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 New curriculum for the training of probation officers on drafting pre-sentence reports in the Republic of Moldova

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In the context of the assistance provided to the National Probation Inspectorate of the Republic of Moldova, the forth (final) session of the Working Group (WG) on developing the curriculum for the training of probation officers on drafting pre-sentence reports in line with the Council of Europe standards and best practices in the field, was held in Chisinau, on 9-10 April 2019.

The participants finalised the training curriculum and presented it to the representatives of the Ministry of Justice and the National Inspectorate of Probation. Further on, the WG members agreed to pilote the curriculum through training of trainers and cascade trainings for probation councillors from the regional probation offices on drafting pre-sentence reports.

To this end, some probation councillors attended the WG meeting and got acquainted with some of the training modules. They practiced simulations of interviewing techniques and exercises on behavioural analysis and reintegration of offenders into the society.

The WG session was attended by Secretary General of the Ministry of Justice, the Director of the National Inspectorate of Probation, probation councillors and other representatives of specialised Departments of the Inspectorate, and was facilitated by the Council of Europe consultants. It 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.

Chisinau 9-10 April 2019