Moldova made progress in the area of observance of the basic human rights and fundamental freedoms, said Josep Casadevall, vice president of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR). In a meeting with Moldova’s President Nicolae Timofti, Josep Casadevall said that most of the applications submitted by Moldovans over the last few years were classed as inadmissible by the judges of the ECHR. This shows that the work of the justice system in Moldova has improved, IPN reports.
Thus, 4,261 complaints were pending at the ECHR in 2012, 3,256 - in 2013, while by January 1, 2014 the figure fell to 1,414. As a result, the Republic of Moldova is no longer among the top ten states with the largest number of complaints at the High Court of Strasbourg.
The vice president of the ECHR said that violations of the European Convention in 2011 were ascertained in 29 decisions, while in 2013 the figure decreased to 18. Most of the violations were related to the detention conditions in Moldova’s penitentiaries and the relevant complaints were submitted to the ECHR before 2009.
The head of state said the establishment of the rule of law in Moldova is a priority in his work. Nicolae Timofti underlined the importance of reforming the justice sector in the process of strengthening constitutional democracy. He noted that the state institutions observe the case law of the ECHR, as provided in the national legislation.
