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 Development of a General Rehabilitation Programme and Specialised Module in Moldova

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The 1st session of the Working Group (WG) for the Development of a General Rehabilitation Programme and Specialised Module was conducted online on 23 and 25 June 2020.

As a result, the WG members fully developed the key elements and goals of the General Rehabilitation Programme and agreed on the thematic of the Specialised Module, focusing on long-term sentenced prisoners. The Moldovan legal and institutional framework were taken into account, as well as the connection of the rehabilitation programme with the Risks and Needs Assessment Tool recently developed in Moldova and the pre-conditions of implementing the Cognitive-Behavioural Treatment Programme as a rehabilitation tool addressing particularly vulnerable groups of detainees.

The WG meeting was conducted online with participation of representatives of the Social Reintegration Directorate of the National Administration of Penitentiaries and psychologists and staff from social reintegration sections from individual penitentiaries: no 3 – Leova, no 6 Soroca, no 11 Balti and no 2 Lipcani, and was facilitated by the international consultants of the Council of Europe.

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 29 June 2020