Authors: Oleg PALII, lawyer, chef-executive of the NGO “Law Centre of Advocates”, Tatiana CHEBAC, lawyer, border and detention monitoring advisor, within the NGO “Law Centre of Advocates”, Alexandru ZUBCO, head of department, Department “Prevention of Torture” within the Office of the Ombudsman. Coordinators: Mihail COTOROBAI, People's Advocate (Ombudsman) Contributed: Lilian TUDOSAN, senior consultant, Department “Prevention of Torture” within the Office of the Ombudsman, Iurie DUBENCO, senior consultant, Department “Prevention of Torture” within the Office of the Ombudsman. Translation: Diana STRATILA, USM student, who did the production practice at the Office of the People's Advocate. 2

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