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 Training sessions in Moldova on Health Assessment upon Admission to Prison and Managing Individual Medical Files

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As a result of two 3-day training sessions on health assessment upon admission to prison, and on managing individual medical files for healthcare professionals of the penitentiary system of the Republic of Moldova, thirty-five medical professionals – medical doctors, nurses and psychologists from all 17 penitentiary institutions of the country acquired knowledge on various aspects of the medical examination upon admission, such as the screening for mental disorders, psycho-active drug use and infectious diseases; on documenting and reporting of ill-treatment and on managing medical documentation, such as individual medical files, statistics and registry books.

Apart from the medical staff from all penitentiary institutions of the country (no 1 Taraclia, no 2 Lipcani, no 3 Leova, no 4 and 15 Cricova, no 5 Cahul, no 6 Soroca, no 7 Rusca, no 8 and 12 Bender, no 9 and 16 Pruncul, no 10 Goian, no 11 Balti, no 13 Chisinau, no 17 Rezina, no 18 Branesti) the training was attended by National Administration of Penitentiaries of the Republic of Moldova (NAP) management, senior leaders of NAP medical department. The training sessions were facilitated by the Council of Europe international consultants.

The training was conducted online from 21 to 23 October, and from 9 to 11 November 2020, and 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.

Republic of Moldova 23 November 2020