Support to Criminal Justice Reforms

Project News

Study visit of the Ombudsperson’s Institution and members of the National Preventive Mechanism to Georgia

18-20 October 2017 Tbilisi, Georgia

On 18-20 of October 2017 a study visit for the members of the National Preventive Mechanism against torture (NPM) and staff representatives of the People’s Advocate (Ombudspersons) office of the Republic of Moldova is organised to the Office of the Public Defender of Georgia in Tbilisi. The...

Call for submission of offers for equipment procurement

27 September 2016 Chisinau

The Council of Europe is inviting potential suppliers to submit their offers for the supply and delivery of equipment for the Department of Penitentiary Institutions of the Republic of Moldova in accordance with the attached documents. The activity is implemented under the Project “Support to the...

Workshop on “Effective communication between the People’s Advocate Office and the media”

26 September 2016 Chisinau

The workshop on “Effective communication between the People’s Advocate Office and the media” was held for the staff of the People’s Advocate Office of the Republic of Moldova (Ombudsperson’s Office) on 22-23 September 2016 in Chisinau. The workshop was organised within the framework of the...

Project Legal Opinions and reports

► Joint Opinion on the Draft Law on Public Prosecution Service of the Republic of Moldova, Venice Commission, DGI, OSCE/ODIHR

► CoE Expert comments on revised Draft Law on Public Prosecution Service of the Republic of Moldova

► Post – adoption Review on the Law on Public Prosecution Service of the Republic of Moldova

► Corruption Risk Assessment Within the Public Prosecution Service of the Republic of Moldova

►CoE Opinion on the National Preventive Mechanism, Chapter V of the Law on People’s Advocate (Ombudsman) of the Republic of Moldova

►CoE Evaluation Report on the Implementation of the Justice Reform Strategy 2011-2016 of the Republic of Moldova, Pillar 6.4.3 and 6.4.5

► CoE Evaluation Report on the Implementation of the Justice Reform Strategy 2011-2016 of the Republic of Moldova, Pillar 2.1.3 and 2.1.4

► Joint Opinion on the Draft Law N°161 amending and completing Moldovan Legislation in the field of Cybercrime, Venice Commission, DGI

► Joint opinion on the Draft Law n° 281 amending and completing Moldovan Legislation on the so-called "Mandate of security", Venice Commission, DGI, DHR

► Baseline study into criminal subculture in the prisons in the Republic of Moldova

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Project Overview

Main objective: The Republic of Moldova is supported for the purpose of fulfilling its outstanding statutory and accession commitments towards the Council of Europe in the field of criminal justice.

Implementation period: January 2015 – December 2017

The implementation of the project has been extended till 31 March 2018

Donor: Government of Denmark

Partners: Public Prosecution Service, Ministry of Justice, Office of the People’s Advocate of the Republic of Moldova (Ombudsperson) and National Institute of Justice of the Republic of Moldova.

Project manager: Margarita Galstyan

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