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 Recommendations to amend the Law on Probation of the Republic of Moldova aimed at strengthening the status of the probation staff

@ Council of Europe

In the context of assistance provided to the National Inspectorate of Probation (NIP) of the Republic of Moldova, the final session of the Working Group (WG) on revising the status of the probation staff was held on 18-19 April 2019 in Chisinau.

The WG presented to the Ministry of Justice and the NIP a Concept Note and recommendations to amend the Law n° 8/2008 on Probation in order to bring it in line with European standards.

The recommendations focus on enhancing the quality and visibility of the probation work and on clearly defining the competences, rights and duties of the probation counsellors including anticorruption and fraud matters. They will contribute to reducing the turnover rate of the probation staff and will make the profession more attractive.

The session was attended by the General State Secretary of the Ministry of Justice, the NIP Director and representatives of specialised Departments of the Inspectorate, and was facilitated by the Council of Europe consultants. It was agreed that the Ministry of Justice will analyse the recommendations made by the WG to the Law on probation in due course.

The WG 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 18-19 April 2019