Final document of the report „Evaluation of judging system’s necessities in the Republic of Moldova” was launched

The institutional reform of the judging authority, access to justice, independence and transparency of the judging system were the subjects discussed on Thursday, June 23, within a press conference on the occasion of launching the final document of the report “Evaluating the necessities of the judging system in the Republic of Moldova”. The experts mentioned that the report is not based only on criticism, it also offers solutions and recommendations. Draft laws, a great part of which resulted of report’s conclusions and recommendations were already elaborated and sent to the parliament. At present, these projects are examined by the Parliament. According to the head of the Supreme Court of Justice and of the Superior Magistrates Council, Valeria Sterbet, when making the mentioned-above research, judges, prosecutors and lawyers, as well as titular professors were included in the works. Also the representative of the specialized NGOs participated in this way creating collaboration between governmental, non-governmental structures and civil society, Sterbet declared. On the whole, 50 experts participated in the research. According to Stefan Uratu, the Head of the Helsinki Committee for Human Rights in the Republic of Moldova (HCHRM) “the judging branch must be a gyroscope”, and Stefan Secareanu, the head of the parliamentary Committee for human rights said that although the judging system is a strategic area “we must admit that, many times its allows violations of human rights”. The research was carried out by the Superior Magistrates Court, Supreme Court of Justice in collaboration with HCHRM, with the financial support of the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany in Chisinau.