includes the abolition of specialized law courts (Chisinau Economical District Court, Military Court, Economical Appeals Court). The specialized courts’ duties shall be taken over by the courts of common jurisdiction. In March 2009, a decision of the Plenum Supreme Court was issued, clarifying many aspects of case law concerning Article 3 ECHR. There have been 24 ECtHR judgments against Moldova under Article 3. Aspects of the Plenum decision include the requirement that detainees are registered; the registration of officials present; that the person not be interrogated in the absence of an “escort”; and an unbiased investigation into allegations of ill-treatment. The Superior Council has held seminars on Article 3 and the case law against Moldova. One of the objectives of the continuous training of judges is their conscious involvement in the eradication of torture. In this context, thematic seminars on preventive arrest were organized, especially for instruction judges, judges, prosecutors and lawyers. From the beginning of 2008 the Ministry of Justice has undertaken numerous activities in the field of promotion of human rights. Within the Training on Human Rights the following topics were included: “The minimum standards of maintenance of convicted persons”, “The European Convention for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment”, “The Universal Declaration of Human Rights” and “The national, regional and international mechanisms of human rights protection”. 157 Generally speaking, the appreciation that the penitentiary policy is still punitive does not correspond to reality. Thus, the provisions regarding the regimes of detention (articles 269 to 273 of the Execution Code) A/HRC/13/39/Add.6 The regimes in the penitentiaries have been established according to the Execution Code and are characteristic to each type of penitentiary, which represents different stages of the punishment of deprivation of liberty. Thus, the practice envisages different stages within the respective process. The first one (the initial regime), a reduced period compared to the total term of the sentence, represents the stage of ensuring the adaptation of the person to the penitentiary environment and an evaluation according to rules nos. 16, 51, and 52 of the Recommendations of the Committee of Ministries of the Council of Europe no. R2006 (2).