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 Final Evaluation Workshop on Progress of the Implementation of Action Plans in three pilot prisons in Moldova

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The Final Evaluation Workshop to assess the progress achieved in three pilot prisons on the implementation of Action Plans aimed at reorganising the management (prison no. 7-Rusca - women, no. 10-Goian - young offenders, and prison no. 1-Taraclia - male prisoners) was conducted online on 11 December 2020.

The piloting was conducted throughout the second semester of 2020 as a follow-up and evaluation of the progress in the implementation of the Development Plan for Rusca Prison (2017 - 2022), produced with the support of the Norwegian Mission of Rule of Law Advisers to Moldova (NORLAM). It was expanded to other two prisons (no. 10-Goian and no. 1-Taraclia), as well as for the National Administration of Penitentiaries (NAP).

As a result, the actions plan aimed at reorganising the prisons are now more focus on dynamic security and reintegration of inmates. Some of the achieved results could be disseminated to other prisons, such as, improved practices brought by the application of a manual of Standard Operational Procedures.

The workshop was attended by NAP senior management as well as by Change Management Teams of NAP, Prison no.7-Rusca, no. 10-Goian and prison no. 1-Taraclia, consisting of directors and deputy directors, and managers of various directorates, sections and services (human resources, security and penitentiary regime, social reintegration, evidence of detainees, safeguarding and escort, legal service, etc.)

The activity was 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.

Republic of Moldova 18 December 2020