Drug Policy And Health In Romania - Drug Policy Alliance

Drug Trafficking Law. Law 143/2000, which was passed August 2000, gives
the national police expressed powers to carry out controlled deliveries of narcotics and
allows for the use of undercover police in the investigation of drug-related activities. (1)
Drug Treatment Regulation.
Drug Treatment Regulation-Practices.
Criminal Justice System- Law. Romania is a multi-party democracy. There is a
bicameral parliamentary system, a head of the government, a directly elected head of
state and a judicial branch. No one can be held for more than 24 hours without an arrest
order from the prosecutor. The prosecutor may then order detention for up to 30 days.
However, the accused may ask for bail and hearing from a judge. The request for a
hearing must be granted within 24 hours. The accused has the right to counsel. (19)
Criminal Justice System- Practices. In general, the rights of the accused are
respected. However, in some cases detainees have been beaten and those accused are not
always informed of their rights. Prisons are improving as more money is being allocated
to their budgets. They have instituted training programs. However, the prisons still use a
system in which some prisoners are placed in charge of other prisoners. As a result, there
have been several incidents of abuse reported. (19)
International drug conventions signed. The country is a party to the following
international drug agreements.
? 1988 UN Drug Convention
? Extradition treaty with the United States
? Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty with the United States
? UN Convention on the Trafficking of Illicit Narcotics and Psychotropic
Substances
? UN Convention Against Transnational Organized Crime and its Protocols
(December 2000) (1)
B. Public Health and Human Rights Law
This section describes what is known about public health and human rights law on
the books, as well as the way these laws are enforced. The section covers the rights to
healthcare, privacy, reportability and anti-discrimination generally and for HIV/AIDS
patients. It also lists the international human rights instruments to which the country is a
signatory.
Right to Health Care/ Right to HIV Treatment –Law.
Right to Health Care/ Right to HIV Treatment –Practice. Romanian hospitals
cannot afford to take care of all the nation’s HIV children. Some children live in state
hospitals, but many live with their families in orphanages or in small apartment
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