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 Reviewing the curriculum for initial training of prison staff on core competences

The Council of Europe is assisting the Moldovan prison system in revising the initial training system for prison staff on core competences in line with the European standards and the best practices in the penitentiary field.

During the first meeting of the Working Group (WG), which took place on 06-07 November 2018, participants analyzed the deficiencies of the initial training for prison staff currently in place, the measures to improve it and the necessary prerequisites at legislative and administrative levels. Concluding the meeting, in order to respond to the actual needs of initial training for the newly recruited staff in the prison system, participants agreed to initiate the revision of the general training curricula, with further development of specific courses (modules).

The WG session was attended by the representatives of the Training Centre and the specialised Departments of the National Administration of Penitentiaries of the Republic of Moldova, and was facilitated by one Council of Europe consultant.

The WG session 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 6-7 November