The Romanian version of the American Judge Richard A. Posner book "How Judges Think" was launched on Friday, 11 March 2022, by the National Institute of Justice within the project “Support to Justice Sector Reform in Moldova – Reinforcing the National Capacities to Provide Efficient Skills-Based Training for Legal Professionals”, implemented by the UNDP with the financial support of the US Government.
Between 10 and 11 March 2022, six trainers of the National Institute of Justice of the Republic of Moldova participate in the regional course dedicated to the European Programme for Human Rights Education for Legal Professionals (HELP Programme) of the Council of Europe. Among beneficiaries of the training are also judges, prosecutors, lawyers and other legal professionals from Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia.
Well-reasoned court decisions are a guarantee against arbitrary judgment, ensure the proper conduct of justice and increase the public confidence in the system of justice. In order to achieve these goals, the National Institute of Justice, in partnership with the Council of Europe HELP Programme (the European Programme for Human Rights Education for Legal Professionals), launched on Friday, 4 March 2022, the online course "Judicial Reasoning and Human Rights".
The National Institute of Justice expresses solidarity with the Ukrainian people who are going through hard times caused by the dramatic events of recent days. At the same time, the NIJ team sends a message of support and compassion to its colleagues at the National School of Judges in Ukraine and the National Academy of the Prosecutor's Office in Ukraine in the hope that these difficult times will end as soon as possible and with few human tragedies.
The implementation of the actions from the "National Program for Social Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities for 2017-2022" was the subject of a meeting of Ecaterina Popa, Interim Director of the National Institute of Justice, with Vitalie Mester, Executive Director of the Public Association Center for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CDPD).
