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 First cascade training in piloting the training Curriculum for probation councillors

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The first cascade training was held in Chisinau, on 12-13 September 2019, further to a Training of Trainers (ToT) session. It was conducted by 5 probation councillors (out of 16 trained during the ToT) to 15 peers from territorial Probation Offices. This cycle consists of three cascade training sessions to ensure that the probation councillors from all the Probation Offices can test and evaluate the Curriculum.

The cascade training sessions are part of the second phase of piloting the Curriculum. All modules are gradually being tested to ensure the coverage of all aspects related to drafting pre-sentence reports. Hence, the methodology for training the probation councilors in drafting pre-sentence reports is being fine-tuned accordingly. The objective of this exercise is threefold: providing the Probation Service with comprehensive practical guidance in drafting pre-sentence reports; creating a pool of trainers within the National Inspectorate of Probation (NIP) to ensure continuous and uniform training within the probation system; ensuring the quality of pre-sentence reports in line with the role of the Probation Service within the criminal justice system.

The training was organised in the context of the assistance provided to the NIP 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 12-13 September 2019