Meeting with the delegation of the Federal Ministry of Justice of the Federal Republic of Germany

A delegation of the Federal Ministry of Justice from the Federal Republic of Germany, led by Benjamin Strasser, parliamentary secretary of state, is currently on an official visit to Chisinau. Thursday, May 23, 2024, accompanied by H.S. Margaret Maria Uebber, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Federal Republic of Germany to the Republic of Moldova, members of the delegation - Nicolas Hellmuth, personal representative, Anne Zimmermann, head of the International Legal Cooperation Department, Alexandra Albrecht, General Director of the German Foundation for International Legal Cooperation (IRZ), had a meeting with the acting Director of the National Institute of Justice, Adrian Cerbu, and Olga Marandici, advisor to the Director of the INJ, Head of the International Relations Section.

The discussions focused on the current needs and challenges in the field of judicial training of the National Institute of Justice in the context of the initiation of negotiations for the accession of our country to the European Union and the extraordinary evaluation of judges and prosecutors in office.

In particular, the Director of the National Institute of Justice thanked the officials both for the expertise provided by German professionals in the development and implementation of the Administrative Code in the Republic of Moldova, as well as for the training and study visits intended for the newly appointed magistrates in the panels that will examine administrative litigation cases.

During the dialogue, the usefulness of developing didactic materials as intellectual property of the Institute was highlighted, including the updating of existing course materials to make the training process of INJ beneficiaries more efficient, as well as the organization of training in the field of criminal justice, administrative law and European law.

For its part, the German side proposed the extension to the Republic of Moldova of a project successfully implemented in Romania by the German IRZ Foundation. The project would target training activities for judges and prosecutors in the segment of hate crimes, including in the online environment.