Although a positive tendency in improving detention conditions and enforcing court decisions is observed in Moldova, the Parliament, the Government and the Ministry of Justice still have a lot of work to do to improve the human rights situation in the country, stated Josep Casadevall, Third Section President at the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR), at a meeting on Friday with Moldovan Deputy Speaker Vlad Plahotniuc. The meeting was also attended by Justice Minister Oleg Efrim. Moldova's representative Judge on the ECHR Mihail Poalelungi, and a number of parliamentarians. The ECHR official took the occasion of the meeting to urge Moldovan authorities to further implement human rights measures in practice, Info-Prim Neo reports. Vlad Plahotniuc stated for his part that, to reduce the number of complaints from Moldovan citizens to the ECHR, “the Moldovan Parliament has amended the national legislation to introduce domestic remedy, allowing applicants to claim and receive damages in case of unreasonable delays in court proceedings”. Mihail Poalelungi mentioned among the concerns that remained to be addressed in the human rights area the issue of arbitrary arrest by investigative judges. “Judges overuse the arrest as a preventive measure, which in turn exacerbates another systemic problem – detention conditions”. Currently around 4,200 applications from Moldovan claimants are pending before the Strasbourg-based Court. While the state considers that some 3,000 applications are likely to be rejected, there are 1,200 claims that could result in more fines being imposed by the ECHR on the Moldovan government.