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A delegation of the Council of Europe’s Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) carried out an ad hoc visit to the Republic of Moldova from 3 to 12 June 2025.
The purpose of the visit was to examine the treatment and detention conditions of persons held in prison. To this end, the CPT delegation visited Prison no. 2 in Lipcani, Prison no. 6 in Soroca and Prison no. 15 in Cricova. Particular attention was paid to the measures taken by the authorities to implement recommendations made by the Committee after its previous visits.
In the course of the visit, the delegation held consultations with Veronica Mihailov-Moraru, Minister of Justice, Sorin Popescu, State Secretary of the Ministry of Justice, Stela Branişte, Deputy Secretary General of the Ministry of Justice, Alexandru Adam, Acting Director General of the National Prison Administration, and other senior officials from the Ministry of Justice and the National Prison Administration.
The delegation also met Ceslav Panico, People’s Advocate (Ombudsperson), Vasile Coroi, People’s Advocate for the rights of the child, and senior representatives of their office, as well as other representatives of the National Preventive Mechanism (NPM) established under the Optional Protocol to the UN Convention against Torture (OPCAT).
At the end of the visit, the delegation presented its preliminary findings to the Moldovan authorities.
The visit was carried out by the following CPT members: Hans Wolff (Head of Delegation), Ewa Dawidziuk, Tinatin Uplisashvili and Dmytro Yagunov. They were supported by Petr Hnátík of the CPT Secretariat.
