also implies guarantees that apply both before the trial commences28 and after the trial ends,
at the execution phase.29 The scope of the Trial Monitoring Programme, however, is limited
strictly to the trial stage and therefore the analysis contained in the Second TMP Report was
restricted for the most part to fair trial rights and standards that can be monitored at trial
proceedings. That some rights and standards were not commented upon was not due to
oversight or to omission, but rather to the fact that the Trial Monitoring Programme did�����
��������
not
directly observe these
�������������
issues�.
The analysis in this Final Report includes a summary of the findings for the entire monitoring
period for courts located in Chişinău, April 2006 to November 2008, and a summary of the
findings from the entire period of monitoring in courts����������������������������������
in the ��������������������������
Southeast, September 2007
to November 2008. This Final Report assesses whether any changes in conditions�����������
���������������������
, positive
or negative, w��������������������������������������������������������������������������
ere�����������������������������������������������������������������������
observed during the implementation of the Trial Monitoring Programme.
This������������������������������������������������������������������������������������
assessment can be made only in the courts located in Chişinău where the monitoring
took place over a longer period of time and the findings of the first two interim reports could
be compared with the findings of subsequent monitoring. The period covered by the first
two monitoring reports���������������������������������������������������������������������
,��������������������������������������������������������������������
between April 2006 and May 2007������������������������������������
,�����������������������������������
is herein�������������������������
after��������������������
referred to as the
“first monitoring period.” The period between June 2007 and November 2008 is referred to
as “the second monitoring period.” In addition to reporting findings for the��������������
se������������
monitoring
periods, the purpose of this Final Report is to present to
�������������������������������������
the
����������������������������������
Moldovan legal community, the
donor community and any other interested parties a series of recommendations on how the
problems identified might be addressed.
The findings of this Final Report are based on observations of 7,402
�������������������������
hearings (7,037 in
Chi������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������
ş�����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������
inău�������������������������������������������������������������������������������������
and 365 in the Southeast) in 1,755 criminal cases (1,655 in ������������������������
Chi���������������������
ş��������������������
inău����������������
and 100 in the
Southeast). The details by court and monitoring period are given in Tables 2–5.
Table 2: Number of hearings monitored in the courts located in Chişinău
Number of hearings monitored in the courts located in Chişinău,
by monitoring period
Courts located in
Chişinău
Supreme Court of Justice
Chişinău Court of Appeals
Centru District Court
Ciocana District Court
Rîşcani District Court
Botanica District Court
Buiucani District Court
Total number of
hearings monitored
First monitoring
period:
April 2006 –
May 2007
88
338
646
198
444
305
376
Second monitoring
period:
June 2007 –
November 2008
Entire monitoring
period:
April 2006 –
November 2008
180
912
1070
474
780
481
745
268
1250
1716
672
1224
786
1121
2,395
4,642
7,037
28 ����
See Imbrioscia v. Switzerland, Judgment of European Court, 24 November 1993, para. 36.
29 ����
See Hornsby v. Greece, Judgment of European Court, 19 March 1997, para. 40.
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