Authorities have signed a new ‘health-police-justice’ agreement, designed to improve how police officers and the justice system deal with incidents at Monaco’s health clinics.

On Friday 26th January, Monaco’s Secretary of State for Justice Sylvie Petit-Leclair, Minister of the Interior Patrice Cellario and Minister of Social Affairs and Health Christophe Robino signed the agreement which aims to improve the response of judicial authorities and police services to multiple situations that may arise in a health establishment. These can include medical care for victims of violence or sexual assault, the mistreatment of a minor, admission of detainees or people in police custody, possession of narcotics, and theft and damage within the health establishment.

“This institutional partnership, which will be supplemented by operational technical sheets, will thus strengthen the coordination of services, the standardisation of practices and, consequently, the effectiveness of interventions,” said the government in a statement.

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Photo left to right: Minister of the Interior Patrice Cellario, Secretary of State for Justice Sylvie Petit-Leclair, and Minister of Social Affairs and Health Christophe Robino, source: Government Communication Department