ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS This is the third and the final report in the framework of the Trial Monitoring Programme in Moldova. While it is never possible to acknowledge adequately all the contributions of colleagues and partners both within and outside the OSCE, we would at least like to name those without whom there would have been no the final report. First of all, we would not have had data for writing the reports without the excellent work of our national trial monitors. We are very grateful for their perseverance in providing thorough and complete trial observation questionnaires, which form the basis for all our analysis, conclusions and recommendations. We would like to acknowledge the commitment and hard work of the National Co-ordinators: Laurenţiu Hadîrcă, one of the co-authors of the First and Second Analytic Reports, who worked with the OSCE Mission to Moldova until October 2007; and Ghenadie Barbă as his successor, who stayed with the Mission until January 2009. Appreciation must be extended to Liliana Calancea, the Senior Programme Assistant, who in addition to assisting the monitoring team in the daily co-ordination of the Trial Monitoring Programme entered and maintained data from thousands of reporting forms in the Trial Monitoring Database, and compiled and organized the results into graphs and charts presented in all the three reports. We extend our appreciation to Nadejda Hriptievschi, co-author of the Second Analytic Report and author of this Final Report. She contributed her experience as a national trial monitor in the Trial Monitoring Programme from its very launch and her selfless commitment to the overall process of improving the judiciary system in the Republic of Moldova is highly appreciated. We are grateful to Henrikas Mickevicius, who contributed his extensive international experience to providing the Final Report with conclusions and recommendations based on the findings compiled in all three reports. We are sincerely grateful to Igor Dolea, Ph.D, director of the Institute for Penal Reforms, who provided outstanding guidance and assistance in organizing training for new monitors and who reviewed and commented on all three reports. We appreciate the support provided by Ion Oboroceanu, director of the Căuşeni Law Centre in implementing the Trial Monitoring Programme in the Southeast of Moldova. Close partnership with local authorities has been crucial to the successful implementation of the Trial Monitoring Programme. We greatly appreciate the support and attention we received from the Superior Council of Magistrates and the General Prosecutor’s Office. The Trial Monitoring Programme has benefited greatly from the experience and support of Staff Members of the Human Rights and Rule of Law Departments of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights and of the ABA Rule of Law Initiative in Moldova. Generous financial contributions from Finland, the United States, Germany, France and the United Kingdom have made the implementation of the Trial Monitoring Programme possible