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 Revised Strategy for Development of Human Resources of the Prison System of the Republic of Moldova

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The final session of the Working Group (WG) on revising the Strategy for Development of Human Resources of the Prison System of the Republic of Moldova, which also includes a Staff Performance Management Policy (hereafter “the Strategy”), was held in Chisinau on 18-19 November 2019.

on ensuring principles of transparency and ethics were incorporated in the final text of the Strategy, which identifies the current staffing requirements and the challenges of the system. It was agreed that the methodology developed by the Norwegian Rule of Law Mission to Moldova (NORLAM) within the assessment, analysis, working process and follow-up Action Plans in Rusca women prison and Goian juveniles prison could be implemented for this part of the Strategy.

The revised Strategy will facilitate a further development of the Strategy and Action Plan for 2021 – 2023.

The WG was composed of representatives of specialised Departments of the National Administration of Penitentiaries and prisons’ human resources specialists and was facilitated by 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, Republic of Moldova 18-19 November 2019