Awareness raising seminar on ongoing reform process of the Public Prosecution Service in the Republic of Moldova
16th September 2015,Chisinau
As a follow up to already provided assistance the Council of Europe, in the scope of its “Support to Criminal Justice Reforms in the Republic of Moldova”, together with National Institute of Justice of the Republic of Moldova, has organized an awareness raising seminar on the PPS reform process on 16th of September, 2015 in Chisinau, Moldova.
The Seminar gathered together about 60 high and mid-level prosecutors from Central apparatus of the Public Prosecution Service and from all regional prosecutorial offices and it aimed at raising awareness among them on the details of the ongoing PPS reform process.
During the seminar Council of Europe short-term international consultants presented and elaborated European standards on different aspects of PPS, highlighting the importance of having those standards in the core of the reforms. At the same time presentations made by the representatives of General Prosecutor’s Office described the policy behind the initiation of the PPS, its interrelation to Moldovan justice reform policy; importance of the PPS reform in the international perspective, and what institutional changes should be done for the meaningful reform. The main changes of the PPS introduced by the draft Law on PPS were presented and widely discussed.
It was agreed with the beneficiaries that, within the scope of the “Support to Criminal Justice Reforms in the Republic of Moldova, similar seminars will be organized in Chisinau and in regions of Moldova, after the adoption of the new Law on PPS.
During the Seminar the participants cold conclude that for the efficiency of the Public Prosecution Service reform it is necessary to ensure the rule of law, respect for European standards and protection of human rights. |
Considering the complexity and challenges of the reform process of the Public Prosecution Service (hereinafter PPS), the Council of Europe has reiterated its readiness and engagement to assist Moldovan authorities for the implementation of meaningful PPS reform in line with European and international standards. In this regard, Particularly, in the framework of the Council of Europe project “Support to Criminal Justice Reforms in the Republic of Moldova”, funded by the Government of Denmark, expertise of the draft Law has been provided. It resulted in preparation of the Joint Opinion of the Venice Commission, Directorate of Human Rights and the OSCE/ODIHR, endorsed by the Venice Commission on 23 March, 2015. Following the revision of the Draft Law, the Council of Europe welcomed that it incorporated three of the five key recommendations defined in the Joint Opinion. The changes made in the revised draft Law bring it substantially closer to the fulfilment of the recommendations reflected in the Joint Opinion.