The prevention of torture in detention places in connection with the Ombudsman Institution

Journal Title: Polish Law Review - Year 2016, Vol 2, Issue 2

Abstract

By the Law No. 109/2009, Romania ratified the Optional Protocol adopted in New York at 18th of December 2002, at the Convention against the torture and other punishments or cruel treatments, inhuman and degrading, adopted in New York at 10th of December 1984, assuming the obligation of establishing at national level The National Mechanism of Torture Prevention in Detention Places, for consolidation the protection of persons who are in detention places.<br/><br/>By the Emergency Ordinance no. 48/2014 , which modified and completed the Law no. 35/1997 – regarding the organization and functioning of Ombudsman Institution, and also for modification and completing of some other normative acts, The Ombudsman Institution, as autonomous public authority, was named as the unique national structure which has attributions in connection with The National Mechanism of Torture Prevention in Detention Places.<br/><br/>

Authors and Affiliations

Miruna Tudorascu, Ioan Ganfalean

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  • EP ID EP188337
  • DOI 10.5604/24509841.1230276
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Miruna Tudorascu, Ioan Ganfalean (2016). The prevention of torture in detention places in connection with the Ombudsman Institution. Polish Law Review, 2(2), 79-85. https://europub.co.uk/articles/-A-188337