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 simulation session on the revised Curriculum for the initial training of prison staff

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The training simulation session on the revised Curriculum for the initial training of prison staff of the Republic of Moldova was conducted online from 02 to 05 June 2020 in cooperation with the National Administration of Penitentiaries (NAP) of Moldova, and with participants and consultants being on 5 locations (e.g. NAP Training Centre, NAP Headquarter, prison no 15 etc.) in two countries (Ireland and Moldova).

7 trainers of NAP Training Centre refreshed their knowledge and skills based on the revised Curriculum for the initial training of prison staff and the supporting materials developed under the Project. They were mentored by Council of Europe consultants and received feedback from their colleagues, trainers at the Training Centre. The revised Curriculum comprises 10 modules, combining theoretical and practical aspects that have a bearing upon the individual tasks and functions of prison staff. As an innovation, the package introduces the notion of dynamic security, being expected to introduce a new culture in the training of prison staff, and subsequently into prison management.

The beneficial impact of the simulation sessions was instant: the Curriculum is adopted by the NAP training Centre and will be launched by the Centre for the regular induction training of prison staff as of 9 June 2020. The trainers trained in this session will train some 200-prison staff in the following period. Therefore, the training tips, the results of peer evaluation sessions and the individual feedbacks received by all trainers during the simulation sessions will be put in good use immediately

The training session was also followed online by all trainers of the NAP Training Centre, representatives of all departments of the NAP, as well as representatives from individual penitentiaries. 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 8 June 2020