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 Consultation Meeting on the Development of a Prison Management Manual

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A consultation meeting on the development of a Prison Management Manual and the learning support material was conducted online on 28 September 2020.

As a result of the meeting, the participants agreed on the content and format of the Prison Management Manual and developed its key elements, such as the profile of a manager within the prison system, the actual system of recruitment, training and professional support of managers and their professional development.

This initiative is building on the results of several activities supported earlier by the Council of Europe under the Programme, such as: the revision of the Law on the prison administration system, the development of the Curriculum for the initial training of prison staff, the development of the Human Resources Development Strategy, the revision of the Methodology for the organisation and delivery of training and continuous professional development in the prison system, and piloting the reorganization of tasks in 3 prisons.

The meeting was attended by the senior management of the National Administration of Penitentiaries, the management of the NAP Training Centre, representatives of 3 prisons envisaged by the pilot initiative - no.7 – Rusca, no. 10 – Goian and no. 1 – Taraclia, as well as directors and deputy directors of prisons no.13 – Chisinau, no.3 – Leova, no.5 – Cahul and no.6 – Soroca.

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 28 September 2020