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 2nd Meeting of the Working Group for the development of Strategy and Plan of Action for Reducing and Preventing inter-prisoner violence within the prison system

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The 2nd meeting of the Working group (WG) for the development of Strategy and Plan of Action for reducing and preventing inter-prisoner violence within the prison system was conducted online on 15-16 September 2020.

The WG meeting, held in the form of thematic discussions, resulted with the Strategy and the Action Plan being further developed and supplemented by recommendations to be applied through the implementation of all proposed strategic objectives. Among the areas of intervention included in the draft Strategy and Action Plan are legislative changes necessary to prevent and reduce inter-prisoner violence within the prison system; documentation and reporting of incidents; interventions and support regarding prisoners with mental health problems; multidisciplinary case management; and the spectrum of specific interventions for prisoners identified as at risk.

The meeting was attended by representatives of the Legal Acts Development Department of the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Moldova, by specialised Departments of the National Administration of Penitentiaries (social reintegration, security and escorting, planning and analytical directorate, safety and penitentiary regime, penitentiary inspection) and specialists from individual penitentiaries: no 3 – Leova, no 18 Branesti and no 11 Balti. The meeting was facilitated by the Council of Europe consultants.

The activity 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 15-16 September 2020