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 Third Working Group session on developing the curriculum for the training of probation officers on drafting the presentence 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 third session of the Working Group (WG) on developing the curriculum for the training of probation officers on drafting the presentence reports in line with the Council of Europe standards and best practices in the field, was held in Chisinau, on 5-6 March 2019.

The participants analysed the results of the training needs assessment questionnaires and the interviews with judges on the use of presentence reports, and discussed the internal procedures and steps to ensure the approval and implementation of the developed curriculum. The session continued with the simulation of model training sessions and ended with the approval of the final structure of the Curriculum and the model sessions to be replicated.

The WG session was attended by the probation councillors and other representatives of specialised Departments of the National Inspectorate of Probation, 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 5-6 March 2019