Moldova

In 2021, Moldova's "Strategic group for the harmonisation of law enforcement training on hate crimes", composed of representatives of the General Police Inspectorate, the Superior Council of Magistracy, the Police Academy, the Ministry of Justice and the National Institute of Justice (NIJ), identified the need for two sets of cascaded training programmes in 2021. The first such training programme for police focuses on equality and non-discrimination, with the aim of strengthening preventive competencies. The second training programme aims to enhance inter-agency co-operation among criminal justice actors through a common understanding of hate crime and an integrated approach to combating such crimes.  

In 2021, police officers, prosecutors and judges benefitted from trainings events undertaken as part of two regional projects organized by the Council of Europe and funded by the European Union ("Strengthening the access to justice for victims of discrimination, hate crime and hate speech in the Eastern Partnership" and "Enhancing diversity and equality in the Republic of Moldova"). First, a training-of-trainers session on equality, non-discrimination and hate crimes was organized for police officers, followed in June 2022 by the delivery of cascaded training sessions by the trainees. With the Council of Europe's support, the NIJ organized four seminars entitled "Hate crimes through ECHR's practices" for the assistants of prosecutors and judges. A specialized course on "the examination and investigation of crimes motivated by prejudice" was included in the NIJ's in-service training curricula for prosecutors and judges.