CONCISE COMMENTS ON THE ROMANIAN DRAFT BILL ON SEARCHING FOR MISSING PERSONS
CONCISE COMMENTS ON THE ROMANIAN DRAFT BILL ON SEARCHING FOR MISSING PERSONS

Summary/Abstract: Considering the state of affairs in which noteworthy emphasis exists on both expanding the number of protection measures aimed at certain categories of victims, as well as increasing their effectiveness, the Ministry of Internal Affairs has drafted a bill regarding the search for missing persons. Thus, there is the distinct possibility of having a law that would be the norm for the procedure of localizing missing persons. The wide range of instruments that shall be at the command of the police could be of a genuine avail, among them we ought to mention: the analysis and seizure of objects and documents, the criminalistic investigation – that is sui generis a variation of the home search via a search warrant; entering a person’s home or a company’s headquarters, or running an expertise or an establishment of the facts. Considering the importance of this bill, we shall continue by analysing all of these means that would be at the command of the police, mentioning whenever necessary de lege ferenda proposals. The aim is for the bill project, that in our opinion brings bona fide utility, to ensure the swift identification of vulnerable persons that are gone missing, while preserving the fundamental individual rights and freedoms.

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