Promoting a human rights compliant criminal justice system in the Republic of Moldova

The Programme ”Promoting a human rights compliant criminal justice system in the Republic of Moldova” is in line with the strategic priorities for cooperation as formulated in the Council of Europe Action Plan for the Republic of Moldova for 2017-2020, and is funded by the Norwegian government.

It is aimed to ensure a higher respect for human rights and the rule of law by assisting the national authorities in building up an efficiently functioning criminal justice system, in line with European human rights standards, and based on the principles of humanisation, resocialisation and restorative justice.

Main intervention areas will cover policy/legal framework, institutional and practical implementation levels, with the focus on:

Consolidation of criminal justice policy, legislation and judiciary practice in line with international standards with respect to the liberalization of criminal proceedings, including strengthening the application of non-custodial pre-trial preventive measures and sanctions, alternative sanctions in criminal cases, improvement of probation services and release on parole mechanisms
Better treatment and resocialisation of inmates by improving the regulatory and policy framework as well as prison staff capacities relevant to regime arrangements and management of prisons, implementation of treatment programmes and provision of health care services for inmates;
Support towards the development of the capacities of criminal justice stakeholders in the light of the implementation of the on-going reforms, including judiciary, prosecution service, as well as Ombudsperson’s institution and National Prevention Mechanism (NPM).

The Programme is expected to be implemented in 36 months (as of 1 March 2018).

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Back 2nd coordination meeting: revision of the Methodology on the organisation of professional training of the prison system employees

A second coordination meeting on the revision of the Methodology on the organisation and delivery of professional training of the prison system employees was held on 29 July 2020.

The meeting was focused on the revision of the key elements of the Methodology: induction training process, in-service training and continuous professional development; self-directed learning; training in the field of foreign languages; documents for the organisation, planning, analysis and record of the continuing professional training; evaluation of training and of the continuing professional development of staff.

This coordination meeting marks the end of the consultations on the revision of the Methodology and its harmonisation with the current legal framework, namely the Law 300/2017 on the prison administration system, the Strategy for the Development of Human Resources within the prison system and the Curriculum for the initial training of prison staff, all prepared under the Council of Europe Programme “Promoting a human rights compliant criminal justice system in the Republic of Moldova”.

Organised online, the coordination meeting was attended by representatives of the Training Centre of the National Administration of Penitentiaries (NAP), concerned NAP departments and directorates (institutional management, legal, human resources), by representatives of individual penitentiaries (no. 5 Cahul and no. 12 Bender) and was facilitated by the Council of Europe consultants.

The Programme “Promoting a human rights compliant criminal justice system in the Republic of Moldova” is funded by the Government of Norway and implemented by the Council of Europe.

Chisinau, Republic of Moldova 29 July 2020