THE PROVISIONS OF THE CRIMINAL PROCEDURE CODE, GRANTING THE RIGHT OF REFUSING TO MAKE A STATEMENT AS A WITNESS, CURRENTLY APPLYING ONLY TO SPOUSES, ASCENDANTS AND DESCENDANTS IN DIRECT LINE, AS WELL AS TO THE BROTHERS AND SISTERS OF THE SUSPECT OR ACCUSED, ARE UNCONSTITUTIONAL AS IN SO FAR AS IT DOES NOT APPLY TO THE PEOPLE WHICH HAVE ESTABLISHED RELATIONSHIPS SIMILAR TO THOSE OF SPOUSES.
Issuer: the Constitutional Court of Romania
Date: September 19, 2017
