Romania: Further unlawful use of firearms by law enforcement officials

Índice: EUR 39/006/2003
Fecha de publicación: 30 septiembre 2003
Categorías: Europa y Asia Central, Rumania

This paper examines the continuing reports of unlawful use of firearms by law enforcement officials in Romania. In some cases the victims were killed while in others the shootings resulted in the victims' serious injury. It is argued that the use of firearms is a long-standing problem which the Romanian authorities have failed to effectively address and that investigations into most of these incidents were not impartial and thorough.