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 Workshop on progress of the implementation of Action Plans in prisons of the Republic of Moldova

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An assessment of the progress achieved in the implementation of Action Plans aimed at reorganising Prison no. 7-Rusca (for women), no. 10-Goian (for young offenders) and Prison nr. 1-Taraclia (for males) was conducted online from 23 to 25 September 2020 in a form of workshop.

The Action Plans were drafted as a follow-up to an assessment mission conducted between 29 June and 2 July 2020 to the pilot prisons.

As a result of the Workshop, the Change Management Teams, composed of representatives of the pilot penitentiary institutions and from the National Administration of Penitentiaries, presented the progress achieved in the implementation of the Action Plans, such as: introduction of changes to the prisons’ organigrams; modification of job descriptions and simplification of internal procedures; and approval of a new vision and mission of the prisons.

The workshop was attended by over 30 participants – the senior management of the National Administration of Penitentiaries and Change Management Teams of NAP, Prison no.7-Rusca, DCMYP-Goian and prison no. 1-Taraclia, consisting of directors and deputy directors as well as managers of various directorates, sections and services (human resources, security and penitentiary regime, social reintegration, evidence of detainees, safeguarding and escort, legal service, etc.).

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 23-25 September 2020