advocates) in combination with the Consultative Council

NPM Type

National Human Rights Institution with Civil Society

NPM Legal Framework

Amendments to the Law on Parliamentary Advocates (July 2007)

Information
Population 3 656 843 (estimation July 2012)
Area (sq km) 33 851
Number of prisons 17
Prison population 6 476
Quick links

Communication to the SPT: Official Correspondence from Moldova (April 2009) and 2008

SPT advisory visit on NPM: October 2012. Report sent to the authorities still confidential and Report on NPM (January 2013).

CAT: Concluding Observations (November 2009)

Special Rapporteur on Torture: Report (February 2009)

UPR: Report of the Working Group (December 2011)

CPT: Report (June 2011)

Commissioner for Human Rights (Council of Europe): Report (April 2009)