A/HRC/16/48 Romania Cases transmitted to the Government during the period under review: 0 Cases clarified during the period under review: 0 Number of outstanding cases at the beginning of the period under review Cases sent under Cases sent the urgent action under the procedure standard procedure Government Non-governmental sources 0 0 0 0 0 Number of outstanding cases at the end of the year under review 0 Number of cases on which the Government has replied Multiple replies on some cases Number of cases of possible clarification by Government (6-month rule) N/A N/A N/A Urgent appeal N/A Government response N/A General allegation Yes (2009) Government response Yes Prompt intervention letter N/A Government response N/A Working Group request for a visit N/A Government response N/A Information from the Government 397. The Government transmitted one communication to the Working Group, dated 24 February 2010 replying to a general allegation sent on 15 May 2009, concerning the alleged involvement of the Government of Romania in a practice of renditions and secret detention (A/HRC/13/31). General allegations Reply from the Government 398. On 24 February 2010, the Government of Romania replied to the general allegation reiterating that it had no information on Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) secret detention centres existing on Romanian territory or that the Romanian airports had been used by the CIA for the transport or detention of suspected terrorists. It stated that there is no proof of cases in which individuals or foreign intelligence personnel have been involved, on Romanian territory, in actions involving the deprivation of liberty or illegal transport of detainees. 399. The Government noted that it had already replied to the allegations following the investigation initiated by the Secretary General of the Council of Europe, in accordance with Article 52 of the European Convention on Human Rights. 400. Verifications by the Romanian authorities showed that a number of aircraft that proved to have been rented by the CIA had made stopovers at Romanian airports. The national investigations concluded that the stopovers were merely for technical purposes and there was no proof that detainees were on board the aircraft. 401. Regarding the guarantee of an effective judicial remedy to people deprived of their liberty, the Government replied that those provisions are included in the Romanian Constitution (arts. 21, 23 and 52) as well as in the Criminal Procedure Code (art. 5). 90