Ministry of Interior organized a seminar on"Decisions of the ECHR against the Republic of Moldova under Articles 3 and 5 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, promoting and ensuring human rights in the activity of home affairs bodies.
The event was attended by Rita Tamm, Senior Advisor in the area of rule of law, the OSCE mission in Moldova, Igor Dolea, PhD in Law, Head of Department within the faculty of law of the Moldova State University, member of the Superior Council of Magistrates, representatives from the General Prosecutor’s Office, heads of directorates of the MIA and representatives of territorial police stations.
The seminar was organized under the aegis of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), based on a survey of legislative and institutional causes of condemnation of Moldova to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR). The aim of the meeting was to analyze and determine the existing problems in policing activities, including comprehensive measures to protect human rights and freedoms and the removal of these facts in order to avoid similar convictions.
OSCE representative in Moldova, Rita Tamm, said that reforming of the MIA structure will positively affect not only public opinion but also the overall activity of internal affairs bodies. Igor Dolea presented to law officials specific causes lost to ECHR law, focusing on police mistakes and ways to avoid them. Also, Dolea said that every citizen has rights which no one in any capacity and grade is not entitled to violate them, and any deviation from the law needs to be punished.
In his speech, Valeriu Cerba, chief of the minister’s of internal affairs cabinet, mentioned the need to organize a series of similar regional workshops, thus promoting the principles and objectives of human rights. For this purpose, the MIA has developed a series of laws and regulations, including the new concept of reforming the MIA, the Law on the police activity and on policemen status, national action plans on road safety, human and drug trafficking, migration and asylum.