The delegation visited all four existing Psychiatric and Safety Measures Hospitals in the country, in order to assess the implementation of the relevant recommendations made by the Committee, in particular after its previous ad hoc visit in 2022.
The delegation met with Alexandru Rafila, Minister of Health, Adriana Pistol, State Secretary at the same Ministry, as well as Cătălina Constantin, Director of the National Center for Mental Health and the Fight Against Drugs, and other officials from the Ministries of Health and Justice.
At the end of the visit, the delegation presented the Romanian authorities with its preliminary observations.
The visit was carried out by the following CPT members:
- Vânia Costa Ramos, Head of Delegation
- Karin Rowhani-Wimmer
- Gautam Gulati
They were supported by Dalia Žukauskienė and Laura Ielciu-Erel of the CPT Secretariat and assisted by an expert, Clive Meux, forensic psychiatrist, United Kingdom.
The report following this visit is expected to be adopted by the CPT in March 2025 and subsequently communicated to the Romanian authorities, with recommendations aimed at improving the situation for forensic psychiatric patients.
The delegation visited the following establishments:
- Jebel Psychiatric and Safety Measures Hospital
- Ștei Psychiatric and Safety Measures Hospital
- Săpoca Psychiatric and Safety Measures Hospital
- Pădureni-Grajduri Psychiatric and Safety Measures Hospital.
