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 Evaluation Workshop on Piloting the Curriculum for Probation Councillors in Drafting Pre-sentence Reports

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The results of piloting the Curriculum on training of probation councillors on drafting pre-sentence reports were assessed and discussed within an evaluation workshop that took place in Chisinau, on 11-12 December 2019. It was attended by probation officers and facilitated by Council of Europe consultants.

The evaluation workshop is the third and last phase of piloting the Curriculum. Following the first phase, a pool of 16 trainers within the NIP was created to ensure continuous and uniform training within the probation system. Within the second phase 46 probation councillors from different regions received a practical guidance in drafting pre-sentence reports in further cascade trainings.

With the aim to strengthening the staff capacities in implementation of improved probation methods, the Curriculum will be submitted now to the National Inspectorate of Probation (NIP) of the Republic of Moldova for its approval and inclusion in its day-to-day practice.

The participants were unanimous in praising the Curriculum and how it will improve the quality of pre-sentence reports in line with the increasing role of the Probation Service within the criminal justice system.

The whole series of activities were organised under the auspices of the Programme “Promoting a human rights compliant criminal justice system in the Republic of Moldova”, funded by the Government of Norway and implemented by the Council of Europe.

Chisinau, Republic of Moldova 11-12 December 2019