Objective: The overall objective of the project of which this contract will be a part is ‘to accelerate the sustainable reform of the justice sector in Moldova and to increase the efficiency of the judiciary and other agencies in the justice chain’. Purposes:
• To contribute to the growth of the efficiency of pre-trial activities of investigation and prosecution and defence particularly in the context of the reforms proposed in the Justice Sector Reform Strategy and A.Plan.
• To support redefinition of institutional and procedural set-up for the pre-trial stage, resulting in ‘more efficient evidence collection, detection and prosecution of crime’, while ‘respecting human rights and fundamental freedoms’;
• To contribute to a more effective independent and specialized ‘investigation of ill-treatment and other abuses committed by law enforcement officials;
• To support the consolidation of capacity of prosecutors, criminal prosecution officers and defence lawyers to ‘perform their work by applying modern and efficient methodologies’.